NEWS
My images have been selected for "A Passion for Trees: Women Coast to Coast" at Galeria Tonantzin In San Juan Bautista CA from June 5th thru July 26th
My image, Blue Spring, has been selected for the FL NMWA exhibit at the Gateway Center for the Arts in DeBary. Reception July 19th from 2-4 p.m.
My photo, Pere Marquette, was featured in the film "2ME The Happiness Experiment" which premiered at Orlando Museum of Art on March 5th.
My images have been selected for the 10th Annual Upstream People Gallery Painting, Drawing, Photography, and Print International Online Juried Art Exhibition. www.UpstreamPeopleGallery.com
Visit Universal Table to read an excerpt from one of my short stories: www.universaltable.org
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ABOUT MY PHOTOGRAPHY
Trained in conventional photographic processes, I have chosen to specialize in Alternative methods, particularly Polaroid art techniques.
In my Polaroid SX 70 manipulations series, each print is from an original SX 70 image that has been hand-worked. It is then giclee printed onto canvas or fine art paper. The process allows for unique, painterly results.
In my Polaroid SX 70 manipulations series, each print is from an original SX 70 image that has been hand-worked. It is then giclee printed onto canvas or fine art paper. The process allows for unique, painterly results.
With the emulsion lift method, I develop an image onto professional Polaroid film and then lift the film’s emulsion onto archival paper. Each emulsion is unique; and, the same image can produce different results with every development, adding an element of surprise and fun. One series on handmade paper I have titled Environmental Photography. They emerged from a deeply based belief in ecologically friendly practices. Many years ago I used to drive by a landfill on my way to the office. The landfill started out as your basic city dump, but over time it took the proportion of an unlovely mountain. This image has remained in my mind. The sight of it became so unbearable that I changed my route.
As a writer, editing is an integral part of my style. Like most writers, I edit best from a hard copy, which leaves me with much paper to recycle.
As a photographer, I saw an opportunity to combine my passions of writing and photography in an environmentally sound method by recycling my scrap edits into photographic paper. I have used the words that didn’t survive as pulp; the words that have been published can be found overlaid across the paper’s surface, along with other found items. If you look closely, you can see the letters and words emerging through the photographic images. Words haunt me.
I'm currently expanding my Alternative methods to include B&W Infrared, which has led me back to my roots of B&W...the love affair continues...
Opening Night at The Office Gallery
