It is fall and there are still a few milkweeds. You're looking at the opened pod that's been blown a bit by the wind. Most people would have not even seen this image, let alone have taken a picture. But this is truly part of Tony Karp's genius. It only has to catch his eye and he captures the moment. In that second when he describes to click the shutter he makes no value judgment as to whether or not this is something he can work with. He follows his instinct. Something inside him says this might have some possibilities.

If I'd go back and look at most of the images that I have posted and described for you, I'd find that the starting point was something plain. Tony will look through his images for hours, sometimes getting rid of things he finds uninteresting and sometimes working on an image. The best ones, the ones that make, that become part of Tony Karp's body of work go through many, many iterations.

In some ways it is the same method he uses when he writes a computer program. He architected computer systems for 30 years. He will get a program working a little bit. And then he will add a function and get that to work and on and on. And so it is with his art. He will take a picture and make it a little more interesting. The analogy is that it is like a sculpture that is carved out over time. Instead of using physical media and physical tools, Tony uses virtual media and virtual tools. His media is the digital image and the software tools allow him to chisel away at the image until he has something interesting. Something you stop and look at and say that is interesting, what is it? It makes you think and question and really look at Tony's art. Isn't art supposed to be something you want to look at?

A wonderful thing is happening to this muse. I live with Tony's art and in some ways I am Techno-Impressionism's premier critic. But I am also really beginning to have a deep understand of it and to feel comfortable explaining it. Describing an art movement is a complex but really interesting thing.