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These images came from the confluence of some long flowing strains of interest and a few well timed surprises. - In my travels, I am drawn to unique textures and patterns, both man made and natural. I am moved by evidence of human ambition and innovation, and by evidence of time and evolution. I particularly love the layering of the two. I have a big collection of slides of odd stuff. - I worked for years as a lighting designer for dance, exploring ways to shape, reveal, conceal and alter the perception of the human form, and watching the emotional impact of those alterations. - I am fascinated by the psychobiology of optics. Our eyes and brain work together to compile the evidence drawn from nerve impulses, past experience and intuition, trying to arrive at a plausible explanation for what we see. That very desire to make sense, makes us vulnerable to deception. - One New Year's Eve, my friend Vlad shaved off his signature "7 year dreads". Fascinated by his freshly exposed head, it was obvious that it would make an evocative canvas.
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