This print is 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. This subject is the result of the decalcomania technique. An unpredictable method that produced some exciting effects inspiring this work. It was moving in the direction of an abstract piece until I saw the two beings moving together through their surroundings.
Partners began with the transfer technique decalcomania which, was developed in the 18th century. I spread acrylic paint onto a glass surface, then while it was still wet, I repeatedly pressed a plastic sheet into the paint and then pulled it off, again and again. I photographed each new version. Then using the digital collage method, I added a photograph of sea kelp bulb and creatively altered the result in Photoshop.

Decalcomania transfer technique, photograph & Photoshop