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Artist’s Statement
I am a
landscape artist. The fine photographic
print for me has a special richness, power and beauty that is different from
any other medium. Through my lens I
can see snippets of reality that evolve, through my printing process, into an
image that exceeds the original scene. Although I use digital technology for
proofing and documentation, I maintain the traditional silver gelatin
materials in film and final prints.
With limited editions of uniquely printed images, I feel the artist’s
hand is part of each final photograph.
I suspect that the fine silver based black and white photograph will
become the finest form of the photographic arts. Using traditional materials however
does not mean that I photograph traditional subject matter. Over the past few years my focus has
been refined to looking at the world in graphic detail. In the natural environment, I explore the
surfaces of rocks or shapes of trees cropped to expose the mysteries my eyes
have discovered. In the urban
landscape, I look closely at the marks left in the environment by human
endeavour and human folly. While the details found in nature may
sometimes be whimsical, magical or even spiritual in vision, the urban
details are often darker and have a more disturbing feeling. I like this contrast. It is fitting somehow, in a time when
there is so much confusion in the world, that the photographic image can
provoke thought and also help us to find comfort. It is my intent that the viewer will
be inspired to take the time to ask the questions and to find some answers
within my images and in the world around them. Biography I am a Toronto born artist that has been studying the art of
photography for a long time. For the past ten years I
have been devoting my creative energies solely to my art. Formal education was
taken at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and the Canadian Centre for
Photography. Teaching has included basic black and white photography in the
Toronto Continuing Education system. |
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