Tag: #nature

Tribute to Small works 2023

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Dates: April 1st– 27th 2023

MVA Gallery

Location: 35 E. Elizabeth Ave. Suite 35, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Accepted photozaics (formal)

https://www.mvaartgallery.com/

White Daisies photoziac 14x16x1

Daisies are a true sign of spring:  A lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.

Sleeping Bear Beach photozaic 16x14x1

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 a 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.

Sleeping Bear Beach

Experimenting with matting or no matting Continues!

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Continuing with Emily’s suggestions of going matte less here are a few more matted vs matte less works of art. Images Breakpoint at Racepoint and Pine Edged Road.

Breakpoint matte less
Breakpoint matted print
Pine Edged road matte less
Pine Edged road matted print

Experimenting with matting or no matting

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I recently had a portfolio review with Emily Schiffer thanks to Photograph Resource Center Boston and she along with others suggested doing my photoziacs without matting.  She offered up the print option of Metal or Wood; as soon as our meeting was over I jumped online knowing my custom print lab offered up metal prints.  I decided to Experiment with my image called Green.  Below you will see side by side comparison of the same size frame but two very different looks as one image are printed on metal and the other is on foam core and matted. 

Please leave a comment and tell me which one you like and why?  I love reading your comments about my art!  I’m working on another comparison one in my Infrared series- so stay tuned.

The Phipps Center for the Arts

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The Enriching Arts Program

Location: Westfields Hospital & Clinic

in the Rotunda to Admin Hallway

Date: September 29th through December 20, 2022.

Phipps website

https://thephipps.org/visual-arts/enriching-art-exhibitions

The hospital website is below:

https://www.healthpartners.com/care/hospitals/westfields/

My exhibition will be a combination of my collections Spirit of the land meets Sanctuary of the Soul. 

” Spirit of the Land” documented in infrared black and white photography.  They portray an otherworldly, surreal, almost dreamlike state that feels three-dimensional.  These images are matted and framed in simple black, and they blend nicely with my award-winning Photozaics from “Sanctuary from the soul “collection.  The inspiration came from 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 I spark my eye may it be rolling hills, 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 assemble the frame.  Grouting finishes the artwork allowing the detail of each cut glass shape adding the texture to my art.

Just a few examples you will see at this exhbition

Wolf-n-Bear WAB20x17x1x2020-1
Wolf-n-Bear
Coming up Peachy
Coming up Peachy
wishes or Weeds? simple black frame
wishes or Weeds? s
Horse Love
Horse Love
Colorado Bound

Sanctuary for the Soul- Collection

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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.

Sanctuary-for-the-Soul-presentationDownload

Art4Good* fundraiser

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The Fulton Group will be hosting an *Art4Good* fundraiser for the
exhibition on *Thursday, August 18, 2022, from 6- 9 PM *at The Q.arma
Building <http://www.qarmabuilding.com/> located in Northeast Minneapolis.

NOTE: THIS IS A ONE-DAY-ONLY EVENT!

Q-Arma

1224 Quincy St. NE

Minneapolis, MN 55413

I will have the two works of art below for sale for this Fundraiser, as a fellow member of Art to change the World, I’m honored to donate my artwork to the Fulton Group’s upcoming exhibition.

Why are they doing this?  details below about future exhibition:

Herman Milligan is co-curating along with *Art4Good* artist, Howard Oransky, an upcoming photography exhibition at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities’ Katherine E. Nash Gallery
(Department of Art) entitled, *A Picture Gallery of the Soul
<https://cla.umn.edu/art/galleries-public-programs/katherine-e-nash-gallery>

Howard is the Director of The Galley.  The exhibition focuses on a
historical review of Black American photography from the 1800s to the
present and will run from *September 13 – December 10, 2022,

Campering Life Framed
Campering Life Framed
Green
Sized small Gr16x14x12021-1 $699.00

Campering Life is a 5×7 matted photo that is framed in an 8×10 simple black frame and matt.

Green is a 5×7 matted photo that is framed in my photoziac. OD is 16x14x1- this work is a mixed media of photography and mosaics. An original work of art.

Spirit of the Land

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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

Spirit-of-the-land-Presentation-1Download

Art of Beauty Exhibition

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Exhibition dates: April 8th through May 4, 2022

Address:

MVA Gallery

35 E. Elizabeth Avenue

Suite 35

Bethlehem, PA 18018

Untitled

Accepted works of Art are Pine Edged Road and Golden Gate Bridge photozaics

Pine Edged Road
Sized medium PER20x17x12021-1

Sometimes the path in life is not clearly defined.  The only thing you can do is to breathe deeply, put your faith in the universe, and take the first step.  Life’s road will have curves, enjoy them as they will bring you to wonderful places if you surrender.  Road trips allow my mind to wander and absorb what Mother Nature shows me.  I especially love watching the landscape change from mountains to desert; from city to Rolling country farms; brightly colored flowers to drab gray foggy scenes.  All of these are gifts from her, so give thanks.  Get out in nature and recharge your soul!

Golden Gate Bridge

I headed to San Francisco for an art show and decided to give myself a few extras days to explore this great City by the Bay. As the fog lifted, I snapped photos of the various areas in the Marina District.  When the fog burnt off, I walked the area again up a long hill to capture this photograph.  Nature really makes all these colors work together.