Somewhere

In this series I am working with the notion of place. My sense of the places I know and the places I discover is constructed from an amalgamation of different sights and experiences over time. The works in this series are complex compositions that describe fragments of information, time, and space. I combine these fragments to formulate my impression of a place because I find that no one image alone can describe the sensation of place for me. I must construct it from multiple parts of my experience. I have devised a method of drawing with digital photographic information that I use to layer image upon image as I build up the surface of the image. ; Often an image will be buried within the work, only hinting at its form. It is these layers, each with their traces of objects that intrigue me. They are a way of covering and uncovering, a way of seeing and then seeing again. I use a flattened perspective so that multiple views and locations are densely compressed within a complex surface. The picture plane becomes a vibrant, kinetic space where many different views come together in a landscape without perspective. The industrial landscape, power plants, shipyards, shipping ports and vibrant cities are most appealing to me. These places have a unique aesthetic, sense of color, and rhythm that I find fascinating.