Boundaries are moveable constructs, existing solely to be pushed. I push them. When is a photograph a painting? Is an inkjet printer a paintbrush?

As technology replaces human functions, and as I 'paint' with my inkjet printer, though I start with a photograph or scan, is the resulting image a photo or a painting? It is certain that it is ink on paper, but the certainty ends there. Here photography is turned on it's head. Though the initial image creation is done with preciseness and control, I totally let go during printing process. It all started with an error, and over a period of weeks it became apparent that it opened up an opportunity to seek those interesting interstitial spaces. Using hardware as a paintbrush, images that start out as non-manipulated photographs often end up looking more like watercolors, just by letting nature carry the process, with the occasional helping hand of man and the environment.

Jeff Becker 203.261.9765