My mixed-media pieces initially begin as close-up photographs, which are printed at A1 and A2 size, but cropped roughly to become uneven and no longer standardised. They are then painted and collaged onto, and further photographs are taken. The resource image, the starting point, is usually a found photograph from the past, of which only a fragment is photographed. It is abstracted by the nature of the close-up. 

As the piece is built up, the work considers the combination of textures from the pixels, paint, and magazine imagery, which are explored through the camera’s zoom. The series focuses on this process of printing, altering, re-analysing, selecting, photographing, and collaging. There are infinite possibilities as to what could be altered or which section could be photographed and then printed. Narrowing down the selection is key. 

Are the paint and the collaged elements on the surface real or photographic reproductions?