About Wayne

Wayne’s current techniques using wax and digital imagery are a culmination of experimenting with materials for art making. Combining a variety of media has always been part of his approach to creating and expanding an idea into a new direction. His focus on portraits incorporates ways to go beyond the person, beyond the face, and to transform the image into something other than a “mug shot” or “head shot”. Rather than use a face simply to identify, Wayne’s approach is to offer possible options, possible directions that change the expected, or even the familiar into something else. The methods applied in his work challenge the restrictions of a digital photograph by turning the image into something unique or one of a kind, and to use a digital file to create a “non-digital” art object.

About Leah

Leah’s current techniques include digital photography, collage, and painting. Combining beautiful papers of various weights and opacity Leah alters the original subject matter to create a fantasy or dream image. Her art tells stories using visual elements like flower stencils, found letters and mark making. The layers are used to cover and veil the subject and control what is seen and imagined in the art. Leah is inspired by alternative photographic techniques and the alchemy of the darkroom, so her work is organic and shows the intensity of her handling the surface with heavy equipment like a razor blade and a torch.

Exploring methods to layer above and below, and ways to reveal and obscure, while working with your own images, will be part of the focus for the workshop. We will also have a unique opportunity to photograph on Sunday and work with scenery, architecture, nature, and a model for other possible photographic elements to add to your layers. This workshop will be cohesive with time in the studio and time to reflect on both painting and photography.