Photographic images of AquaViva may sometimes be perceived as objects rather than as two-dimensional representations. The play of light off the multitude of facets and curves on the water's surface gives the image a sculptural quality that enhances the sense of stillness and power. This simultaneous depiction of roiling movement and suspended kinetic energy parallels the dual nature of the oceans and of water itself : life-giving and yet dangerous, inviting and yet fearsome, primordial and yet ever-changing and always renewed. This sculptural effect of dynamism in static suspension is at once conscious and haphazard, a function of the rapid genesis of these images and the evident fact that I cannot possibly see the final work at the very moment of its birth.
For me, the action of waves reveals a unique visual phenomenon conveying a sense of the paradox of power and fragility that exists therein. As I describe the goal of my work, it is to "transfer the waves' energy to those who view them." The images often evoke a range a emotions depending on the state of mind and perspective of the viewer, from the exhilaration familiar to surfers to the meditative calm we feel in moments of peaceful introspection.
For me, the action of waves reveals a unique visual phenomenon conveying a sense of the paradox of power and fragility that exists therein. As I describe the goal of my work, it is to "transfer the waves' energy to those who view them." The images often evoke a range a emotions depending on the state of mind and perspective of the viewer, from the exhilaration familiar to surfers to the meditative calm we feel in moments of peaceful introspection.
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