Process

My works begin and end with traditional painting.  I use contemporary digital photography techniques  as a middle stage creative step. The view of the original painting is reoriented, sometimes radically.  

My original paintings don't exist for very long.  As soon as they are photographed, I wipe and smear the paint to create the base layer of the next painting.  Sometimes, I keep files of interesting images and offer them as editions.  My favorites, I print and paint as unique mixed-media art objects.   

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