42nd Street
$1,200.00
Growing up in SOHO, New York, and greatly influenced by abstract expressionists like Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Motherwell, I thought I would be an abstract painter. I used many of Rauschenberg’s techniques in making my early collages. The work titled 42nd Street Time Square and Metropolis is a digital mixed-media photo collage. Today I use my photographs and digitally hand-painted elements.
Art is about challenging the status quo, experimenting, and applying them in new ways. I constantly experiment with photography and other formats like digital painting.
I started my art journey wanting to be an abstract painter but changed my major to film.
I was fortunate to have studied photography under the late renowned photographer Ray K Metzker at The Philadephia College of Art (1971-1975). Metzker was known for his experimental B&W and assemblages of printed film strips. His style taught me that photography is a gateway without boundaries. I use my camera as a paintbrush, photographing colors, textures, and abstract shapes.
Ironically, my early work was with collages, heavily influenced by the abstract expressionist Robert Rauchenberg. Today, my collage work combines photography and digital painting.
As an artist, I continue to venture and experiment, fulfilling my dream as a boy to break out of the material and devote myself to the artistic journey.