I am fascinated by the combination of both geometry and distortion together in my art. Although I love bright colors, I also like the challenge of a limited palette of black, white, and gray.
In this series, I use various pinhole cameras to create black and white images on paper or film. Because pinhole cameras have no lenses and are often made from a cardboard oatmeal box or a plain wooden box, the images produce strange perspectives, odd curves, and compressed lines. Sometimes there is the appearance of a ghostlike figure. Trees which blow in the wind make their own patterns. I like the vagueness of the weird urban landscapes that result. Strangely, to me, they capture the essence of each location.
After I take the and develop the negative, I scan them and print them in their original negative tones. Each one is printed on archival museum rag paper.
I hope you feel as if you want to walk into each new place I’ve created.
All of these images are also now available printed on 24" x30" archival paper.
