When I was in art school learning about what being a painter meant(still struggling with that) one of the things that got into my mind was the idea of layering. Layering color, layering marks or brush strokes, layering glazes... painting always seemed to be about layering and creating vibrations of color and shades. I really took this understanding into my photography and I think it has helped me a great deal. Awhile back I began a series of images shooting into my glass of beer. I thought they were just these fun little things...not overly serious. But as I keep making them I find more and more that I like making them. I think it is a series worth making more and more images(I know many of my friends are now saying---well I saw this coming--another reason to drink beer). But I'm serious. I think there is some beauty in the suds and the reflective qualities in the glass. Tonight I made several images in several different styles to see what I could do(unfortunately t he beer got pretty warm in the process.) I'm even excited about maybe trying to do a person's portrait someday through the suds, it'll have to be a beer lover....hmmm do I know any beer lovers?????? Photograph by Richard Sayer.