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The production of images for sale as prints has only started in
2005. In addition to shooting new material, I have re-visited my
archives and given old images a new lease of life with digital processing,
developing techniques to make photographs look like paintings.
Although primarily based on photographic imagery, my work can best
be described as eclectic. Subjects vary from landscapes to nudes
and treatments from straightforward photographs to digitally manipulated
photo abstractions and giclee prints on watercolour paper that look
far more like paintings than photos.
Whilst there are many artists and photographers whose work I much
admire, I have no conscious influences. It is the scene, the light,
the object, the person that inspire me; the common thread that runs
through all my work being that there must be a certain inherent
beauty, whether it be the sensuality of a young body or the timeless
grandeur of a landscape or old building.
Photography means painting with light . With inanimate subjects
the emphasis is on choosing the right angle and perspective and
that decisive moment when the light is just so . With a human subject
the mood created by the lighting is important, but it is the interplay
of personalities and emotions, the establishment of a rapport between
the artist and the model, that creates the character and mood of
a pose. A subtle movement of the head or a limb, an unconscious
gesture or look, these are the fleeting elements that define an
unrepeatable image.
I also do a small amount of sculpture and body casting, which I
hope to increase in the not-too-distant future and I also intend
start painting and mixed-media work, ideally incorporating in some
way all of the artforms that I love. BACK TO
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