Due Process, 2020

Composite Photograph, Metallic Paper & Acrylic

72”W x 48”H

Artist Statement

Photography, as most people understand it, is a record of what was happening the instant the shutter was released. It can only capture a split second. The viewer must then infer what was happening and what the photographer was seeing. My impressions are more than one moment, more than one space, more than one perspective. They seek to capture the four dimensions (that are space and time) to more fully reflect the actual experience of “seeing.” They also capture the energy that I am feeling, the subtle differences in direction, movement: people rushing by living their own lives, leaves blowing in the wind, shadows changing with the light. 

My impressions are created by merging the technology of today with the photography of yesterday. For the viewer there are endless discoveries encapsulated in the density of each scene. My aesthetics developed from love of nature, wanting to capture one moment in space and time, the realism of natural color and the abstraction of black and white. My Impressions are a natural progression from the ‘freeze frame’ of my early work, where I captured the subtle play of movement in many of my photographs, through my obsession with capturing the whole scene in a panoramic. Impressions are not an ending point, but just a stop along my journey.