Conceptual nominee

I was originally attracted to the photogenic possibilities of a red hand by the song “Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The symbolism of a red hand has been appropriated in many ways through the ages to represent struggle, strength, power, cruelty and vengeance.
Cave’s song has a nuanced version of a red hand that suggests benign power with undertones of menace.
My series addresses such divergence by combining symbols cruelty, giving, iron fist and pious contemplation.

I am an Australian with a scientific background in geology and mineralogy but love the artistic opportunities that digital photography provide. My work is mainly conceptual with a leaning to the dark and complex. Allusion, pareidolia, abstraction and coalescence – things are not always what they seem.

I belong to a photo artist group called Nebuli Arts and have been involved in a number of group exhibitions. On the more prosaic side my mineralogy photography has been published in a number of scientific forums including journals and books.