| GENERATIVE EXTRAPOLATIONS

PHOTOGRAPHY + DIGITAL PAINTING

Beginning with one or more photographs, and using generative AI to reveal an imagined context, Generative Extrapolations examine the dialogue between human and machine visualization. The iterative process of gradual enlargement leads to the construction of images many times their original size (see video below that explores one piece at various scales).

Below, left to right: A Dis/Appearance, I, Witness, Unconscious Architecture, All Frequencies Are Loud With Signals of Despair, A Construction Sight, I Keep Asking Myself Where I Am, installation scale image.

Abstract digital collage with blue tones, featuring clouds, architectural elements, and a person in a modern setting.
Black and white image of an elderly man sitting on a couch, surrounded by mist and cloud-like formations.
Glass building facade reflecting urban landscape over a green surface.
Industrial area at night with thick smoke and bright lights.
Abstract architectural collage with elements of buildings, a ladder, and reflections, creating a mystical and dreamlike atmosphere.
Modern interior with dark blue lighting and geometric reflections, featuring abstract shapes and linear light fixtures.
Abstract cityscape with reflections, buildings, and a figure, featuring vibrant lights and colors.

| FROM AN ABANDONED WORK I + II

PHOTOGRAPHY + DIGITAL PAINTING

“I had been thinking about ways of combining photography, painting, and generative AI when I recently found myself driving through Los Angeles Chinatown — a square mile that, pre-pandemic, vibrated with activity. The dim sum palaces stood empty, half the stores were shuttered, malls were abandoned, and windows were tagged with graffiti. After an hour of exploring the area on foot, I began taking pictures of my reflection in the plate glass windows of an empty restaurant on Hill Street.”

Self-portrait and street photography combined with generative extrapolation and digital painting, From An Abandoned Work I, 82” x 42”, which takes its title from a short work by Samuel Beckett, invites the viewer to explore the relationship between reflection and observation, presence and absence. By contrast, From An Abandoned Work II, 80 x 38”, begins with a different photograph from the same sequence, but explores the space behind the reflected surface as extended landscape.

Foggy glass with graffiti marks and reflection of street scene
Glass window with graffiti in an urban setting, showing reflections of trees, buildings, and a cloudy sky.

| ALL FREQUENCIES ARE LOUD WITH SIGNALS OF DESPAIR + A (DIS)APPEARANCE

VIDEO ENLARGEMENT AND DETAIL