Paul Lastovica (plastov)'s current photography series (Spirit Field) aims to uncover the spiritual, cosmic and otherwise spectral forms present in everyday surfaces: abrasions, residual grit & grime, rust, accumulated paint, rips & tears; all these are fair game for his lense to capture & mine. The process for working these images often, but not always, includes: photographic filters; inverted, saturated, desaturated colors; dimensional expansions / contractions; cuts & crops built into patterns; blurring & sharpening tools, and other photoshop shenanigans likely frowned upon by photography purists; these edits are then layered back into the original shot & recomposed in a search for traces of the spirit realm. Included for consideration are precursors to this series, as exploring texture has been of interest since early 2000 (circa '03) when he was first introduced to the work of Aaron Siskind. Paul R. Lastovica (plastov), born June 1981, is a native Texas-based multidisciplinary creative living and working in the Industrial suburbs of Houston, Texas. He has a wife of 13 years, and one daughter who he hopes to ignite the creative fire within. Mr. Lastovica's visual compositions explore Color, Texture, Pattern, Shape & Form via readily accessible digital drawing tools, cell phone & DSLR photography, Raw Databending experiments through Digital Audio Workstations, & app based image manipulations. Though largely self taught, his arts education (outside of public school) includes a variety of community college courses such as: Life Drawing, Film & Digital Photography & Print Making. Paul commits himself to creating at least one piece of art daily as a ritual practice. Looking ahead to 2022 and beyond, Mr. Lastovica is considering exploring Hand Cut Collage. Other creative pursuits include music production & sound manipulation, and the occasional dive into Poetry. Instagram: plastovarts
Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/paul-lastovica SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/prl Album: Empty Crowd Surf https://103records.bandcamp.com/album/empty-crowd-surf Album: Brain Tomb https://103records.bandcamp.com/album/brain-tomb
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