I have been working with the figure in the landscape with the aid of digital media since 1985. Since then, the elements of the family photograph, landscape, and the electronic media remain prevalent in my work. In the beginning, my images where very autobiographical; they were, in fact, documentation of my family history. I began incorporating family images beyond my personal album as a way to create a collective history, one which would allow individuals to bring their own memories to my work.
The 19th century portrait, landscape and the digital media help me communicate my interpretation of the human experience. By extracting people from their original context and then placing them into fabricated spaces, I hope to retell a story of their being, one which allows the images to acquire a life of their own. While the pieces from photographs verify an actual lived experience, the landscape stands as my metaphor for life, demarcating its quality and reflecting our time on earth.
Life is a journey that has made me question many things, the intangible human spirit, the miracle of birth, a devastating diagnosis, the passage of death. This new work is an attempt to come to terms with my
