Patricia
Stockman, photographer
and digital artist – our speaker for the July 23d meeting of CMPG
Our
speaker for the July 23, 2014 is Patricia Stockman, an artist
residing in Frederick, MD. Miss Stockman been a photographer and
digital artist for over 20 years after receiving a BFA from Salisbury
State University and an Master of Arts Mount Saint Mary’s
University.
My
formal education as a traditional photographer has taken me through
B&W film processing and printing, while my work experience has
taken me through color film processing & printing,
photojournalism, and studio portraiture work. Most recently, my
teaching career has widened my view of subject matter and digital
techniques in my own art.
My
students and the challenges they face, as well as local imagery, and
the digital technology at my disposal all influence my artwork. The
versatility of layer use in Photoshop allows me to explore many
different directions. The almost limitless possibilities of
combining multiple images, changing blending modes, varying lighting
effects and use of filters offered by Photoshop has led me to combine
images into visual short stories. This layering ability complements
the complexities and layering of life experiences and memories. When
I am out shooting I see not just individual images, but how what’s
in front of me can interact with the stores of images I’ve already
collected.
Patricia Stockman
I
saw one of Miss Stockman's pieces in Maryland Federation of Art show
in Annapolis, Maryland and was struck, not only by the depth of
emotion and potential meaning in her pictures, but the superb quality
of her technical execution. This allows the viewer to see right into
her world as shown without the journey being interrupted by any
technical inadequacies.
Ms Stockman will give us a great introduction into the world of photomanipulation and its potential for artists who are photographers.
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