Photography

2009 onwards

Whilst I don’t consider myself a photographer, photography does play an integral part of my art practice – be that taking reference photos, capturing imagery to directly use in digital paintings, or using photos or film to create a visual diary (to help my injured brain to remember ideas, inspiration and the progress and process of creating).

Due to disability, I’m no longer able to carry a DSLR camera around with me as I once did, so I have embraced iPhone photography. It’s an interesting challenge to work within those constraints. I sometimes supplement by use of clip-on lenses and a steadying gimble.

A Few Recent Iphone Photos

Texture / Pattern Photos

A sample of the texture and pattern images I collect to directly layer into digital artworks.

detail photo of blistered and flaked paint layers in blue and red.
A detail photo of beige sandstone chiseled with narrow lines.
A detail photo of bright red and blue layers of weathered paint on wood grain.
Detail of very rough, weathered wood on the side of a boat.
Swirling texture detail of a 18th Century marbled book end paper.
Detail photo of the cloud-like textures in orange watercolour paint layers.
Detail photo of peeling, weathered paint on wood in vibrant colours.
Close-up dotted texture of stigmata, a fossil root.
Detail photo of many small, red bricks, messily stacked in layers.
Monochrome colours of white fossil bivalves shells in dark rock.
Detail shot of a panel of corrugated iron painted bright red, with light and shadow of ridges.
Blue paint scraped back roughly to show white paint below.
Texture detail photo of a brown puffball, with rings of small dots forming a mesh.
Close-up texture of white rock with fossil coral.
A detail shot showing weathered blue-painted wood with a slot cut into it.
Tree leaves in shadow and glorious golden colour overlap each other against a blue sky.
A detail of a red oriental carpet with urn and floral display repeating design.
Detail photo of white anaglypta wallpaper.

Old DSLR Images, 2009 – 2019