an interview:

In 100 words or less, what do you do as an artist?
I combine camera with computer to create images that border between photography and illustration. As I shoot digital, I tweak every photo out of the camera first to create the look I like, then I move on to illustrate the image.

What motivates you to create art?
My first motivation is to capture a view of the world as I see it. My second motivation is to find a place for that image in the world.

How has your practice changed over time?
In the '70s, I worked with chalk,...

Catalog of images from and around Long Beach, California by Bob Winberry, a longtime photographer, illustrator and computer programmer/designer who integrates diverse visual media to create images printed onto wood, paper, and metal. Combining the disciplines of camera, computer, and illustration, Bob composes works that are singular in execution and purpose, often both evocative as well as thought provoking. Bob sells his art through word of mouth and his website: www.winberry.com

Once the talk of the town, Mrs. Regal served 30 for killing the man who attack her. Now, old and weary of years, she is released only to find herself a prisoner of guilt until her personal bobot, Peter Measure, risks all to destroy the monster memory buried deep within..

In 1994, I wrote a computer program that would allow me to quickly draw images while watching a video on screen. The saving grace wasn't so much in its ability to capture pen strokes as it was to instantly save my images with just one key allowing me to continue to alter, enhance, change or develop the image without ever stopping to come up with some seven digit filename. Sounds simple, and it was, and it allowed me to produce hundreds of sketches in one sitting...just like taking photos.