Location: United States
From 2003 to the present, Dolores has received numerous awards while exhibiting her work both in the U.S. and venues around the world. in 2012 she was chosen one of 17 Grand-Masters of Digital Art by MOCA: the Museum of Computer Art, located in Brooklyn N.Y. and online. In addition her work has been featured in the following publications:
Cover of Catalog, Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Computer Art,Brooklyn, NY
Siggraph 2005 Electronic Art and Animation Catalogue
Computer Graphics Magazine, June 2005 feature: Siggraph 2005 Art Gallery
Going Digital: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists (book) by Joe Nalven and JD Jarvis
Desktop April 2005 (magazine, Australia) feature: International Digital Art Award
Cover of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications: featured article, A Space To Dream by Gary Singh
A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University, I began my career as a visual artist with a one woman show at the Women's City Club Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. My early works were large colorful abstracts but within a few years I became caught up in the excitement of photography and never looked back - (well, at least not with a paintbrush :) A little about that later.
In the late 1970's and 80's I showed my black & white photographs in group and juried shows, including the Cleveland Museum of Art's Juried May Shows. During those years I earned my living teaching Art and Photography at both public and private schools. In 1983 I was included in "Portfolio '83, a juried selection of visual artists in the Cleveland Area".
From 1982-1986 I was a Lecturer in Photography at Case Western Reserve University, and in 1987 left teaching to join another photographer, Bill Braden, in a commercial photography studio which later became Braden & Kaufman. In 1995 our studio made the decision to purchase a Power Mac system in order to gain more control over our images and I taught myself digital imaging, which eventually led to experiments in the use of digital technology in my personal work. Soon digital imaging became my primary medium.
Digital media is a great source of artistic alchemy, allowing me to transform ordinary objects into an extra-ordinary experience. What I seek in my explorations is an evocation of the mystery and symbolism embedded in the seemingly mundane ephemera with which we share our lives.
~ dgKaufman
My explorations encompass three basic methods where digital tools either replace or enhance my use of a camera. The first is the use of a scanner instead of a darkroom enlarger. With this method I lay objects on the scanner bed and arrange them to my liking. This is very similar to an early photographic method called photograms where objects were placed on light sensitive paper and exposed to light from either the sun or with the use of an enlarger in the darkroom. When using the scanner as a light source the results are called scanographs.
A second method I use is where I first scan a negative, then use a digital program that allows me to adjust a number of parameters in order to transform the seed image into something completely new and different, resulting in a series of unique images I call transmutations. For example, the Antsy Series was created using a single photo of an ant. No other photographs were used.
The Roller Painting Series is a meditation on tools; more specifically, painting tools. What I often like to do is to pose a question that I attempt to answer with the medium, using the medium as a kind of Oigee board. (Interesting word, 'medium', is it not?). In this series I compare the computer to a paint roller. They are both tools that were originally designed to be used for practical purposes rather than for art. So, (I ask the Oigee board): can I take these two non-art tools and create some art? It's a loaded question, of course, but so is any question posed to a Oigee :-). In this series both the paint roller and the computer have become my brushes and the monitor my (virtual) canvas, resulting in a synthesis of disciplines to be realized as a fine art print.
The last method is purely digital, utilizing nothing but pixels, light, and mathematical algorithms called fractals but which I like to refer to as digital alchemy. Damian Jones, in his blog on fractal art says,
“Fractal art is an art form that combines the precision of mathematical logic,
the surprise of chaotic systems, and the passion of artistic expression.”
“Figment No. 2”
“Figment No. 3”
“Figment No. 4”
“Seeding No. 1”
“Grande Dame”
“Seeding No. 2”
“Artifacts”
“Boudoir”
“Genesis / Antsy Series”
“Life's A Stage / Antsy Series”
“Antsy Lovers”
“Antsy Dance”
“Congregation / Antsy Series”
“Roller Painting No. 1”
“Roller Panting No. 12”
“Roller Painting No.17”
“Behind The Curtain”
“Many Moons Ago”
“Dance of the Cybernauts”
“Celestial Navigation”
“Fire & Ice”
“Sun Dance”
“Fathomed”
“It's Pure Genius”
“Brushed”
“Sun Rising”
“Aloha”
“Cyclone”
