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Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, orange, muted, cars, trees

Movement

Weather Fronts, 2014 - Convergent :: (click to see more) I've been thinking more about movement in my images. This is a long standing theme going back to my early days in black and white. There's something about swift passage that's slightly hypnotic and releases my creative right brain. This new work is entirely about movement ...

Convergent

I had a recent conversation with my grandmother (on her 92nd birthday) about the direction I'm taking - or rather figuring out the direction TO take. At the time the conversation didn't seem to really help but I think it served to pry something loose. Later as I was driving home, I recalled an element I've ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow ,muted, division, pattern

The Shape

Sun Shadow, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I tried another idea today and explored some variations in an attempt to present the shape of the city. I don't think this is it - not quite yet at least. It's an elusive feeling I'm reaching for. I want to present a sense ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, blue, muted, split, pattern

Blocked Tests

Sky and Field, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I'm struggling. I'm at the end of Light Signatures and trying to work out what my next project will be about. I've had some ideas and done some tests - but, they're not working. I'm not happy with the results. Too cliche, not ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, blue, vibrant, rays, pattern

Flow

Draining Water, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more)
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Thinking

Merging Tributaries, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) Thinking about what to make next. A few ideas percolating but nothing concrete quite yet.
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, orange, blue, vibrant, overlapping, streaks, pattern

Music’s Influence

Orange Coruscate, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) As I've mentioned I listen to music all the time and particularly while I'm working on images. It has a profound impact on my work probably in part because of my past musical training but likely too just because that's how I'm wired. I ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, mauve, blue, turquoise, muted, stripes, streaks, lines, pattern

Volumetric Prints

Private Discussion In Mauve, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) A friend recently showed me a kickstarter project that has some interesting similarities to how I was considering printing these images. Although they go about it by stacking together a series of clear plates with printing on them - whereas I was considering ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, blue, vibrant, overlapping streaks, waves, smears, lines, pattern

Dreaming

Fractured Jet Stream, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I've been reading some unusual sci fi books by Rudy Rucker in which he makes some interesting points. Rudy is a mathematician and his books are full of some of the weirdest stuff you can imagine but a great deal of it is ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, mauve, blue, turquoise yellow, vibrant, stripes, streaks, overlapping, pattern

Urgent Youth

Blue Horizon, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I had the opportunity to visit my old high school recently with a group of friends. Aside from how odd it felt to walk the halls again as if I had never left, I was struck by the consistent thread of urgent youth - ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, blue, green , muted, streaks, waves, pattern

Paraphrase

Rolling Wave Under Belly, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I believe my current fascination with movement stems from an interest in context. I remember years ago reveling in the notion of ambiguous context in images. By cropping an image down to some small element of the original you can find extraordinary but ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, blue, green, muted, streaks, waves, swoosh, pattern

A Puzzle

Aurora Borealis, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) The city is a puzzle to me. I've always viewed it as a maze in which I must find the shortest or quickest path to traverse - perhaps this is the way cab drivers think too. But there is a certain alienation that occurs ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, blue, , yellow , muted, streaks, pattern

Shape And Experience

Satin Refraction, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) There is a dynamic balance in a city - one that's in constant flux. From one day or season to the next the geometry is changing - coupled with the constant movement of objects within and you have an ever changing panoply of material to ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, purple, muted, pulsing, waves, pattern

Different Perspective

Indigo Squid Beneath Orange Waves, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I had to step outside my warm padded cocoon of a studio to clear my head and think for a bit. It's cold and rainy out there with the birds chirping and Queen street is packed with traffic. It's good to ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, blue, green, muted,swoosh, circles, waves, pattern

Path of Most Resistance

Blue Glint, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I was just sitting here feeling awful, thinking wouldn't it be easier if I just did X instead of Y. And as my thoughts devolved - which they tend to do - I realized nah, that wouldn't be so fun because it would be ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, mauve, turquoise, muted, streaks, waves, pattern

Flood Gates

Underwater Calm, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I believe I've already related anecdotes about people mistaking my images for paintings. I've wrestled with how to classify my work for years now and some time ago I put painterly photography in my email signature. The other day I had some interesting conversations about ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, orange, muted, streaks, layers, pattern

Oscillate Vacillate

Taut Vibrations, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I often wonder at the validity of these images. I think of it as similar to quantum physics - the closer you examine any argument the more you see it can be subdivided into smaller arguments. At what point do you stop subdividing and ...
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