Not Just Photography!
Although photography is my primary medium, I have tried many other forms of art over the years. When I was an art student at Indiana University - Fort Wayne in the late 90’s I had to take classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. I am starting to show some of the better examples of my non-photographic art in a new section of my website.
This softground etching was one of my favorites from the printmaking classes I took as an undergrad. The scene is one I found in Ohio near Saint Marys, where I went to photograph a wedding. I did a lot of wedding photography back then to raise money for school.
This oil painting is a self-portrait, made looking in a mirror, done for an advanced painting class.
This a lithograph printed from a limestone block. I made this last month in a graduate level printmaking class that I am taking from Chris Ganz at Indiana University - Fort Wayne.
I signed up for the class to learn a process called Photo-Etching, but Professor Ganz convinced me to try lithography as well. The process was labor intensive and difficult but really fun. I didn’t think I would be interested in it at first, but I’d like to do more with it.
This three color lithograph was made from the same stone as the black and white version above. The stone was reworked with steel scrapers and needles after each color was printed to allow different areas to show different colors and tones.
