The name Aileen means light………

Light changes the way we see things, as does the lens of a camera.

I use my camera as a way in which to view the world.

With my photography, I like to see things in a different way, whether it be a maco view or a distant view.

Coloring photographs by hand allows me to reinterpret an image in a way that color film cannot.  It allows me to communicate a feeling as well as a sense of nostalgia.  When I hand color a photograph, I can change the world……..if only for moment.

Each image begins with a black and white photograph.  The photograph is hand painted using photo oils, water colors or markers achieving a subtle, nostalgic effect.

I have been taking photographs for many years.  I was inspired to hand paint my photos by a photograph of an English garden, by Wallace Nutting.  The image was hand tinted.  It was a wedding gift for my grandparents as in the early 1920’s.  This image,  my inspiration,  now hangs in my home.  

I hope you like my view of the world.