As with any endeavor, where one has passion the time spent will make days seem like minutes.

My experience over the past forty years, including photography and processing with both film and digital have given me a wealth of knowledge to draw on when creating new work

I can easily spend days and sometimes weeks working on a single image to get everything looking the way I want it to look.

I also enjoy creating abstract images with intentional camera movement, using a longer shutter speed and physically moving the camera during the exposure

My goal is to create painterly art pieces that are alive and have a life of their own.

The Art of RAR is a new art form in its infancy and many interesting works are waiting to be discovered and unveiled. Each piece of work is a painting but not painting, a photograph but not photography, an original but not original.

Living in NYC, one can experience an array of emotions and situations simply by observing and music only enhances those experiences.

Photographing the fourth dimension (time) allows me to transport the observer to a world between worlds.

When artists can balance the art with commerce and begin with nothing but talent, courage, drive and a dream – I study and learn from them.

Dotson’s artistic influences are wide-ranging, from the great masters of photography to sumi ink paintings from Asia.