1/10

I see my job as an artist to entice the viewer to linger over the piece, take on the role of detective to discover the perspective I am exploring. This “exploration” often is an unconscious process which emerges as I “listen” to the objects in the image and how they relate to one another. It is almost like the image has a story it wants to tell, and my job is to give it a voice.
The image intrigued me, but something was missing. An older couple I had photographed walking around Swan Lake had captured my imagination and seemed to fit well into this developing story. However, when I added the trunk, it immediately transformed the image. The trunk’s relationship to this elderly couple suddenly appeared, giving a more profound meaning to their journey.
End Game started as several acrylic paintings and ink sketches. Then using the decoupage technique, I arranged fragments of these art pieces into one image. Acrylic inks and chalk pastels were also added. The digital version was then creatively altered in Photoshop.

Acrylic paintings, ink sketches, decoupage technique, pastels & Photoshop