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HOWARD HARRIS’ TECHSPRESSIONISM: A Visual Exploration Of Perception

By Viviana Puello

Howard Harris is a well-known artist who has developed a distinctive artistic style known as Techspressionism. This innovative technique involves layering a single, often abstracted, image over itself on transparent acrylic surfaces that are superimposed on a subtle grid. Howard Harris’ Techspressionism explores perception to recreate the perceptual experience.

Howard Harris creates a visual representation of the subject by combining photographic constructions and abstracted images layered on acrylic surfaces. The idea behind Techspressionism is to capture the subject’s essence in a way that makes each piece unique. Harris’s artwork stands out from the crowd with his use of grid-like patterns, subtle color combinations,

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and other visual elements. His work has been featured in numerous galleries worldwide and continues to be celebrated internationally.

Each piece produced by Harris offers something new for viewers to enjoy, from creating illusions of depth to capturing a sense of motion and energy. Harris uses overlapping imagery layers to bring his compositions together

rather than relying on traditional conventions such as perspective or shading techniques. As a result, his works are often more interpretive than representational, allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions about what they see.

Harris describes his unique style as an exploration of perception itself. In that regard, his photographs open viewers’

eyes to another level of reality, which often appears more surreal than the one we inhabit daily. By combining traditional photography and contemporary digital imaging elements, Harris has created an entirely new genre allowing him to share his innermost thoughts and visions. Yet, despite his popularity, Techspressionism remains true to its original purpose – exploring the power of perception through visually stunning works of art.

Howard Harris’ art explores merging technology and the human experience to create a unique optical experience. This process allows him to recreate the perceptual experience by engaging the viewer’s natural eye-brain function called parallax. He also plays with negative and positive spacing to create the illusion of depth. By combining various technologies such as aluminum, acrylic, and the viewer, Harris creates an image unique to each individual, lighting situation, and viewing environment.

Harris’s focus on exploring perception allows the viewer to contemplate how they interact with their environment, and how we see can be interpreted differently depending on perspective. By understanding how our perception affects our interpretation of the world

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around us, Harris hopes to promote greater mindfulness and understanding in society.

Howard Harris’ creative process is an excellent example of how technology and expressionism can work together to create something unique. His works remind us of how technology can enhance traditional methods of artmaking.

Howard Harris develops his imagery through a combination of digital photography and technology. He first captures the moment with a digital single-frame camera, internalizing its full dimensionality. He then uses technology to isolate and evaluate the image’s color, line, and form. Finally, by exaggerating or morphing the image into a symphony of color, shapes, and forms, he expresses his sense of time, space, point of view,

and emotions.

Howard Harris’ techspressionist technique is an effort to combine the best of both technology and aesthetics. His process creates a visual effect that captures the sense of dimensionality and fluidity. As light interacts with the acrylic surfaces, the result is an ethereal quality enhanced by the grid pattern. At the same time, the images are designed to be aesthetically pleasing, utilizing universal principles of design. This marriage of technology and aesthetics leads to a unique experience of photographic art that will captivate viewers.

As one of the most innovative artists in the world, Howard Harris continues to push the boundaries of his art form. He constantly explores and refines his process, striving to capture the human experience better. As he delves

deeper into his practice, Harris hopes to continue producing works that will be appreciated for their visual value and resonate with viewers on a deeper emotional level. He has already made a lasting impact in the art world, and there’s no doubt he’ll keep inspiring others for years to come.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ARTISTIC STYLE?

“My style is called Techspressionism. Techspressionism is an artistic approach utilizing technology to express an emotional experience. It is the use of technology that helps me set an image free from the constraints of the camera. As I said in the first question, life gave me eyes, art gave me sight, and technology gave me the tools to set the images free”.

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WHAT IS YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS?

“First, I use a camera to capture a moment in time, the image. Then sometimes, the image reveals itself to me quickly, meaning 1 to 2 weeks.

Other times it takes many months to coax the image to reveal the nuance that helps others feel the movement, light, and color. I then use technology to help release more than one moment in time, one view, and one experience. Finally, through my training in the arts and technologies, I add the intangible dimensions of personal expression, emotion, movement, and the opportunity for the image to interact with its ever-changing environment.

Using my patented process of photographic constructions, I use a single, often abstracted, image layered with a clear acrylic subtle grid. The resulting visual phenomenon infuses the image with a sense of dimensionality and fluidity affected by such changes as the viewing angle and light. The resulting image combines technology and aesthetics to expand the viewer’s experience of a Techspressionist world”.

HOW AND WHEN DID YOU DISCOVER YOU WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST?

“I was born to be an artist. I cannot think of

a time when art was not part of my life. From as early as I can remember, the art of some type - painting, sculpture, photography, theater, etc. - has always been around me. It is only a foggy memory, but I took my first formal drawing class when I was 8 or 10. I still have two vivid memories of that class: One was that the class was held in an “artist” style loft (very cool), and the other was the teacher laughing at me when I drew a fox with a tail that looked like it exploded out of the fox’s rear end. For some reason, that failure just inspired me to refine my aspirations and pursue artistic projects following my intuition and imagination. And since I really couldn’t draw well, I began using a camera to capture images. From an early age, the technology of the camera became a passion. Photography continually inspired my imagery, from black and white photos to the magic of color technology”.

WHAT MESSAGE DOES YOUR WORK TRANSMIT TO YOUR AUDIENCE?

“I want to help each viewer realize that they have their own unique emotion/ experience when viewing my images. Each image has a story that isn’t frozen in time and space. I don’t intend to evoke a fixed set of emotions. I only act as a conduit for the viewer to experience the image in a three-dimensional, spherical sense of light, feeling, time, and space.

However, the surprise is my work’s most prevalent emotional response. Words like, “I have never seen anything like this before” seems to be the reaction that is heard time and time again. Since the viewer expects to see a static image that looks pretty much the same in any environment, the image is successful when the viewer is amazed by my content, constructions, and use of technology to create movement”.

HAS ANY PART OF YOUR STORY INFLUENCED WHAT YOU DO NOW?

“My artwork progressed through several stages throughout my adventure as an artist.

The first stages of my work were mainly technology-based, using the camera with what one would consider a “good eye.”

My second work stage began in the early 70s at the Kansas City Art Institute. I understood that mastering technology was part of the “art” equation.

The third stage also happened at the Kansas City Art Institute, where I used my artistic talents to pursue design.

The fourth stage of my art happened when I went to Pratt Institute to study Industrial Design under Rowena Kostellow. Her mentoring and teachings moved me

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from my technological approach to art to a spiritual and emotional one. Her teachings brought the importance of line, volume, plane, and color into my art understanding. Studying industrial design at the Art Institute and Pratt gave me the tools to go beyond my imagination. It has given me the methodologies to combine art, business, and engineering to create a pleasing product. The Pratt experience gave me the courage to pursue art as a profession.

The fifth stage lasted from the early ’70s through 2011. I became part of a 5-person company that grew to over 160 people based on merging technology with design.

The sixth stage of my development is my quest to create fine art; my seventh development stage is a quest to internalize what Josef Albers said: “Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature”.

AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Awards:

- ArtTour International MagazineCollectors Choice Award;

- ArtTour International Magazine – Titan Award;

- ArtTour International Magazine - Top 60 Masters Award;

- Art Tour International Magazine ARTYA Emerald Award;

- Accademia Italia in Arte Hermes Award;

- Accademia Italia in Arte Michelangelo’s

- David Award;

- Art International Contemporary Magazine - 4th International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci;

- Art International Contemporary Magazine - International Prize Caravaggio;

- Art International Contemporary Magazine Dante Alighieri Award;

- Biennale D’Arte Michelangelo ’s David Award – 2021;

- International Contemporary Magazine Art Olympic Award;

- International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci;

- International Prize Michelangelo;

- Socio Culturale Ea Arte Club Art Olympic Prize;

- ViewBug.com Top Class Award.

Recognitions:

- Art International Magazine Artist of the Year;

- Art Now Artist of the Year;

- Design Professional of the YearPresidential Who’s Who Marketing

- National Association of Print Leadership Board of Trustees;

- Small Businessperson of the Year – U.S.

Small Business Administration;

- Socio Culturale Ea Arte Club Art Olympic Prize;

- The Kansas City Art Institute - Board of Trustees;

- United States Patent No: 4,947,996

titled Unitary Article Holder-Display

- United States Patent No: 9,753,295

titled Apparatus/Method for a Layered Artwork;

- Who’s Who Worldwide Lifetime Achievement.

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Publications:

- Art International Contemporary Magazine;

- Art Now;

- ArtTour International Magazine;

- Associazione Culturale;

- Circle Arts Foundation - Spotlight Magazine;

- Contemporary Art Curator Magazine;

- Contemporary Celebrity Masters;

- DESTIG Magazine;

- Fifty Artists to Invest In - Guide to Investing in Art;

- NY News;

- Photo Graphy;

- Top Ten Contemporary Artists;

- Trends In Art Insights for Collectors Book;

- World of Art;

- Worldwide Art Books.

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Life gives you eyes; art enables you to see with your mind what can’t be seen with your eyes.

Howard Harris

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