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.