Kraig Emmert

Houston, United States

About the Artist:
For years I shot black & white (some infrared) and then hand-colored the prints. Today almost all of my work is done on the computer. I do though experiment with hand-coloring/drawing on digital prints simply because I enjoy working a print with my hands. PhotoArt is as a large part of my life although I do love to sketch (often scanning and employing those sketches in other digital captures) and I frequently diddle in the other arts. I love life and the opportunity to enjoy it is cherished ... I know all too well how fragile it is.

Artist's Statement:
"It Was Then, It Is Now": I spent a good deal of time as a child in the hospital ... my family and friends are for the most part unaware of the lonrly times I spend in bed ... dreaming of running ... dreaming of being normal. Now it is exposed.

"The past is always ... sometimes hidden sometimes forgotten": Time spent rying to recline pain in to submission is often exposed to memories of my past.

"We're Here Together ... All One": I am unable to move about much anymore and I spend a lot of time simply sitting ... thinking ... recalling ... dreaming ... remembering and wishing for things that will never be. My life exposed.