ABOUT MY CURRENT EXHIBIT:
VISUAL POETRY
Jane Hirshfield, Poet is the inspiration for these images. I heard her being interviewed on NPR about her poetry, and when she was asked where she got her ideas, she replied, “They just arrive, out of nowhere”. I was so delighted with her response that I called the station and explained that my photographic experience was similar: that the images were not there and then, suddenly, they were. I decided that my next photography exhibit would be called Visual Poetry and that I would create images based on poems or find images that fit existing poems.
This is the result.
I hope this new linguistic inspiration will make a connection for the viewer, where the eye enters into the language part of the brain. Then the work is no longer completely visual but has an added layer of language and interpretation.
Look at these images, at the poetic interactions, and consider the act of seeing. I want you to understand that things are not always as they appear. I want you to wonder what this is, to see the image, to read the words, and possibly to arrive at an interpretation neither the poet nor I had in mind when we began our artistic journey.
ABOUT OTHER WORK:
Some of my work involves the technique of transferring an image from a Polaroid negative onto paper, fabric or ceramic and manipulating the resulting image with paint and colored pencils.
The images in the gallery section show you some of the magic the process yields on objects and compositions that are originally beautiful. By adding the technique, I can capture all the nuances of changing textures by printing on different surfaces.
Mixing media adds more whimsy and surprise, such as my Southwest Quilt made by stitching several prints together with copper thread. Bringing Paris Home and Temptation in all three dimensions.
—Geraldine LiaBraaten