A collection of landscape infrared images of my travels across the US and Canada.
This collection is available for solo shows, exhibitions, and gallery representation. Please feel free to contact me for more information about this collection.
A collection of landscape infrared images of my travels across the US and Canada.
This collection is available for solo shows, exhibitions, and gallery representation. Please feel free to contact me for more information about this collection.
update!!!
Reception May 20th 6-9pm
The Studio Door
3867 4th Avenue San Diego, CA 92103
Exhibition Dates: April 27 – May 27, 2023
Website: http://thestudiodoor.com/
Youtube video of the exhibition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Y8wwJI-Mg
My work is mixed media joining together my two loves of photography and mosaics that I call Photozaics. Just recently I experimented with matte-less print as has been suggested in the past, but this time I listened to Emily Schiffer’s suggestion from a recent portfolio review, and this is the result. This line of photozaics, which I’m calling commando-as for me is liberating to see my photo dancing in sync with the frame.
Four of my Commando photozaics were accepted into Works of Excellence exhibition at The Studio Door gallery. Wolf n Bear will be physically in the gallery; Gateway to Racepoint beach will be on their website and Breakpoint at Racepoint and Forest of Birch will be included in the catalog. Honored and humbled to not have just one accepted but four works accepted into this exhibition.
Wolf n Bear
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while, leaving footprints on our hearts and we are never the same- by Flavia Weedn. This image reminds me of the ones that left their footprints on my soul.
Gateway to Racepoint Beach
Gateway can offer up an over-welcoming feeling of “come on in”. This scene offers that feeling with a side of warning to those that don’t pay attention to their environment. I don’t mind the locals and will respect their home. If I’m not meant to be in the ocean I will sit quietly on the shore watching a movie of waves play on repeat for my pleasure.
Breakpoint at Racepoint Beach
Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free. – Christy Ann Martine. Sitting at the ocean’s beach I spend hours just zoning out to the sounds and everchanging views of waves crashing the shore to help recharge my soul. It’s nature’s symphony that warms my heart.
Forest of Birch
SOLD!!!
“In Celtic Mythology the silver birch tree is sacred and symbolizes new beginnings and protection.” This quote speaks to me and helping me understand why I love Birch trees and my Irish Heritage. This image was taken at Jay Cooke State Park in February 2012 just a few months before this region received an unpreceded amount of rain in a 24-hour period; forever changing the landscape of this park forever.
This collection is available for solo shows, exhibitions, and gallery representation. Please feel free to contact me for more information about this collection.
This collection is available for solo shows, exhibitions, and gallery representation. Please feel free to contact me for more information about this collection.
The Griffin Museum of Photography 10th Annual Winter Solstice Exhibition. Held in the main gallery from early December through early January.
Exhibit dates: December 8, 2022 – January 8, 2023
Reception: Thursday, December 10, 2022, from 4 – 6:00 pm
Website for more information about Show
https://griffinmuseum.org/show/ws_2022/
Image selected: Sleeping Bear beach -Photozaic
Sized 16x14x1 one-of-a-kind art
Image Title: Sleeping Bear Beach
The Ashininaabek people used the Mother Bear as a landmark and tell the story about how she came to be there. Long ago, along the Wisconsin shoreline, a mother bear and her two cubs were driven into Lake Michigan by a raging forest fire. The bears swam for many hours, but soon the cubs tired. Mother bear reached the shore first and climbed to the top of a high bluff to watch and wait for her cubs. The cubs drowned within sight of the shore. The Great Spirit created two islands to mark the spot where the cubs disappeared and then created a solitary dune to represent the eternal vigil of mother bear.
These images reminded me of the gulf coast just minus the salty ocean air.
I watched as morning fog kissed the landscape, slowly burning off showing Lake Michigan’s beautiful teal-blue waters. While I was exploring Sleeping Bear Dunes, I had the story above playing around in my head; carefully documenting the landscape with both color and infrared cameras.
Photozaic statement:
How can I construct an image that moves beyond the surface? Photozaics, of course!
My award-winning Photozaics are inspired where Van Gogh’s textures meet Ansel Adam’s simplicity near the intersection of Bob Ross’ healing vibes. This technique is a labor-intensive multi-step process and starts out with my journey into nature; recording the landscapes that spark my eye may it be rolling hills or a babbling brook. After modifying the composition, I take the print and head to the stained-glass shop to find matching colors. I cut the glass by hand taking smaller shards, and placing them in a rock tumbler to remove sharp edges while larger pieces are sanded by hand and assembled the frame. Grouting finishes the artwork allowing the detail of each cut glass shape to add texture to my art.
Art heals the mind, body, and soul. Research has shown a correlation between participating in cultural activities, like Crafting, visiting art galleries, and attending concerts have increased rates of good health. By creating Photozaics, it is my hope to connect with you through a multi-sensory mixed media presentation that tickles sight and encourages your touch.
In this collection, the works of art are Mixed media; a combination of my loves of photography and mosaics that I call photoziacs. The artwork is available in various sizes, from 16×14 to 30×26 (long edge). These works of art change and exhibitions can be customized to fit the gallery’s space. They sell quickly so this is just an example of what I have to offer.
Contact me for Exhibition and Gallery representation at ncmguirestudio@gmail.com or call me at 651-470-0872.
I call this collection” Spirit of the Land” documented in infrared black and white photography. They portray an otherworldly, surreal, almost dreamlike state that feels three-dimensional.
Available for exhibition
Dates: June 21st- September 12th, 2022
Downtown Boston’s Lafayette City Center, MA
Online: https://griffinmuseum.org/show/vantage-point-the-view-from-here/
16×20 metal Frame only- Crissy Beach Digital infrared bnw photograph
Price $499.00
Crissy Beach
Sometimes you just need to surrender to the scene and get pulled into the wonders it has to offer your senses. That is what happened to me when I came upon this boardwalk while walking the beaches in San Francisco’s Marina District. The boardwalk pulls me to the water and my eyes circle around the remnants of old docks, Sausalito, and Alcatraz off in the distance. I can still smell the salty sea air and hear the foghorn sounding off warning ships of the bridge when I look at this photo.