The work "Run" was my response to all the fires worldwide last summer. It's the story of being in the woods and suddenly the fire is all around me...what to do? ...RUN!
My art has taken me through many paths. I love to photograph the natural world. I also loved to create abstract paintings. I found, over time, that I needed to satisfy an inner desire of my own image-journey using the new media tools that I learned as a graphic designer. Although I had migrated from painting to photography, I still wanted something more painterly and less photographic to tint these works. From my collection of photographs, I could see that there is more than there appears to be in these images, and through digital means I am able to recombine numerous photos, along with adding drawings to make unique, unconventional images that express what I wanted in my work. By subtle digital manipulation of the color, I was able to evoke an image that I felt was completely mine. It is the journey the image makes that matters most to me. The processes can constantly change as my world does, and this has given me great joy.
