the exquisitly LARGE touch of braille?

so as i sit in my "home" studio and work on my sketching process i am working on the new process or putting braille onto the new piece. i have done the smaller braille pieces and i really enjoyed how much even the sighted viewers were touche by them.  so now i feel it is important to incorporate it into this canvas so the words i feel are important or descriptions or felt throughout the scene

when you see other modern art those artist have words written everywhere, why cant i have braille in mine? its serving for me many additional purposes for more then just visual but also to communicate to those who cant see the whole of the piece.

the process of doing this i have many ideas, and there is already trial and error in thought but  I'm determined to do it and make this even more accessible.

I've had a co-worker who found out about my work ask for a picture but its a little to early just yet. I'm still sketching and applying layers in process. At the moment i have laid out my work space on my wall where the canvas will be with the drafting tape and have the vellum paper and sketches, not all but some. i have the idea for this first piece but not revealing till I'm far enough along here for the first video blog and or photos. I'll be inviting photographers in to follow the process this time.  ill be using models again and documenting there sessions as well. I will also be inviting those who are visually impaired locally to come and experience the art closer to the end of the process to get their  response and reaction  to the piece.

i couldn't be happier with this whole series of reinventing shadows i feel its a wonderful freeing experience not just for me but hopefully for all who come to see it and watch as i create it.

thank you to everyone who is following this is means so much!

Beginning "Re-inventing Shadows"

It's been about the last 4 months of a process and starring at the walls of my work to figure out what I need to do, where to go. I've known for about the past 2 years, maybe honestly more, that the straight black and white was the beginning of what i wanted to express and show but was a stepping stone.

And what was great was the moment when I knew I couldn't do just that again.

I had to push my self past it and figure out what was next what I wanted when someone came to a show. It's not about selling a million pieces, its about your interaction, your feeling. You, and I mean those of you blind, visually impaired and sighted, being able to have common ground on one singular canvas feeling and seeing my piece from my view and yours, being about to touch and experience it.  And I knew it needed to be me going back to recycling and mulch-media. I have to be able to capture  several textural elements. Lastly, I knew I had to go to the place I told my friends I always knew I had to because of my lack of sight... Bigger.

I think being able to combine some of the elements together and create this impact I'm looking for and this experience for those with low vision excites me the most. My take will be different then the norm and I'm going to enjoy taking my time to create it.

I don't like to be seen, I like my work to be seen and felt, and I think I want to be more vulnerable and push myself. When I post pics for my Facebook or head shots they are of no make-up, my hair is not done, and its usually in black in white like my work. My photos are me honest and plain. I started this blog to write my memories, my experiences, and to connect and put my self out there for people to understand the work more. With that said I think the next step with the new work I will be doing some 5-10 minute video blogs of me talking about the work, and working, painting, building, and creating. nothing staged just be and the art. I'm not trying to copying anything but my own view of the world, the way god has blessed me with with Stargardts. And I say blessed me because I feel that the art I create with my eye disease may not be as detailed as a fully sighted person, but its a experience and I think it's still beautiful in its own way.

God didn't take away vision, but perhaps gave me a new perspective. I just want to share it with the world.