artist statement
When I have a camera or a slew of art materials, I feel an incredible sense of potential. I love making art through a camera lens as well as creating things with my hands. I do art and photography because I am fascinated with the creative process of making something out of nothing. I want to make something beautiful and interesting that is born from a spontaneous place, textured and intriguing.
I love working with a camera because one photograph holds infinite possibilities. I want to show a part of life that people may have overlooked, or bring out the beauty in something not widely considered beautiful. I am interested in texture, abstraction, and the perhaps unnoticed qualities of a given subject. I work primarily with digital cameras, but occasionally use film. I want the photograph to be realistic by only doing very little enhancement with a computer so that the photographs are true to their source.
Materials are like tulip bulbs: they look dead and inconspicuous at first, but they hold such promise. I need only some natural spark to set in motion the creation of a piece. I do not use just one media to do my work, but let inspirations both internal and from the world around me guide what I do at a particular time. Therefore, I work with textiles, paper, ink, paint, recycled items and other media. When I work with different materials, I seek to integrate materials to experiment with and highlight their repurposing potential and functionality. But many times, work consists only of ink and a piece of paper.
What I do is a result of my hesitation to commit to one specific vein of art. In the future I may settle into one particular style, but for now I am in a phase of experimentation that has allowed me to develop ways of integrating different media into one piece. I want my photographs to show texture, enhance the imagination and reflect something beautiful. Therefore, I am also concerned with how other materials can become textured and become about something other than themselves. I seek to pay homage to beauty and to evoke a sense of beauty in the heart.
St. Paul, MN
October 2009
I love working with a camera because one photograph holds infinite possibilities. I want to show a part of life that people may have overlooked, or bring out the beauty in something not widely considered beautiful. I am interested in texture, abstraction, and the perhaps unnoticed qualities of a given subject. I work primarily with digital cameras, but occasionally use film. I want the photograph to be realistic by only doing very little enhancement with a computer so that the photographs are true to their source.
Materials are like tulip bulbs: they look dead and inconspicuous at first, but they hold such promise. I need only some natural spark to set in motion the creation of a piece. I do not use just one media to do my work, but let inspirations both internal and from the world around me guide what I do at a particular time. Therefore, I work with textiles, paper, ink, paint, recycled items and other media. When I work with different materials, I seek to integrate materials to experiment with and highlight their repurposing potential and functionality. But many times, work consists only of ink and a piece of paper.
What I do is a result of my hesitation to commit to one specific vein of art. In the future I may settle into one particular style, but for now I am in a phase of experimentation that has allowed me to develop ways of integrating different media into one piece. I want my photographs to show texture, enhance the imagination and reflect something beautiful. Therefore, I am also concerned with how other materials can become textured and become about something other than themselves. I seek to pay homage to beauty and to evoke a sense of beauty in the heart.
St. Paul, MN
October 2009
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