Animal Lives Redux

 

My love of animals and how they have been a constant element in my

life influenced me to create a series of animal portraits.  

 

I began by using photos of both preserved and living animals encountered on my

travels.  Montaging  these with my landscape photographs created a sense of 

formality as captured in Renaissance portraits. 

 

Applying textures gave them a painterly quality. As I was once a painter, working

in this medium is a natural extension of my artistic expression.