Artist's Statement

First, a photographer’s confession:  I admit that in museums I spend more time viewing individual paintings than I do individual photographs!  My sense is that most people do the same.  So what makes the casual viewer admire a painting more than a photograph?  The answer, I suspect, lies with techniques painters have learned over the centuries to attract the eye with visual cues and illusions that are enjoyable to see and experience.  In the images I prepare, I attempt to apply these visual tricks to photography.  I have taken this tack because most photographs are mundane—thanks especially to the recent influence of smart phones—so I don’t wish to just produce photographs.  Instead, my intention is to create digital images that are enjoyable enough to return to and look at again.