Thank you for taking the time to look through my work. As in life, it is ever-changing and evolving. I prefer the digital format rather than the traditional mediums inasmuch as it provides me with a greater ability to manipulate my images with regards to scale, proportion, colour and other issues as they arise. The software I prefer is Adobe Illustrator. In my opinion it takes more skill and challenges me further. Being a vector programme, I enjoy the fact that I can easily rescale it to any size without the necessity of thinking far in advance to all possible uses.

Having said that, I am gaining a better appreciation for Adobe Photoshop as well. It is one of those programmes that one can continually find new capabilities never discovered. Teaching at university is my catalyst for learning both programmes. I try to keep a few steps ahead of my students and in the process feel like I am possibly learning more than they! I particularly found a greater sense of freedom in a fine art series entitled "Life." It is an exploration of texture, a new area I had not yet tried in any depth; created in Illustrator, the scanner and Photoshop.

Below I have put a few extra links for my designer friends which you may find helpful from time to time.

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