the process
Our perceptions of how time passes and what happens in that time differs from one person to the next.
When drawing, I begin with an idea and look for the best surface to support it. Will it be gritty and rough about the edges or smooth and well measured? How will the charcoal interact with it? Let's find out.
My photography is also an experiment in layers of texture and light, how they work together to form contrast or harmony.
David Rynes
lovers' view photograph 2025
the artist
My parents fourth child, I was born feet first on the fourth day of the fourth month of 1974. That cold morning in Chicago Heights, a day dreamer came to be.
Often wandering in my thoughts, imaginations and the small town in which I lived, dreams of travel, love of libraries, cameras and stories developed. Reading about how magical and adventurous life could be impacted me with such force that dreams became aspirations and goals. I worked to pay my way through college, studying psychology and literature, then drawing and photography. Upon graduation, I began a career in tattooing, some influence of which is seen in my drawing. Being a full time artist allows me to use my time raising my daughter, making art, reading and exploring new places and ideas. Wandering around with a camera, hunting compositions and reflections is how I spend much of my time outside the studio.
I am quite comfortable moving between different art media; the mess of charcoal and ink is as much my home as the spotless lens and lab. Mixed media projects, my own and others, are often the most exciting.
The messy and the clean aspects of my chosen media may be a reflection of myself, a multifaceted collection of contrasts that work well together.