I found the name Ruud Van Empel written in my notes too. He is a Dutch artist born in 1958. I came across one of his pieces on the last page of Museum News magazine last spring and I remember being mesmerized by its otherworldly-ness and just beauty as image. Looking up the name again today, I found more of his work on his website, www.ruudvanempel.nl/site/  Equally surreal in the digital manipulation of photographic images. It makes me think also of what something could be.