Radiance 19 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 19" marks a striking return to earth, its transparency film segments saturated with the warm, iridescent tones of bark, dried grass, and the rich organic matter of the Pacific Northwest forest floor — dusty rose, amber, and deep mauve swirling through a pearl-white ground in a palette that feels simultaneously mineral and alive. Bellard's layered exposures create an unusually fluid surface, the overlapping emulsions catching what appears to be the crinkled, reflective texture of dried plant material at close range, the whole composition radiating outward with an almost molten quality — earthy and luminous in equal measure. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 18 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 18" looks upward through the canopy, its transparency film segments filled with the bright, diffuse green of sunlight filtering through Pacific Northwest foliage — yellow-green and pale aqua alternating across a composition that feels genuinely luminous, as though light itself is the subject rather than the landscape it illuminates. Bellard's layered exposures capture the soft blur of leaves and branches at multiple distances, the overlapping emulsions building a lush, airy depth, while segments breaking free at the top and bottom lend the work an exuberant, outward-reaching energy that mirrors the upward drive of the living forest. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 17 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 17" brings the viewer close to the earth, its transparency film segments filled with the soft, luminous textures of moss, lichen, and low-growing flora photographed at intimate range — the palette a gentle interplay of cool seafoam, sage, and yellow-green, punctuated by warmer pockets of amber and cream where light catches the fine structure of individual plants. Bellard's layered exposures create an unusually lush surface here, the overlapping emulsions building a density that feels almost tactile, the whole composition radiating outward with the quiet, unhurried abundance of a forest floor going about its ancient business. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 16 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 16" is suffused with violet and lavender, its transparency film segments moving between deep periwinkle and soft ice blue in a palette that evokes the particular quality of Pacific Northwest light at dusk or just before rain — luminous but tinged with something cooler and more mysterious than open daylight. The composition feels loose and expansive, segments spilling unevenly beyond the circle's edge, while the small dark center draws the eye inward against the outward pull of all that atmospheric color, Bellard's layered emulsions catching the marbled, cloud-like texture of sky at its most painterly. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 15 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 15" returns to the open sky, its broad transparency film segments sweeping through an expansive range of blues — soft periwinkle and violet-tinged cloud giving way to pale aqua and cool mint — the palette spanning the full arc of a Pacific Northwest sky from the blue hour of early morning to the bleached clarity of midday. The center is unusually active, the film layers converging in a dense, darkened knot that anchors the otherwise weightless composition, as though all that open sky is held together by a single point of gravity, the surrounding segments radiating outward with an ease and luminosity that feels genuinely airborne. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 12 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 12" shares the gossamer delicacy of its neighbor, but where the palette shifts is in its warmth — fine-branching lichen and needle-like flora rendered in yellow-green and dusty rose occupy the left side with surprising richness, while the remaining segments fade through cool sage and pale grey-green to near translucence, the composition moving from botanical specificity into quiet abstraction as the eye travels around the wheel. Bellard's layered emulsions feel tissue-thin here, the film's own surface — fine edge lines, subtle texture, a soft lavender blush at the lower left — as present as the landscape within, the two inseparable and equally beautiful. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 11 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 11" is the most delicate and pale of the series, its transparency film segments alternating between near-white emptiness and soft impressions of ground-level Pacific Northwest flora — what appears to be lichen, low fern, and fine-branching plant life rendered in muted yellow-green, dusty rose, and warm taupe, the colors of a forest floor in the flat light of an overcast afternoon. Bellard's layered exposures feel gossamer here, the overlapping emulsions so lightly toned that the film's own texture and fine drawn edge lines become as much a part of the image as the landscape within, the whole composition hovering quietly between presence and transparency. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 10 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 10" pushes the turquoise and dark landscape dialogue to its most intense, the transparency film segments alternating with a rapid, almost rhythmic urgency — slivers of vivid aqua cutting through swaths of deep, mottled earth that carry the unmistakable texture of wet rock, algae, and mineral deposit, the two forces feeling less like contrast and more like collision. Bellard's layered exposures bring the landscape into striking close focus here, the dark segments dense with biological detail — spotted, pooled, and richly varied in tone — while the luminous turquoise film threads through with a sharpness that charges the whole composition with kinetic energy, the wheel appearing to spin with a force the other works in the series hold only in reserve. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 9 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 9" returns to the interplay of turquoise and dark landscape but with a more intimate, interwoven tension — vivid aqua and teal wedges threading through segments of deep, moss-covered rock and shadow, the two elements less separated than entangled, as though light is actively pushing through the weight of the natural world rather than sitting apart from it. Bellard's layered exposures reveal what appears to be lichen-covered stone and pooled water caught at close range, the rich dark tones of the landscape carrying real geological presence, while the luminous turquoise film segments cut through with a clarity that feels almost electric against such density. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 8 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 8" is among the most visually striking of the series, its transparency film segments splitting dramatically between vivid turquoise and aqua on one side and the deep, complex darkness of Pacific Northwest forest — indigo, charcoal, moss — on the other, the two halves locked in a bold conversation between light and its absence. Bellard's layered exposures are at their most legible here, the darker segments revealing recognizable landscape — tree canopy, stone, dappled undergrowth — pressed into rich, jewel-toned depth, while the luminous turquoise wedges pull the eye with the insistence of sunlight on water, the whole composition feeling caught mid-turn between shadow and illumination. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 7 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 7" settles into a quieter register, its greens softened to pale celadon and cool mint, the overall effect less like dense undergrowth and more like diffuse light washing through a canopy of young leaves. Bellard's layered exposures feel particularly aqueous here, the emulsions pooling color gently across wide segments, while small eruptions of iridescent violet and amber at the edges hint at the fuller spectrum of life hidden within the landscape's apparent stillness. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More
Radiance 6 Transparency film compositions on archival paper 36" H x 36" W or 45" H x 45" W "Radiance 6" immerses fully in the living landscape, its greens wilder and more varied — pale sage and mint giving way to deep forest and warm olive, with flashes of iridescent amber and rust speaking to the complex life of the Pacific Northwest undergrowth. The composition feels less contained than centered, segments breaking free of the circle's boundary, the natural world refusing to be fully held by any human-imposed structure. This series entitled “Radiance” speaks to the ancient call of nature and David’s desire to bring his own perspective to the conversation. Harnessing his talent for both the analog and digital, a memento was created which captures from the varied landscapes around David’s pacific northwest home. Read More