Description: The Criss Art Archive contains examples of fine art photography, 20th & 21st Centuries American paintings and photographs created by Katherine and her father, Francis Criss. Originals and quality reproductions giclee prints can be obtained by calling 516-877-1277s.
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Artist's Statement on the Layered Image
The layered image is not an attempt to record as a traditional photograph captures a moment in time, but to encourage viewers to look beyond the obvious, to interpret and to react to the image on multiple levels. My work is a meditation, whether I am creating a photograph or a surreal painting. I use my art as a visual form of communication, and I am most inspired by irony in life, finding sorrow in beauty and joy in tragedy.
Two of Francis Criss' 1934 paintings, Morning in Florence and Sculptor - Why the Line?