Robert Sturman
BB King ~ 80th Birthday Commemorative Artwork
Paper: Somerset Enhanced Velvet 255 gsm

I chose Somerset Enhanced Velvet 255 gsm because of the purity of it - It is as if I am printing my work on the purest, most natural, organic surface available. Using an Epson 9600, I employ a technique in which I photograph a subject with a Polaroid SX 70 camera and special instant film. I then immediately manipulate the still fluid and malleable surface of the photograph with hand made tools until the image has reached its creative potential. These light and color saturated workswhich are later digitized and enlarged on Somerset Enhanced Velvet paperare a synergistic fusion of painterly technique and photographic vision. A native Southern Californian, Robert Sturman lives in Santa Monica. www.RobertSturmanStudio.com 310 264 7826