28" by 30" archival pigment print, 2015

48” by 86” digital pigment print, 2019

30" by 40" archival pigment print, 2015

All is Full of Love by Shelley Lake, 2020

90 frame Simulated loop cycle

600 x 480 animated GIF

54" by 80" archival pigment print 2016

All is Full of Love by Shelley Lake

Digital Scene Simulation

54” by 74” digital pigment print

80" by 54" archival pigment print, 2015

Inspired by the 1951 collaboration between Philippe Halsman and Salvador Dali entitled "In Voluptate Mors". "Skull" represents the fusion of love and death or death in the voluptuous. Photographer Halsman is quoted as saying "Every face I see seems to hide - and sometimes fleetingly reveal - the mystery of another human being."

80" by 50" archival pigment print, 2017

54” by 66”

80" by 54" archival pigment print, 2016

72" by 40" archival pigment print, 2015

80" by 54" archival pigment print, 2016

137 frame Animated walk cycle. The body is a roadmap for beauty and the spirit gate into creation–our common denominator and inescapable temple.

56 frame GIF animation

38 frame walk cycle animation

39 frame looping simulation

34 frame Simulated walk cycle

39 frame GIF animation, digital scene simulation, three seconds, 2020

Thirty five frame walk cycle for Jeremiah.

Digital Scene Simulation, April 2020

80" by 42" archival pigment print, 2016

Giant of Karisimbi by Shelley Lake, digital scene simulation, 2020

80" by 54" archival pigment print, 2015

80" by 30" archival pigment print, 2015

70" by 46", archival pigment print, 2015

80" by 38" archival pigment print, 2016.

Letting go of control and unleashing the power inside the machine is an intoxicating adventure where uncertainty takes center stage.

TAI CHI, 2017

Every part of a character’s anatomy is nuanced into shape using interactive tools in the computer. The width of the calf relative to the length of the lower leg, the angle of the ankle in relation to the ground plane, each joint is moved into place like an electronic marionette. One of the most difficult challenges in the digital domain is to impart gravity to the figure. In the art of Tai Chi one drops into their center of gravity and paradoxically defies gravity in the movement.

Shelley Lake, The Large Glass No. 3, 2019, digital scene simulation, 80 x 40 inches

Version with eye gaze at viewer

80" by 46" archival pigment print, 2016

“THE RIGID CHARACTER STRUCTURE

This structure arises out of the rejection by a parent of the child’s love. The child experienced a sense of betrayal and heartbreak. In self-defense he armored himself or set up his guard against expressing love too openly for fear of betrayal. His illusion or self-image is that he is the loving person whose love is not appreciated.

The rigid character is afraid to give in, equating this with submission and collapse. The rigid character is on guard against being taken advantage of, being used or trapped. His guardedness takes the form of holding back on impulses to open and reach out. The main areas of tension are the long muscles of the body.

The body of the rigid character is proportionate and harmonious in its parts. The body looks and feels integrated and connected. An important characteristic is the aliveness of the body: bright eyes, good skin color, aliveness of gesture and movement.

Individuals with the character structure generally are worldly-oriented, ambitious, competitive and aggressive. Passivity is experienced as vulnerability.

The rigid character can be stubborn, but he is rarely spiteful. In part his stubbornness derives from his pride; he is afraid that if he lets go, he may look foolish, so he holds back. In part it derives from his fear that submission would entail a loss of freedom.”

– Alexander Lowen, Bioenergetics

80" by 30" archival pigment print, 2016.

Each joint is moved into place - like an electronic marionette.

Zbrush turntable animation of 3d Print created at Cyberware in 1987

3D printing with Stratasys Fortus 450 MC

ASA Light Gray with T12 Tip and double dense walls

Build Size limitations: 16 x 14 x 16 inches

Production grade thermoplastic

80" by 30" archival pigment print, 2014.

With large format inkjet printing, I'm able to represent each portrait larger than life, making for an immersive experience.

80" by 30" archival pigment print, 2016

48" by 30" archival pigment print, 2016

191 frame Animated breath cycle