"As a child I loved to color. I remember losing track of time and being absorbed in the process... Somewhere along my creative journey, I lost my box of crayons. Some 30 years after my last drawing was displayed in the kitchen gallery, I found a new creative tool and a new gallery to share my work. The newfound box of crayons I'm referring to is the iPhone and the refrigerator is the photo-sharing mobile application, Instagram."
"Inspired by chiaroscuro (specific type of light design) used in Renaissance paintings, I am exploring the possibilities that exist in translating the visual impact of chiaroscuro into the photographic medium. Like the painters and photographers who came before me, I am utilizing chiaroscuro in physical space."
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