Theresa Jackson: From my very early days of studying photography, I’ve been interested in the space between 2 dimensions and 3 dimensions. A traditionally printed photo is a completely 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional space. A drawing or a painting has some amount of 3 dimensionality because of the texture of applied material to a surface. In college I exposed my negatives through sheets of mylar that I applied brushed ink to. The print resulted with a brushed textured, but it was still completely 2 dimensional.

Theresa Jackson / Abraham Sings

I’ve always been inspired by the work of Matisse. I am fascinated with his ability to represent a 3 dimensional space 2 dimensionally with patterns. More recently I have fallen in love with the work of Gustav Klimpt. His ornately decorated portraits are the specific inspiration for my piece Abraham Sings.