Zone of Transformation

These images from the Mojave desert operate in the transition zone between depiction and abstraction.

My process transforms them by altering tonal values. By working in a loose manner, in effect using both additive and subtractive color combinations, I interpret otherwise unseen aspects of the picture. I avoid the display of any particular technique by working softly, without adding things that would alter the forms or be seen as mine.

This causes a reduction of recognition but not of complexity. It concerns personal experience, below the surface, a response to the world. It may seem confusing but chaos is, after all, natural order.

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Edition limited to 7. Size variable within the edition.

This series was made in 2015 at the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency.

Zone of Transformation is available as a limited edition offset book. Click here for info.