http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/14100 Diane Epstein's signature style of photography is created using a distinctive technique of layering multiple images, including ancient sites and the richly encrusted walls of Rome to design a painterly, textured picture, developing an illusion of shape and depth on a two dimensional surface. She manages to portray visual ambiguities to allure the eye, with painted pillars, columns and cupolas that cast depth into the viewer's space. Epstein’s fresco series may use eight or more layers of photographs taken in Italy of today, dissolving into elaborate displays of ethereal architecture and spectral visions of what lies beneath the surface. Epstein often uses a color palette of burnt Roman ochre, sienna and amber glow, as well as misty blue and pewter. She uses the purity of color that remains on walls from pigments used by Italian artisans of the past. These images are a limited series and are presently exhibited on fine art paper with the giclee' process in the dimension of 44" x 66" or 44" x 44". http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/205/Diane_Epstein_sq_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924191/4690_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Teatro Marcello, Rome, Italy ref# 4690_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924191'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924191 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:30:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924191 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924191/4690_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Teatro Marcello, Rome, Italy ref# 4690_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924191'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924374/7152_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Colosseo, Rome, Italy ref # 7152_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924374'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924374 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:16:12 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924374 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924374/7152_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Colosseo, Rome, Italy ref # 7152_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924374'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924203/3691_green_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Forum, Rome, Italy ref # 3691_green_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924203'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924203 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924203 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924203/3691_green_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Forum, Rome, Italy ref # 3691_green_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924203'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924206/5081_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Romulus and Remus, Campidoglio, Rome, Italy ref # 5081 © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924206'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924206 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924206 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924206/5081_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Romulus and Remus, Campidoglio, Rome, Italy ref # 5081 © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924206'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924179/051029_6152_blue_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Pantheon, Rome, Italy ref # 051029_6152_blue_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924179'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924179 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:18:56 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924179 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924179/051029_6152_blue_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Pantheon, Rome, Italy ref # 051029_6152_blue_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924179'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924359/9587_layer_small.jpg' /><br />San Silvestro Angels, Rome, Italy ref # 9587_layer (green) © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924359'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924359 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:20:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924359 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924359/9587_layer_small.jpg' /><br />San Silvestro Angels, Rome, Italy ref # 9587_layer (green) © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924359'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924173/7259_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy ref # 7259_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924173'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924173 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924173 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924173/7259_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy ref # 7259_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924173'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924368/5330-layer_gold_small.jpg' /><br />St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy ref # 5330_layer_gold © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924368'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924368 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924368 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924368/5330-layer_gold_small.jpg' /><br />St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy ref # 5330_layer_gold © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924368'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924371/_Z8D6604_layer_small.jpg' /><br /> Castel St. Angelo, Rome, Italy, ref # Z8D6604_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924371'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924371 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924371 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924371/_Z8D6604_layer_small.jpg' /><br /> Castel St. Angelo, Rome, Italy, ref # Z8D6604_layer © Diane Epstein 2009<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924371'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924362/_Z8D5145_2_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Statue of the Prophet Isaac, near Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy ref # Z8D5145_2_layer © Diane Epstein 2009 <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924362'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924362 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924362 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924362/_Z8D5145_2_layer_small.jpg' /><br />Statue of the Prophet Isaac, near Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy ref # Z8D5145_2_layer © Diane Epstein 2009 <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924362'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924365/0851_square_layer_small.jpg' /><br />St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy ref# 0851_square © Diane Epstein 2009 <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924365'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924365 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924365 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924365/0851_square_layer_small.jpg' /><br />St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy ref# 0851_square © Diane Epstein 2009 <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/924365'>view full-size image</a> Diane Epstein