Mother and Child : 2013
"I love this work. It's incredibly smart."
- Susan Bright, Curator of Photography; Editor: Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood
"I love this work. It's incredibly smart."
- Susan Bright, Curator of Photography; Editor: Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood
STATEMENT
This work was informed by historical Virgin and Child paintings. My interest is in exploring this archetypal relationship by focusing on the indelible, formative moments painted by artists.
At the heart of my work is the bond between a mother and her children, made manifest by the connection between hands. The touch of hands is like a current of energy that forges the bond with the iconic Mother figure, the heart of a child's early life.
With these works I continue to dive inside of the languages of both painting and photography, to play with color, form, qualities of light, and notions of time. By selectively hand-painting parts of my images, the lines between the realms of photography and painting dissolve.
* Mother and Child is featured HERE in the book Illuminating the Negative : Fifteen Years of Photographs.
"I was not prepared for how beautiful and compelling this work is. It doesn't feel forced (a miracle) and the manipulation is a clarification, a visual and intellectual multi-level engagement." ~ Harold Garde, artist
This work was informed by historical Virgin and Child paintings. My interest is in exploring this archetypal relationship by focusing on the indelible, formative moments painted by artists.
At the heart of my work is the bond between a mother and her children, made manifest by the connection between hands. The touch of hands is like a current of energy that forges the bond with the iconic Mother figure, the heart of a child's early life.
With these works I continue to dive inside of the languages of both painting and photography, to play with color, form, qualities of light, and notions of time. By selectively hand-painting parts of my images, the lines between the realms of photography and painting dissolve.
* Mother and Child is featured HERE in the book Illuminating the Negative : Fifteen Years of Photographs.
"I was not prepared for how beautiful and compelling this work is. It doesn't feel forced (a miracle) and the manipulation is a clarification, a visual and intellectual multi-level engagement." ~ Harold Garde, artist