Edition of 7 | 14" x 14" Glicee Prints
Photo Rag Baryta Paper | Fine Art Paper

Captured from an original Mixed Media Painting
Signed by Artist | With intuitive final articulations on piece
(Channeled for the buyer)
 
Edition (meaning never printed again)
of SEVEN (in this size/way)
 
ABOUT THE ART:

Original photo taken in NYC in 2012
Printed in 2014 on hand treated digital mount on charcoal paper
Shown in 2014 for solo show "My Precious"
Featured at Lura Resturant and Bar in New York City
Articulated with pastel, ink, charcoal, watercolor and sharpie in 2021
Digital Version created in 2021
 
THE STORY BEHIND THE ART:
Original images captured in NYC during Hurricane Sandy
while studying at School of Visual Arts to earn
My Masters in Digital Photographer

As I digested Photo Journalism from @jamesestrin
By his presentations of projects that pushed the edges
Of what it means to be a journalist

To tell a story - as I pushed the boundaries to direct
However I could, the subjects to create
A journal outside of my own self portraits.
 
I had recently received a letter
The last one ever written of a man
Who's heart longer beat.
 
To place myself in the story
I let myself stand for vulnerability
Creating an example to share
Before guiding them to gather
An object: That if a robber arrived
They most likely wouldn't bother
Grabbing such a thing
But if they did, it would tear their heart open.
 
Something of little value to the world
But means the world to us
That fits in their hands
 
To put my own hands back into my work, 
I painted big pieces of pastel paper
With an inkjet setting gel

To pick up some wisdom from another class
Taught by @katrin_eismann and @tompashe
An experiment of Alternative printing
 
Now, it's time to add the articulations
Of the growth that has come
Since I have received that letter
 
Even if the pattern of death
Or near death
As continued for what seems like
The centuries it has been.