INSPIRATION

“Hardening of the Categories Leads to Art Disease.”

I saw this quote at a Joan Mitchell exhibition in Baltimore, but it is attributed to many people including the great photographer, Eugene Smith.

Helter Skelter, 2022

Images are my inspiration, regardless of the medium or “category”. I learn so much from painters and sculptors as well as other lens-based artists. The medium and category doesn’t matter to me.

As a child, I was surrounded by art, artists and art books. Books on Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya and so many other figurative painters surrounded me. However, I have been also learning from abstract expressionist and action painters. I can learn so much from all of it.

There is so much to learn from painters and sculptors about how to make a great image. They have been doing it for centuries where as photography is relatively young. In addition, lens-based artist such as myself usually have to work with what’s there and pick and choose what to include, but painters have no limitation.