untitled (poetry of place) Photograph

My abstract photography and minimal painting focus on artifacts and elements of our society in urban spaces and natural environments. The photographic images are a documentation of a state in time and as elements with a past. Edited to diptychs, triptychs or series, they acquire a new meaning through association and a narrative unique to the viewer. The photographic compositions linger between realism and abstraction while remaining close to minimalism. Rhythm and structure of the image and textural combinations are inspired by concrete reduction, poetry and prose fragments and personal observations from nature and urban landscapes. Like visual haiku, and with their painterly qualities, they record the state of the objects and spirits around us and remind us of the balance of life, and our place in a larger context.