. Erika Funke (WVIA NPR PBS) lead an inspiring discussion, including curator Heather Sincavage (Sordoni Art Gallery), about my exhibit Landscapes Within Landscapes at Wilkes University on display through May 13. . Listen to it here. Learn more about the exhibit here....
The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University. The exhibit walls and catalog for Landscapes Within Landscapes & Process include many forms of writing. . Statements Read my statements Landscapes Within Landscapes and Process. . Poetry Listen to the poems here. (30, 21, 19, and 10) . Creative Nonfiction Read my creative nonfiction essay Why I Photograph here. (16) . Metadata A print of metadata in Lightroom illustrates that text becomes a part of my images from the moment of their creation. . Mindmaps Mindmaps show developing flows of ideas (elements, verbs, adjectives, form, feelings, emotions, associations). . Infographics The text on my webpage was turned into an infographic for a wall outside the gallery. Read 10 Health Benefits Of Adding More Nature Into Your Life here. . Though my images are silent, it's clear that words are with me from start to...
. Big metal prints made at Blazing Editions make a significant contribution to my exhibit Landscapes Within Landscapes at Sordoni Art Gallery. The two above are 40x60” and given the space, could go even bigger. The same prints are huge in my New England farmhouse. . There’s the size that feels good for the space and the size that feels good for the image. Some images change at different sizes; sometimes better, sometimes worse, sometimes just different. There’s an art to finding a compelling balance. I think of David Byrne’s TED talk How Architecture Helped Music Evolve. . .My reflection in a metal print made at Blazing Editions. . Many metal prints are on display in my exhibit Landscapes Within Landscapes at Sordoni Art Gallery through May...
. Warning. These images may contain more than one photograph (not always exposed by the artist), digital effects, drawings, invisible metadata, and may be supplemented with text, audio, and video at your discretion. The artist discloses his practices generally but deliberately does not specify which practices are used in a given image to raise questions about how we know what we know, include the viewer in his ongoing practice of becoming more mindful of how we see, and leave room for each individual's unique experience of the works. These images and the following piece of creative nonfiction are deliberately designed to create some disorientation and more clarity. . . "Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second." - Marc Riboud . . I photograph...
. Use this table of contents to find statements I've written about my art. A Statement On Statements . Process . Art Of Discovery Process Titles Studies . Series . My Antarctica Waking My Antarctica Dreaming Antarctica Global Warning Alignment Condensation Constellation Correspondence Illumination Land In Land Reflection Refraction Resonance Respiration Revelation . Themes . Landscapes Within Sublime Moments Resacralizing Nature Sacred Journey Pilgrimage A Call To Connection Equivalence Surfaces Seeing Is Not Believing . New statements are coming. Receive gifts, special offers, and announcements in my newsletter. ...
Request the catalog here. Click each image for more. Making images is a form of knowing. And, every media used to make images with is a different way of coming to that understanding. Because they each offer unique experiences and perspectives, I work in many media simultaneously, comparing and contrasting them to get a fuller picture of what’s really there and what more is going on. In the end, I make many studies before distilling them into the new works they bring to completion. I think of them as necessary pieces of a puzzle to find a bigger picture or waypoints of discovery to find a journey’s end. . Here are a few of the things I do. . Color Gradients I’m always mindful of how color...