About the Artwork   My images involve a mixed media approach to fine art photography and painting. When I paint onto the surface of my photographs, I infuse those literal images with the colors of my vision; integrating colors, feelings, and dreams with what I really see in front of me; finding ways to make everything work together. For years I worked with the black and white images I printed in the darkroom. Now I am exploring painting on digital photographs on canvas, as seen in my recent "On the Coast" and "Forest and Sea" series. This newer process allows me the freedom to work in a wider range of sizes and enjoy a more painterly style. As always, each painted photograph is unique. Art critics have described my images as "a multi-layered reality," "rich in visual appeal" and "beautiful and ethereal...One has the sense of simple yet majestic moments, perhaps half real and half dreamlike, that seem to have the power to renew and calm the soul." I want to experience and then share these quiet moments of beauty, so that we can have them whenever we need them the most. -- Di Starr