Photo and Mixed Media

Studio Project: Ceiling Confessions

More than any other architectural feature the history of this light-industrial building can be read in the uncovered patchwork of its ceilings.  Whatever colour the ceilings of the Standard Bread Building started as, they are now a kaleidoscope of original subtle neutrals, aged and stained, dark brown from some intervening era, and bright white painted shapes to protect us from the asbestos. Aluminum grids from absent drop-ceiling, redundant water pipes, electrical conduits and wires all zigzag across this canvas joining with active lights, outlets and a sprinkler system to create a dynamic pattern.       
Soon this building will be renovated and all of its tracery will be lost, I seek to capture some of the eccentricities that I find inspiring.

Through a Window

The surface of the glass is the focus point for these photos. What lays behind the window of these three series has a relationship to the lens of the window. There is a push/pull created through pictorial expectations and optical sharpness. We think we have been invited to look through the window, but are pulled back to the surface again.

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