Six Toy Soldiers exists as six vertical pigment inkjet prints, each measuring 23 3/4 X 36 and flush mounted on 1/2-inch paper-faced foam board with no laminate overlay. They are displayed together, approximately 1-inch apart. The set was created for "Pixel: Digital Works by Department of Art and Art History Faculty", in the Harris Art Gallery, at the University of La Verne, October 30 – November 20, 2007. These pictures emerge from thinking about the origins of drawing, and the conversion of human sensory experience to two-dimensional rendering. The project flat, a series from this idea, precedes Six Toy Soldiers. The basic images for Six Toy Soldiers are captured from ordinary plastic toy soldiers using a digital camera and a close-up lens in natural light. Heavily edited, the pictures bear clear evidence of digital manipulation, with a false shadows and obvious edge treatment. Edge intent is deliberately vague, and content is topically and personally relevant.
