"Portraits with an undeniable truth and sensitivity".  
    

What is Beyond Photography?

 

Individually commissioned and exclusive, the portraits are hand drawn with pencil, conte, pastil or paint, often a combination of several mediums.  They have a photographic origin but are worked into layer on layer until the final image is arrived at. As with painting I cannot tell when this point will be reached.  The moment arrives when the picture communicates in a way that feels complete. The combination of techniques gives a presence to the image, something undeniable, as in a photograph, but also with a heart that only painting can express.  The process is, at once, photographic, hand-painted, and digital, taking advantage of the individual strength of each.

 

Often the final look is determined by my interpretation of the subject, sometimes more expressionist sometimes more impressionist.  On commission the method can be discussed with a view to leaning more in one direction or another, if preferred.