'touchedscreens' is a series of images in print that plays on the contrast of contemporary mass communication with the aesthetic of a much earlier form - that of the manually printed etching.

Stock imagery hands caress electronically LCD-lit devices and hint at the spiritual flavour of transcendence that permeates their advertised allure in the tiny inset etchings. 'touchedscreens_remix_1' plays on a contrast of contemporary mass communication with the aesthetic of earlier forms of printmaking. In this diptych, a window-like pairing combines the aspirational symbolism of stock imagery with the transcendental aesthetic of Rembrandt-era etchings and later mezzotints, in which the portrayal of light within a chiaroscuro mono-tonality frequently carried overtones of enlightenment and the transformative.