Trans4mation-Masque 03 #3 Photograph - Limited Edition of 1

About Trans4mations... Everything visual has transfixed me early-on: painting, design, and photography. I want to fashion an image of the world for myself and express things as I see them. A lot has been developing simultaneously for a while. I had my first exhibit with Gouachen already in 1990. At the time I was still completely involved in my marketing career: some years spent in large firms, then on my own. Art always finds its path, asserting its relevance without compromise, however little time there is. There is no unusual urgency, but there are these perpetual, gnawing questions - the mentality of the long view. "To fashion myself an image of something" remains the starting point; I'm an "image maker" in the direct and figurative sense of the concept. For the last few years it is photography that has been dictating the path, and luck has it that I can now concentrate on it lock, stock, and barrel.... Experimentation and Coincidence... Experimentation and coincidence are the driving forces behind my work. An experiment is a gamble. Ingredients and combinations of an undertaking produce surprising results. Coincidence is the result of the force produced by efforts beyond our control and ability to predict. It means relying on something unknown and requires us to conquer our doubts, as usually we tend to avoid risk. But only with the risk inherent in experimentation and coincidence are there valuable prizes.... Gravity... The force of gravity pulls toward the center of a given mass. This is how we on the Earth's surface experience the force of gravity: from above, away from the mass, and from below, toward that mass. In the Trans4mations, through symmetry gravity leads toward the middle of the image. Above and below are made relative or completely reversed. Spatial orientation is redefined.... Portraits... I choose a part of the face or body and from there I try to create a new whole out of the reflections. The results captivate because they apparently add exciting new elements to known motifs. The archaic, ornamental, and painting connect with scientific themes such as DNA, symmetry, or artificial life. These are no longer classical portraits. I interpret a person's DNA and show the possibilities of its code. Trans4mations asks the fundamental questions of old - Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? - in an exciting new way.... Emotion...