The Ghost of Rose Canvas Print

This was created from a very old vintage photograph I purchased in a antique store in Arizona. I have created some original solar prints of her which I used in a composite. This is also a composite with just her image, a background which was painted with acrylic and then photographed and added. I like the way this came out.

As an essentially self-taught artist, I have found my own truths and artistic paths. I am naturally curious and fervid about understanding new techniques, making the self-learning process a challenge I enjoy. Through the years, I have studied printmaking, drawing, painting, and graphic design, and I feel fortunate to have had a very successful career in that extremely competitive field. While art is, by nature, intuitive and emotive, my process is relatively straightforward. I approach each new piece knowing it requires a correct set of elements bound together with creative resolve, with the ultimate goal being a perfected visual exposition. I am experimental to a considerable degree, but my guiding objective is to create with a...