Hi, I’m Dave Rau — a designer, artist, code monkey, photographer and writer. I designed and hand-coded all the web sites in my portfolio.

design

I’ve been crafting web pages since 1999; lovingly designing layouts, hand-authoring compliant XHTML & CSS and hacking PHP to automate tasks and interact with databases.

art

I have an ever- demanding desire to make images. It makes me restless. Sometimes it’s about responding to my visual environment or making new images from photo samplings of nature. Other pieces are making a visual comment about current events or creating unique combinations of new images thru collage. But sometimes I just push pixels around until my eyes feel satisfied.

photo

Capturing is an analogue process; I use a lot of photography in my art as elements for collage, but straight photography remains magical in its own way. I’ve been shooting clouds lately; Florida summers are hot as hell, but the heat creates shapely and crisp clouds.