Drinks with The Artist 5:30pm Thursday 10th
10 - 20 May
by FRANCIS KEOGH
"the language of stone" exhibition
Francis has a background in pastel and acrylic media. Seven years ago, in the midst of a creative hiatus, he bought his first digital camera and produced landscapes of the South Coast, which he sold at local markets. Moving to Sydney in 2006, he continued to hone his skills as a photographer, and to learn the default image editing program of all professionals, Photoshop. Last year Francis discovered a technique called light painting and undertook some training with Peter Solness. Light painting entails the use of torches to selectively illuminate the subject, in a rather similar way to an artist using a brush. It is therefore interpretive, although no digital manipulation is employed, the idea being rather to produce a kind of enhanced naturalism. For Francis this opens up a creative dimension which straddles the disciplines of photography and art, allowing him to bring together his experience of both mediums. Francis has had two previous exhibitions at the SoART gallery in Narooma.
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