Just a bit of Paint
add in a roller
Print!
Print some more
think about printing
Move on to mini paintings
Mini painting pileup
Need to learn to draw!
Working on it!
Beginnings...
Lordy another tool!
50 shades of grey
I admit it: I’m a gear junkie—and I’m proud of it.
After encountering an example of gelli printing (gelatin plate, paint, stencils and mark making tools), somewhere in my online wanderings, I fell headfirst into a rabbit hole I have yet to climb out of. When faced with this - a challenging photography project, I decided to draw from the newly acquired huge pile of tools, using it as the foundation for a series of black-and-white still life shots.
I converted my apartment into a collection of makeshift studios—who really needs an extra bathroom anyway—and began shooting. I experimented freely with tools, lighting, and focal lengths, producing a dozen images that move from gelli printing tools, to actual painting tools, to drawing implements, and finally to charcoal.
In the process of following that curiosity wherever it led, I may have sacrificed some of the visual consistency that comes from committing to a single focal length and style of photograph. What emerged instead is a body of work shaped by exploration—an inventory of tools, processes, and impulses that reflects the winding path of discovery itself.
Written with the assistance of AI, as I’m not ready for another rabbit hole!