Doug Winter
Snow Day Number 8, version 2 by Doug Winter  Image: This diptych translates the lived experience of vision loss into abstraction, where blurred forms mimic lost reality. Inspired by conversations with my father during the final year of his life, the work reflects how sight persists even as it fails. Using a modified camera lens, shifting colors and dissolving forms create a meditation on perception, memory, and resilience.

Image description: Diptych photograph in shifting shades of blue, violet, and soft white. On the left, a faint face-like form emerges, blurred and dissolving into abstraction. On the right, lighter streaks and shapes suggest fleeting facial structures, fading into haze. The pairing mimics the instability of impaired vision, where clarity breaks down into fragmented color, impaired memory, and fragile perception.
This diptych translates the lived experience of vision loss into abstraction, where blurred forms mimic lost reality. Inspired by conversations with my father during the final year of his life, the work reflects how sight persists even as it fails. Using a modified camera lens, shifting colors and dissolving forms create a meditation on perception, memory, and resilience. Image description: Diptych photograph in shifting shades of blue, violet, and soft white. On the left, a faint face-like form emerges, blurred and dissolving into abstraction. On the right, lighter streaks and shapes suggest fleeting facial structures, fading into haze. The pairing mimics the instability of impaired vision, where clarity breaks down into fragmented color, impaired memory, and fragile perception.
  • Subject Matter: Still Life, Portrait, Abstract, Diptych