To begin, I wanted to make a small selection of digitals manufactured since last eNews {Jan-Mar 2011. Original idea — to be a small random selection. When I finished selecting what I thought was a good but small representative of digital efforts since Jan-Mar 2011, I couldn't believe the volume. I believe I never work enough. I have a continual feeling I need to make more work numerically. I hear this beat daily. When selecting a sampling of several months work for this update, I amaze myself on how prolific I really am. Why not! I am obsessed! I work every day for six or more hours. Working digitally within this time frame, a lot of work can get done. As for quality. I can't judge that. When it comes to culling my own productions, I like what I like today; hate it tomorrow; like it in a week; hate in in a month; and so on. Art to me, and for everyone who will engage in it, is all about connections. You either connect or you don't; as a maker or as a viewer. This is life. We all have to accept this or insanity will prevail.

What I find so fascinating about working with digital imaging, it seems to have no limits. Limitations are left only to ones imagination and abilities to use creatively the tools required for engagement.

At this time my digital imaging seems to fall simultaneously into the following categories. At times they will comingle.

1) documentation
2) manipulation; reorganize parts to either fix problems or to alter image to fit creative needs
3) composites: digital images are created from parts of other digital images and/or photos
4) digital painting: create digital images directly from software; no photo influence
5) combos: mixing the above freely; the crap shoot

How these digital images make them selves visible is also open to the imagination. To date I either print the image on canvas or paper using archival ink in an archival inkjet printer. Size can be either standard paper sizes or poster size made up by tiling the print out.

Thumbs below are for ID only.    Click here to view larger images and slide show. Enjoy!

Row 1; L to R:  All images from October 2010 California trip. All are manipulated digital photographs. #2 is a composite.

Row 2; L to R:  #1 & #2; Myrtle Beach SC January 2011.  #3 Rail Parking Garage Pineville NC May 2011.  #4 Abandoned Mall Charlotte NC May 2011.  #5 & #6 Panorama Stitches Matthews NC May 2011. All are composites except #3.

Row 3; L ro R:  #1 & #2 Panorama Stitches Matthews NC May 2011.  #3 Abandoned gas station Florence SC Jan 2011.  Abandoned building Polkton NC June 2011.  #5 & #6 L = original file; R = manipulated file; NC country June 2011.

Row 4; L to R:  #1 = original file; #2 - #5 = manipulations [over 25 variations were made].  #6 = hand held night exposure; Duke Power crew fixing downed lines after a storm; June 2011.

Row 5; L to R:  #1 = hand held night exposure; Duke Power crew fixing downed lines after a storm; June 2011.  #2 = timed exposure light drawing; same power outage.  #3 - #6 Praying Mantis on French door; June 2011.

Row 6; L ro R:  All Praying Mantis on French door; June 2011.

Row 7; L to R:  #1 -#4; #6 = Rain images Matthews NC June 2011.  #5 = Rain image light drawing Matthews NC June 2011.

Row 8; L ro R:  All = Rain image light drawings Matthews NC June 2011.

Row 9; L to R:  #1 = Rain image light drawing Matthews NC June 2011.  #2 Abandoned building Charlotte NC June 2011.  #3 Abandoned building near Southern Pines NC June 2011.  #4 Abandoned gas station Wadesboro NC June 2011.  #5 Abandoned building Rockingham NC June 2011.  #6 Evening Blvd. Charlotte NC June 2011.

Row 10; L to R:  #1 = original file Row 9 #6.  #2 Studio and house Matthews NC May 2011.  #3 View of back yard Matthews NC May 2011.  #4 = Latest manipulation; unfinished July 2011.