Fine Art Photography

Welcome to my new creations, mixing my photography with my painting and composite techniques.  Allowing me to bring to life images that only existed in my mind.  In paintings, almost like composites but they evolved with the flow of the paint. In photography composites, the image evolves with the flow of the photographs.  Both are plastic tools that allows me to convey and express how I see the world and how it impacts me.

These composites are very personal and carry a message that's very dear to my heart ; because of this in some of the composites I have used myself as the person.  

Finding Within - Angel Series (Composites)

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See no evil - It has taken me aback the horrors that we see in the news on a daily basis. Even in sacred places, on many levels, those in power turn a blind eye to the events. A place where Love is the resounding message, the actions are sometimes the opposite, it is humans that are fallible and sometimes evil. The message from above, from good, has been corrupted and used by some for their personal agendas.

Grounded - We at times, maybe more often than not, feel flightless because of life’s difficulty’s , challenges, upsets. We look around and everyone seems to soar above you, sometimes to unreachable heights. Yet these same individuals soaring above serve as a reminder that you too can soar again, that you have not lost your wings, just forgot they are there.

Lost - When my brother died it was like the world deflated, I refused to mourn his death because it would be real. Losing him was changing who I was, for if he didn’t exist then who would I become. It was only after that I realized we are constantly changing and we grow because of it, then I started to mourn. For without mourning my transformation would not be complete. That transformation included my realization that those things lost have already become part of me and they live and breathe through you.

Separation, from someone we love it’s an awful feeling. When you are attach to something it’s bad enough, but when that, what you are attached to is a human being , the feeling of separation is unexplainable. And when it’s out of your control, It’s gut wrenching and it’s inhuman. We, in any capacity as humans, can do better than separate our self from the love of our neighbor. To understand the pain that someone else is going through, is to understand ourselves as human beings. We as a human body, as spiritual beings are connected. We can’t say, that is their problem, or they should not have….. because in doing so, we are selling out ourselves.

Wait - In this world of instant gratification, where we have information in an instant, ”wait” may become an extinct species. But....wait..... something’s are better waiting for; A flower to bloom, your first date, your first car, your first love. All these things build up anticipation, something to look forward to, and in doing so you may learn the value of what you are waiting for. I met my true love, my angel, at age 34 and I believe if we had met any sooner I would not have appreciated the wonderful and special person he is, or recognized the awesome love we have. So relax, surf the web, and take pleasure in waiting.

Be true to Your Self

Taming the beast - With social media we have entered a new realm of seeing people behave in unbelievable ways. Fights on trains over a seat or a stare, road rage because someone was inconvenienced by a few seconds, sad things that we would not see in our daily lives, filmed for all to see.  It appears that we all must have a small beast inside of us.  Not the horrible beast that you see in movies, but a beast that will take you away from your sensible, passionate, humanly side. It may be the kind that comes out when you're stuck in traffic , or the kind that takes over when you self indulge , or may be the kind that takes you away from your purpose in life.  I like to believe that we are here to serve one another, to help one another. I believe that we only truly find our self with positive interaction with others.  You know...Love your neighbor.... But sometimes all that is pushed aside and we do what is best for us.....and that may be ok in small ways, but carry it further and you may escape who you really are, who you are meant to be.  Let this beast take over and you may lose your purpose, your humanity.....sounds dramatic....perhaps..... but little by little, if we don't tame the beast within, we may have to deal with someone we may not recognize.

Recluse - For so long many of us were quiet , silent , set apart from the rest because we felt different, in some cases we did not even know why. When some were worrying about who to take to the school dance, the rest were trying to figure out how to fit in the world. For me, throughout my adolescent , it was a state of confusion. My only friend was the stillness of the night where I can go over and over in my head what was happening. How did I become a defect? what will happen if anyone knew who I wanted to take to the dance? The burden and worry a youth or any person has before coming out is sometimes too much to comprehend and handle. No one youth or adult should have to go through this feeling of exclusion in modern day society, just because of who they want to be with. The world is changing slowly and beginning to understand no one is a defect, just different. Soon all youths will just worry about being young and going to that school dance with whomever they choose and not think twice whether its a boy or girl.

Into the Light It takes over like a descending dark cloud in the middle of a bright blue-sky day. Your senses deceived you, what you have taken for granted now is taken from you. In this darkness you contemplate all the promises you made last time you were in this dark corner, trying to get out. You make those promises again, only this time you take action hoping that in this course things get better....and you wait.....going to be a long wait, you know it because you have been here before. But in that wait things change because of your eagerness, you gain strength to do the things that have been put off, you get a new perspective, a new view. It pierces through like light through darkness, you feel a new body, you feel new wings. And hope, you hope that when the cloud lifts, this new body, these new wings will allow you to soar again, but this time higher and achieve new things, revive those lost dreams, and appreciate those things you didn’t realize you had before. Then you will walk into the light, gently, like a heron walking lightly through the waters, but burst with a splash at the first sight of freedom.

It came upon us....suddenly. Yesterday we roamed the world, today we confine steps within our safe domain. It has to be...as our freedom was taken from us like a thief in the night or as a prey being snatched up at high noon. But there’s hope to go back to a changed world, for the world of our memories will remain in our memory. We shouldn’t despair in this dusk that sets upon us, for after there will be the Morning Star that will appear brighter than ever. The skies will also be changed as a lot more Angels will be watching over us in this new world.

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”     - Leonardo da Vinci

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Aves Series (Composites)

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