I believe we go through a major shift in our lives every five years or so. From physical to emotional to spirit and desires, our energies change and we adapt to our new manifestations.
Currently, I want to create a feeling of magic in my work. Magic in the process and to the beholder. On a less visceral side, I create images that honor abstract and modern art. Large and colorful, emotionally charged, multi-interpretational works of creation to expose my own creative boundaries.
I’m working to produce these images in a more functional way. Stay tuned.
An education in film photography and developing taught me technique and patience. Properly exposing on small and large format to take care in every negative I produced was good study. Critiques were the best medicine for learning how to accept some advice and disregard others for your own growth. This is a skill that has transferred to my personal life in so many ways.
Then beginning my college education in Architecture developed my love of the functional. How do I create images that also serve a purpose? How silly for a piece of art to just hang on the wall decorating it. There are ways to transform form into function.
Two trips to Europe in my teens were pivotal in bringing my love of Architecture and Photography to the forefront, There was no turning back after seeing the Colosseum, Pantheon, Da Vinci and Picasso. I would manifest art in my everyday life.
I grew up in an artistic family. My father is a Master wood worker and painter and my mother, a goldsmith. I spent days in my Dad’s studio building sculptures and painting and rummaged through my Mom’s jewel cabinet while she worked on jewelry at her bench.
Wandering our property in Upstate New York and building forts in the cornfields, tunnels in the snow, filled my days. Hiding in the woods and looking closely at the foliage and natural landscape filled me with satisfaction.
I bring to you, my works in progress because, aren’t we all? This world is ever changing and the undulating tides are crashing all around us. Isn’t it all so thought provoking and alluring?