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Off the clock · Fine art, compositing & photography

The work I make for myself

Before the brands and campaigns, there was drawing. These are the pieces I made for the love of it: fine art from school, Photoshop composites and photography.

Painted bridge
Fine art
Butterfly mask composite
Composite
Sailboat at sunset
Photography
01 · High school to college

Fine art

These pieces come from early in my career, from high school through college. This is where my design eye started and where my technical skills were honed, one study at a time. Most of them took more than 40 hours to finish.

  • 40+ hours per piece
  • Graphite, charcoal, scratchboard, ink, colored pencil, paint
Still life with flowers and glass, scratchboard
Painted bridge in color
Ganesha pencil drawing
Still life with lily and lightbulb
Seashell studies in ink
Colorful pattern figures
Charcoal still life with drapery
Colored pencil pepper
Pencil study of shears
02 · Photoshop

Composite images

I combined a range of digital assets to build entirely new photographic stories. The art direction was inspired by Salvador Dalí's approach to perspective and storytelling. Each composition brings together more than 50 separate images from free sources. It's a personal passion and a way to explore color, composition and layout while sharpening my technique.

  • 50+ images per composition
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Inspired by Salvador Dalí
Butterfly mask portrait composite
Stairway into fire and clouds
Ancient columns in the clouds
Woman with moon over mountains
Neon portrait composite
Aurora over a mountain sea
A series

One window, four worlds

The same window, opened onto four different places. Hover a pane to bring it forward.

Window onto a palace
Window onto a sunset sea
Window onto a waterfall
Window onto the clouds
03 · Before I opened Satin & Silk Studio

Photography

Before I opened Satin & Silk Studio, photography was how I practiced seeing: coastlines, sunsets, quiet details and the people and animals around me. I shot on a Sony a7 III and edited everything in Photoshop.

  • Sony a7 III
  • Adobe Photoshop
Sailboat at sunset
Under the pier
Marsh sunset
Park bench
Dog portrait in black and white
Plane in a hangar
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