STUDIO*XEPHON is my love-song to the lyrical beauty of the natural world, expressed through the 'painting lens' of my camera united with a reimagining of classical High Renaissance artistry. As a self-taught photographer and digital artist, I am enamoured by the paintings of Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt and Vincent van Gogh. I endeavour to skillfully blend together elements from the canonical modes of Sfumato, Chiaroscuro and Unione into each of my large format contrasted paintings which originate with my own thoughtfully composed photography. The paintings are captivating, delightfully imperfect, and never quite finished.
