“Transformations”

Transformations are a series of mixed media photography celebrating the fragments of the larger existence of nature and the environment. Photographing nature from a more intimate perspective allows a degree of familiarity, personal engagement, and emotional interpretation. The dramatic formality of line and light; the tension of shape and pattern are subjective tools for creative expression.

Each image began as a traditional black and white photograph captured with a plastic Diana camera, which produces photos of a dreamy soft focus quality. These images are then reimagined through an encaustic process. Layers of wax, oil stick, pastel, and transfer are employed as symbols of the change and unpredictability that occurs as the evolving land journeys through a continuous passage of seasons and time. The natural world exists all around you challenging those who care to seek the sublime that lies just beyond the doorstep.