Artist Statement:

During the Covid pandemic I stayed indoors, mostly isolated, except for walking my dog. The pandemic allowed me to experiment with some of my older photos. I became interested in the 16th century paintings of Guiseppe Arcimboldo, and through photo editing using many layers of photographs of antique ceramics, I created "Ceramics Collector," a self-portrait that, I hope, also stands on its own. I am also interested in Coney Island, where my grandfather took me when I was young, and subway stations, which have always been architectural marvels to me.  "West 8th Street Station" is a surrealistic view of one entry point to an even more surrealistic area of Brooklyn.