Abstraction - 5495 - Limited Edition 1 0f 30 Print

Gar’s passion in photography, and in life, is to make the invisible, visible. He takes the everyday ordinary patterns in life and changes the way we see them, the way we feel them. He would say, “The photograph finds me and I become the vehicle through which the art finds its way to the print.” Gar grew up on a small farm in Pennsylvania. There he learned about hard work and the connection we all have with the land and mother earth. His love of the outdoors and nature prompted him to engage in an education in Landscape Architecture with a degree from Penn State University. After college, he used photography as a creative outlet starting strictly with black and white. When he moved to Southern California in the mid 70’s, he studied under Arthur Taussig and John Upton at Orange Coast College. Not seeking a degree, Gar was free to explore at his own pace, in his own way. From there he worked in photography, design and media production for over 35 years. Gar fell in love with the notion of stopping time and taking another, closer look at everyday life. He noticed he would focus on the things most people never see. “I am moved more by exploring the details of the obvious, then I am of the obvious itself.” Gar has been involved with photography (analog and digital) in almost every aspect of his design and visual communications career. Even though Gar’s photography has always been a creative outlet, today, as an emerging artist, he is more interested in pure art from the camera, exploring other ways of seeing the world through a camera lens. “I am always looking for what the camera can do when I give it free reign with no expectations.” “I love what I do!”