Notes:

The essence of an image – its underlying energy and feeling – can easily be overwhelmed or masked by the details available in photographs. In fact, often that’s the case.

The devil is in the details. Our eyes and minds revel in sharp images. Our eye is drawn to the details, and we devote considerable attention to them. But that’s often not where the feel is to be found. Rather than demand that we open ourselves to deeper perception by learning to see differently, these pieces work with our minds to allow us to respond naturally and sense more directly what’s essential – the heart of the matter.

These works are intended to be printed very large. While they may work on a smaller scale, they lend themselves to a width of at least three feet, if not six or eight.

These are my first steps on a journey, itself a process of discovery, of learning a new vocabulary of visual subtraction. Stay tuned.