Dry Wood | Normality is still a possibility Maybe you've heard It's going to be a long lonely winter |
A ddressing issues of preparedness and organization, here again I seek to render the ordinary interesting. A color field study of textures and patterns revealing more by covering-up. Merging influences from traditional arts, abstraction and realism, this treatment is both recognizable and factual – an extension of the woodpile through a stacking of styles. One contour is created, and from that another shape shares a familiar thread. This evolving process, dependant on both the previous experience and the one following, is at the core of creative endeavors.
“A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless there is something a little incomplete and a little strange, it will simply look like a copy of something pretty. We won't take an interest in it.” - John Loengard
This image is from the “found in the yard” series. The yard is frequently an environment so familiar that it becomes virtually invisible. The yard can stretch to the street, or to the horizon.
