Photographs From An Artist's Album - Giclee Prints

Periods of concentrated time in the studio can deplete creative energy. To recharge I like to get out and about. Out and about might be close to my studio, or as far a field as the other side of the world.
 
I take photographs. What the camera captures supplements the information I gain through my senses; photographic images is mainly documentation.  I draw when I can, but the camera is quick when time is limited.

Historically the invention of the camera and photographic surface was pushed forward by the needs of artists; it is still a useful a tool even though the camera is a now a creative medium in its own right.

I need to observe in order to draw. Observation is necessary to compose an image either for drawing or to catch the right moment for the camera's shutter release.  Images I find interesting are captured in my mind; the photographs are an aid memoir of time and place.

Many photographic images are often beautiful in their own right.  I don’t copy photographs in my painting or make paintings about a particular scene.  Sense of place comes from mixed abstract concepts and ideas arising out of what I find at different locations.

My photographs are a studio resource; however many have sparked interest among friends and colleagues who have seen them; so I had a selection made into Giclee prints on canvas that have been exhibited.