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Media and Sizes

Media: 

Single edition photographs are captured, uniquely, in natural light.  Editing is avoided.  The resulting composition is infused onto aluminum panel.  This allows a contemporary connection with the composition without obstruction of glass or frame.  These materials work well and boldly for my objective: I hunt line transforming composition into abstraction and line which draws the viewer in closer than they would consider venturing alone.  Large, bold panels bring the viewer into contact with a subject often overlooked.

I attempt to capture a composition uniquely and spontaneously, striving for detailed abstraction of daily life.  I am most satisfied when a subject has so completely communicated with me in the moment that no editing is required.
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Example of 30" x 40" single edition photographs, from the "Canal House" series, in studio setting.

Sizes:

The individual compositions are inspired in groups and captured in series.  Some work naturally emerges as diptychs; some images stand alone; some ask to be presented in full series format, aligned as companions, together.

Work of the most recent series, such as the "Canal House" series, are printed on aluminum panels of 20" x 30" (60cm x 80cm) to 40" x 60" (100cm x 150cm), depending what the image or series implores.

Older works, such at the "Huis", "VQ: Les Détails" and "Moments" series, are printed on aluminum panels of 20" x 16" (50cm x 40cm) or 18" x 12" (45 cm x 30cm).  
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Example of 30" x 40" single edition photograph, "Patinated Chinoiserie" from "Canal House" series, in home setting.
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Example of smaller, 12" x 18" work, in home setting. Courtesy Ingrid Foster
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