Working in digital art is like drawing, the files on my hard drive are the like pages in my sketchbook.
I begin the same way as I do for a drawing, with a blank page, in this case a blank screen; and substitute the crayons and pigments for electronic tools and colored pixels. The computer allows me to discover what is possible in the creation of an image like no other medium. The paint is never dry, the exposure or contrast are always redoable and unlimited additions or substractions of image particles are possible. In the end, I just need to decide when the image is done.
I use realistic or abstract images that I have captured with my camera of patterns, forms or colors found in the natural environment, or photographs of my own sculptures or of live models. These images are layered, cut, pasted, drawn or painted on using digital brushes and other electronic tools. The final image is often that of an imagined landscape, exploring the mysteries, the nuances and the enigmatic qualities of nature.
This collection of images are part of a series titled “Body Shells”.