My background as a graphic artist has served me well
as I have transitioned into the world of digitally created fine art.
Inspiration can come from anything along my daily journey through life. Country lanes or city sidewalks,
a beautiful flower or gorgeous fabric, a memorable
face, or even a fleeting emotion, can all be fodder for my imagination.
Just as I used to make art with paints, pastels, and brushes, today I use my computer screen as a virtual canvas. Sophisticated software provides my color palette and helps me produce an amazing range of shades and subtleties within my work.
I start by choosing photos or parts of photos with distinctive shapes, colors, and textures; I then work
with them on my virtual canvas, delicately layering and blending them together – and often moving them around – until I can achieve a satisfying, luminous whole.
A single finished work can take me many weeks to completely perfect.
In general, my cityscapes have a graphic, collage-like quality, while the portrait pieces are more emotive and ethereal. Both styles focus on my feelings of being enchanted with life’s amazingly varied journey.
The completed image can be printed out either on fine art paper to be matted and framed or on metal substrate ready to hang.
My pieces have been published in many issues of Living the Photo Artistic Life since the magazine began in 2015. I have also been interviewed on the blog Quill and Camera about the joys and challenges of my photo-artistic life. Key for me was joining Photoshop Artistry classes with Sebastian Michaels, who opened up my world to the endless possibilities of the creative process.
Here are a few highlights from the many issues I’ve been published in over the few years.
