I continue exhibiting photographs and prints derived from original photographs. As always, I delight in conjuring a range of colors and textures through a technique I discovered by accident and developed over time, a process elegantly simple and endlessly complex. I blur a digitized photographic negative and layer it with a positive, continuing to digitally layer certain resulting images. A familiar object might become an abstract form, lines form, smooth surfaces break up, colors shifts … or blend. Quite typically there is a mysterious negative/positive play within the image that recalls experiments with solarization back when I used a darkroom and film negatives. Alterations in the original photograph create an intrigue, engaging the viewer’s imagination and personal history. Ultimately, I strive to make images with emotional resonance, art that draws in a viewer from across the room, then rewards close viewing.