Animals in Landscapes
A recurring element in my work is the connection between animals and landscapes.
A tree can suddenly look like a face. A rock can resemble an animal. A landscape can suggest a shape that was never intentionally designed to be there.
It is a way of looking at the world that has become an important part of my creative process.
Works such as Bear Creek Waterfall and Cheetah Hill started with these kinds of visual associations. Rather than simply placing an animal into a landscape, I try to make the two become part of the same form.
The result sits somewhere between photography, digital compositing and visual imagination.
The challenge is to keep the original idea recognisable while making the transformation feel natural. Shape, texture, lighting and composition all contribute to that.
I am interested in images that reward a second look. At first they may appear to be landscapes, but gradually another form becomes visible.
That moment of recognition is often where the idea becomes interesting.