ARTIST STATEMENT
I currently reside in New York City. My explorations around the world (to four of the seven continents), visiting and living with diverse peoples, and some of the most beautiful natural scenery our planet has to offer, has motivated my art.
I begin capturing color landscapes, panoramas and portraits, utilizing the light nature offers in the moment. Most of the time I visualize an image in greyscale (black and white). The creative process of transforming a color image into greyscale is particularly exhilarating.
The techniques of my greyscale images have been largely inspired by Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams. In portraiture, my preference is to capture people doing something, especially in the performing arts, or children exploring their world. In landscapes natural lighting, clouds and/or water moving at different speeds, contrasting with seemingly static scenery can create interesting images. By manipulating a scene with longer exposures I seek to enhance tonal variations and complex textures transforming an interesting image into an unusual, unique and unworldly piece of art. My intent is for the viewer's imagination to travel where ever the art piece may take them.
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The slide show at the top includes five images. The first image was captured at one of my favorite places in the world: Kirkjufell mountain and waterfalls in west Iceland. It was shot during the midnight sun (around 2 in the morning) approaching the summer solstice in June of 2016. The second image was also captured after midnight at a quiet beach in the Westfjords of Iceland, also in June of 2016. The third image (October 2018) was captured at Gullfoss waterfall during one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever experienced; I waited for two hours for the clouds to part. They did right at sunset. The fourth image was captured during a stormy sunset, a breathtaking scene on the black beach at Reynisfjara. The fifth photo was captured around noon. The beautiful and shapely clouds were backlit by the sun. The thickness of the clouds blocked much of the sun’s light. It appeared to be night time with a full moon glowing. The white grains in the black-volcanic sand were glistening, as well. I have posted more images of my recent trip to Iceland including some of the northern lights.
I recently visited Havana, Cuba for the International Jazz Festival. I have loaded new images from my visit on People 3 page.
***I encourage all of those interested to leave comments/posts on my blog page.
I begin capturing color landscapes, panoramas and portraits, utilizing the light nature offers in the moment. Most of the time I visualize an image in greyscale (black and white). The creative process of transforming a color image into greyscale is particularly exhilarating.
The techniques of my greyscale images have been largely inspired by Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams. In portraiture, my preference is to capture people doing something, especially in the performing arts, or children exploring their world. In landscapes natural lighting, clouds and/or water moving at different speeds, contrasting with seemingly static scenery can create interesting images. By manipulating a scene with longer exposures I seek to enhance tonal variations and complex textures transforming an interesting image into an unusual, unique and unworldly piece of art. My intent is for the viewer's imagination to travel where ever the art piece may take them.
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The slide show at the top includes five images. The first image was captured at one of my favorite places in the world: Kirkjufell mountain and waterfalls in west Iceland. It was shot during the midnight sun (around 2 in the morning) approaching the summer solstice in June of 2016. The second image was also captured after midnight at a quiet beach in the Westfjords of Iceland, also in June of 2016. The third image (October 2018) was captured at Gullfoss waterfall during one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever experienced; I waited for two hours for the clouds to part. They did right at sunset. The fourth image was captured during a stormy sunset, a breathtaking scene on the black beach at Reynisfjara. The fifth photo was captured around noon. The beautiful and shapely clouds were backlit by the sun. The thickness of the clouds blocked much of the sun’s light. It appeared to be night time with a full moon glowing. The white grains in the black-volcanic sand were glistening, as well. I have posted more images of my recent trip to Iceland including some of the northern lights.
I recently visited Havana, Cuba for the International Jazz Festival. I have loaded new images from my visit on People 3 page.
***I encourage all of those interested to leave comments/posts on my blog page.
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