Experimenting with Art

While at the BMW Car Club of Ottawa’s Advanced Driving School last week, I was inspired to create some art based around the images I was capturing. The event was held at Calabogie Motorsport Park (CMP) and is an annual affair that I’ve been involved in since the track opened in 2003. I’ve logged a lot of miles on this track as both an instructor and a driver. However this past school was the first time I was a spectator with the explicit goal of automotive photography.

With all the exotics, high horsepower sports cars, nimble little 2 seaters and family cars, I started to relate to the vehicles in simple, single word concepts: power, speed, fun, control, traction, roar, and many others. Associating those cars with the experience of owning and driving them, the concept for the series leapt into my eye almost fully formed.

These are the first two images in the ‘Power Word Series’. They are my initial foray into the art beyond the plain image and I’m pretty excited with the results. I hope you find them intriguing enough to comment and make suggestions for future ideas.