Digital Art

What is art but a way of seeing?
-Thomas Berger, writer (1924- )

These images are for sale as fine art, archival photographic prints. Click image for details.

And if you like this work, don't miss the jello shots! and other abstract photos on the photography page!

Redrose
28" x 38"

Pink Fish Perfection
26.5" x 20"

Purple
28" x 36.25"

Spineglass
28" x 38"

Cavelens
28" x 34"

Candy Battle Horizontal
28" x 36.5"

Candy Battle Vertical
36.5" x 28"

Fivespice
10.2" x 13.2"

Tendon
26" x 20"

Mackerel
28" x 36.25"

Red Screen
7.5" x 11"

Legshell
38" x 26"

Crispy Brown Blur
27" x 35"

Puddle

Lovely Fragments

Waterwalk 1
15.5" x 17"

Waterwalk 2
15.5" x 17"

Waterwalk 3
15.5" x 17"

Other Images

The images below are not available as prints and are included here as portfolio pieces.

Caves	Broken Glass	Blue-Red Puddle	Blue-Red Stretch
Melongill1	Melongill4	Blue-Red Barbell	Blue-Red Bone
Curl	Chocolate Orange	Grass in Face	Mushroom Blue

Artist Statement

My work is primarily inspired by the extraordinarily tangential activity of the mind as it resolves sensual input and intellectual ideas. I am very interested in direct aesthetic experience and the psychology of sight.

The moment of ambiguity that precedes recognition in the process of seeing, the moment of discovery, is often more pleasurable than the final perception itself because of the rich possibility of being that it holds. Imagine seeing something out of the corner of your eye and, implausibly, being able to turn your head and focus on the initial, unarticulated form before the mind makes sense of the actual object seen. In my art I invoke and prolong this moment, enticing the eye and calming the mind to focus on the potential of uncertainty.

My digital art may be based on photographs or scans of real objects such as plants or food. My digital creative process, then, is a kind of reversal of the act of recognition. The images are always very colourful and rich, and often have a sense of depth of space or the illusion of movement as colour fields shift weight visually. The “form” is often ambivalent, dreamlike, and strongly evocative of the quality of ideas on the edge of sleep or reason. Above all I am interested in the abstract expression of beauty, elegance, well-being, and refined balance.

Archival Printing

Lightjet Digital Photographs
Océ LightJet® 430 is the machine/process that prints the artwork.
A laser exposes the digital image onto light sensitive paper a fraction of an inch at a time. The paper is then developed, fixed, and washed, like any high quality archival photograph.

Photographic Paper
Fuji CrystalArchive glossy paper is used for vibrant colours and pure whites with excellent image colour stability. The final image is a real archival photograph.

Image Detail
The LightJet process creates images with very sharp detail and nice dense colour areas. The image has trully continuous colour tone with 300 dots per inch detail that stands up to scrutiny through the loupe as well as the naked eye.

Giclee Digital Prints
A Giclee print is made with advanced inkjet technology, using lightfast, archival inks on archival quality watercolour paper.

Watercolour Paper
Archival cold pressed watercolour paper is used for this print. The final piece has the texture of the paper and a subtle warm tone.

Image Detail
The Giclee process is used for images that benefit from a matte texture. The result is rich, velvety colours not unlike the eye of a peacock feather. The image is printed at 200 dots per inch and has continuous colour tone when scrutinized by the naked eye.

Mounting
Regardless of the size of print or frame style chosen, any artwork bought framed will be mounted in an archival manner with acid free materials.

Composed from the front, the layers in the image sandwich are:

glass,
white archival 4 ply matte,
print attached onto 4 ply archival rag board with linen tape and rice starch,
a backing sheet of mylar for moisture insulation,
acid free foamcore for padding,
and a final backing sheet of plastic core for rigidity.

Framing
The recommended style of frame is black enamelled maple, 0.75" front profile and 2" or more deep.

Standard glass is used because the texture of glare free glass interferes with the texture of the print and diminishes the appreciation of detail up close. Glare free glass is available upon request.

There is a white border on all sides, 4" or as appropriate to individual print size.