Imagine several paths each a different color winding through a dessert. From time to time sand blows hiding some of the paths. Most of the paths will reappear, often crossing each other before continuing on. As the paths cross they leave their color on each other. The invading colors do not always blend in. At times they retain their original hue as a strand of one color in a path of another.

I think of the themes that inform my images as continually changing paths. Sometimes they disappear for a while only to emerge and grow and change. Traditional still life in a contemporary form, toys and games, the history of science, museums and the edge between imagination the manmade and natural world are all of interest to me.

Although I have used many different cameras and printing technologies, I am so interested in the ideas that inform my work that the cameras, darkroom techniques and digital equipment remain tools for me and experimentation with them has never been more than finding new ways to put growing and changing visual thoughts on paper.

Olivia Parker©2003