process

I have spent years learning how to translate reality to film and then to paper. Each step of the photographic progression should enhance the image, or you are wasting part of the process.

The images are printed on black and white silver gelatin paper, then toned archivally with Hypo Alum. I use this to achieve a split tone effect, dividing my values into warm and cool.

From there I use diluted photographic oil paint, which I add in a series of very light layers, shifting from warm to cool to give more dimension. I do this over a period of days to give each layer time to dry. Then I can slightly shift the values with each application, and as a result the light will refract differently, again adding more depth.

After it dries, I seal it with a protective finish. Because none of the steps in the process can be duplicated exactly, each print is unique.

I do all the work on my images myself.