Phoenix 22 – 2

Methods

At no other time in history has the link between a thought and a product been shorter. I can literally have an idea as I fall asleep and wake up and implement the idea within hours of waking. From idea to product in a few hours. We certainly live in fast times, I’m not entirely convinced that much else has changed. We still feel, think and even behave in a similar way as previous generations. Evolution is slow, even when we push it around.

I shoot digitally, and print traditionally

My digital camera allows me to work quickly, by painting standards I can work at breakneck speeds. Personally, I find this an advantage when working on expression, because my moods and ideas can be fleeting. I can produced work in a single day that is intense, observational, ironic and formal. Most of my influencers in the Abstract Expressionist movement spend weeks working on a canvas and I admire their work but I have none of their patience.

Traditional printing keeps me grounded in the real business of art. It speaks to my classical art training and allows me to display works cleanly and in an archival way. These images will look just how they are meant long after I’m gone.

Again I’m struck by the relationship to evolution that my work has. Work quickly on successive trials then through selection let the best survive through time.

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