The Artist

Doug McFarland

 As an early student of traditional art, I began selling oil, ink and pastel paintings in the late 60's. I continued to produce and sell traditional artwork in the 70's, as well as developed an interest in B&W photography. By the 80's I began to experiment with computer digital images and produced digital artwork for computer games. Then in the 90's I rekindled my interest in photography, shooting mostly large format 4x5 and 5x7 B&W. As it became harder to find quality paper and chemistry, I eventually moved to digital photography in 2002.


Photograph by Joe Sotelo



Traditional Work

 My early work was digital B&W photography, much the same as I had produced in a traditional darkroom. However, I realized that the digital "darkroom" provided greater creative possibilities than a traditional darkroom. Thus was born my sepia toned interpretive style prints. Each image is an interpretation of what I see, rather than what the camera recorded. Therefore, my work is about me and how I see the world.




 My prints are my Final Impressions of the image that I saw. I hope others can use them to make their final impressions as well.