Description Title: 'ARIEL, Transmogrification #8'.Creation Date: 1 April 2017.'Fire Portraits' Series.Years: 2016 - 2018.Influence: 'To Reign in Hell' novel by Steven Brust.Art Photographs: Photography of fire shaped into Portrait-like imagery, of the characters, angels, in 'To Reign in Hell', written by Steven Brust.Note 1: After doing the first art photo, I said to myself, 'I'm seeing some faces from Brust's novel in this image, and I need to investigate, and work this out further to see what develops.' Note 2: In the Brust story, Ariel takes the shape of an owl, he speaks in rhymes, and is a close friends with Leviathan and Harut. He is killed by the treacherous angel, Abdiel. Buy Fine Art Photography Prints from my Sales Link at Imagekind:ImageKind Photo Number: TAGS:ARIEL, SITH, HARUT, LEVIATHAN, FIRE-PORTRAITS, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, hell, to reign in hell, Steven Brust, firstborns, archangels, heaven-hell, good-evil, Illuminati, fire portraits, gold, flames, hot, heat, portraiture, mirrored photography, the dark one, smirking one, Nawfal Johnson, fine-art, ethereal, Morning Star,
Nawfal Johnson, Malaysia Member Since September 2006 Artist Statement IMAGEKIND: ARTIST BIO — Nawfal Johnson — Smokephotographist Beginnings: When I pick up my camera ... when I compose the subjects in the frame ... and, when I plan and set up my lighting, I have one thing in mind — To take a better photograph than the last time.
I have been using a camera as a hobbyist since I was 12 years old, and then as a freelance professional since 1998.
Photography is a Madness for Me — My Work: I have been a long-time Freelance Stage & Dance Photographer; nevertheless, I focus much of my energy designing fine art Abstract, and, Abstract Expressionism Photography. I also design SMOKE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY, and that is the art style I focused on in my 2011 book, titled, ETHEREAL DREAMS and HOPE.
My Artistic Influences: My main artistic influences are Jackson Pollock and Robert Henri. As for photographic influences, I have always drawn inspiration from photographers Carl Fischer, and Andreas Feininger.