Interieur van de Sint-Pieterskerk te Utrecht 1910

This photo of the Sint-Pieterskerk in Utrecht was captured in October 1910 by an anonymous photographer. Imagine the scene. It’s probably cold. A quiet hum hangs in the air. I look at the pillars, one after another. I wonder, what kind of a dialogue was the photographer trying to create, not only between each individual structural element, but between them all collectively, as well as between the interior and exterior? As a painter, you see, I am constantly experimenting with form, dimension, and texture, and trying to create an illusion of spatial depth. I am forever thinking about how the layering of marks and colors and the composition of shapes affect the viewer's experience. So I am thinking about the decisions that the photographer made – what to crop and what to leave out. What to focus on and what to blur. Photography, like painting, is about seeing, feeling, and responding to the world in a very particular way. I believe that all artists are essentially in conversation with each other, and the way that they see and engage with the world influences and enriches my own artistic journey.