ARTiculAction
from the Joy Rides series
different materials and techniques: you scan your previous works, and paint, collage and enhance them with Photoshop... while crossing the borders of different techinques have you ever happened to realize that a synergy between different techniques is the only way to achieve some results, to express some concepts?
whatever inspires me in the moment. Later I can look closely at my photos, choose the ones that speak to me & begin to work with them. In the old days I painted on cibachrome prints with the 5 colors of retouching dye. A very slow & tedious process & it was easy too mess up by dropping a dab of color in the wrong place (as the dye instantly went into the emulsion & did not wash out) & as the emulsion got soft with water it was super easy to scratch. I never ran into anyone else that did this technique. Now I get to scan my photographs (mainly 35mm slides) & play with them on photoshop. I can created a magical world with more than my saturated unrealistic
I don’t create in all those mediums, but I do create my art with photographs I take of architecture, sculptures & monumental art to landscapes and old cars. I love the freedom to take photos of so many different things, of
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