Shadows & Light I

Artist Statement: I am expanding and shifting the parameters of traditional photography by combining it with digital technology, and oil painting. By blending the distinctions between these areas, it enables me to push beyond the conventional boundaries of what we consider painting, photography, or computer art alone.
In my work the documentary nature of the photograph merges with the painterly qualities of the oil, establishing a dialogue and tension between the two. I combine the old master techniques of oil glazing with contemporary photo/digital technology, building up the color with many layers of glazes. This gives each piece a lush surface and makes it stand out as an object, rather than a flat print.
My work deals with a multitude of issues concerning each of us: loneliness and alienation in our fast-paced urban environment, the concept of personal identity and the loss of it, the individual as part of the crowd, and finding ourselves somewhere in the process of rushing about.