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My photographs are artifacts of the laborious
task of making my interior life tangible.
A duality permeates my work, creating a tension
between what has physically existed and what is
imagined. Like photography I am bound to a physical
reality, but I am compelled to make work that
speaks of how precious and valuable the interior
reality can be. This intangible space is where
memory, fantasy and spirituality reign. This is
where we are haunted.
I have always felt compelled to make something
physical and tactile, based on the spaces which
dwell in my mind. These imagined retreats, however,
always had some anchoring in the real world. Like
a dream they began with someplace that produced
resonances in me. Constructed photographs and
the alchemy of the darkroom quickly became my
ideal mode of expression. I have taken the production
of my images one step further, into a digital
workflow. This tool has provided the perfect marriage
of painting and photography. I use imaging software
to bring out inherent textures and gradations,
producing an enhanced sense of depth and space.
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