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Saturday, September 22 - 9:00AM to 9:30AM
Ever since the camera was invented, photography has assumed a prominent roll in the discussion surrounding painting. From the freedom felt by the Impressionists with photography's ability to document, to the use of the photograph as a conceptual act in Gerhard Richter's Photo Paintings, photography and painting have been playmates in the evolution of modern and contemporary art.
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I am a place-based, environmental artist who primarily works within the vernacular of painting and drawing. That said, I find it impossible to avoid using the image as I see if from my camera, or as I manipulate it on my computer screen. This is not a grand statement, but one that I think illustrates the nature of a contemporary painting practice in a post-photo world.
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The artwork I create addresses how we, as humans, culturally connect to the landscapes that surround us. It also focuses on the complexities of that connection. There is fluidity in my practice – from painting to digital media, and from the studio to time working in the field. This mobility is an attempt to capture the myriad ways in which we engage our world. Sometimes, I draw and paint on-site and return to my studio to finish the pieces in the form of digital photographs. Sometimes, the photographs that I take on-site get manipulated and translated into paint. Other times, I use the metaphor of the lens (the camera's and the eye's) to address an important way we consume landscapes. By doing so, I hope to create a complexity in the work that embodies the multidimensional nature of our connection to the environment.
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