Mirage 20
Mirage 20: from a series of abstract art nudes. I've continued to work with the plate surfaces lately. The streaks and smudges on the copper mirror surface give this a…
Color Wash
Color Wash: A sunset becomes abstracted by water. Lately I find myself using the iphone as a visual sketchbook. I pick up colors, patterns and ideas- little snippets to incorporate…
Water Abstract
Water grooves: abstract photography in nature. Since I did Air (Clouds) yesterday, it seemed fitting to do land today. Water draining from the beach forms abstract shapes and patterns.
Cloud Patterns
Sometimes nature provides the abstract image. Photograph of clouds outside our home. Something about the light and pattern of the clouds versus the shape of the tree line contrasts nicely.…
Garage abstract photo
Abstract Photography: Sometimes I just look for patterns of light, shadow and shape. Abstraction can be a joy in an of itself.
Mirage 18b
Mirage 18b: Abstract Art Nude Eighteenth in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. This is the mildly NSFW version. I feel like I should have a band, so this…
Mirage 18
Mirage 18a: Abstract Art Nude Portraiture. Eighteenth in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. My friend Sera has been having a big hair week, on account of the heat…
Experimentation pt 2: Surfaces in the Mirage Art Nudes
Experimentation with surface treatments in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. This is the second image where I was experimenting with surface treatments to the metal plate. My goal…
Experimentation: Plate Surfaces in the Mirage Series
Experimentation with surfaces in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes.
The Mirage series has been about re-imagining the art nude. I love working with the human form- it can be so graceful, pliable and surprising. But nudes can just as easily be cliché. I didn’t want to create a literal image of the body; it’s just been so “done” in the internet era. Which is why I find the metal reflections so appealing. The images are traces, abstract suggestions of the human form, rather than literal translations. The treatment of the metal has been a major component of the Mirage series. The polishing, scratching and distressing of the sheet are an integral part of the process and the final image. It got me thinking about how I might bring more texture to the metal surface. (more…)
Mirage 15
Fifteenth in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. This image, unlike others in the Mirage series, was produced outside. It is a photograph of reflection in a sheet of…