Work in Progress

Images from a floating world digital photography..




















these same images I abstracted further using Photoshop..




















Oil on canvas...
































































































Each step reducing, paring down to its bare essential

Critique Response #2

Discussion this week was about some of my smaller works, which directly corresponded to the oversized prints from the first critique. For the most part the smaller images were easier to read and more accessible to the viewers. In particularly, the images that incorporated photography and encaustics seemed more amenable to the group. Pertaining to size, the overall consensus was that the 12 X 12 square images were the more approachable. Some discussion was made to include more contrasting elements; like a solid element or ground to contrast the work's obvious liquidity.

Critique response

Today I showed four large digital prints of "floating images" – a series that I began the year before. Started with a photographic series and led to more Photoshop exploration. The images were segments of larger works pared down and accentuated. These images were then used to create a dialogue with the paintings that I am working on.

Viktor made some recommendations; first was to stretch the canvas images in order to get more of a sense of illusion; or to try painting over the surface or to blend pixels more. I explained that it was not my intention to create an illusion, but rather to retain the pixel with their vibrating sensation. Viktor also recommended that I look at the “Photograms” by Rutgers’ Diane Neumaier. Her work is vibrant and luminous.