Openings Connecting: THE SPLENDOR IN THE ... snow

Monday, January 4, 2010

THE SPLENDOR IN THE ... snow

RECAPTURING:
former fashion statement.
it all comes back to functional
form, very contemporary in that way.
the splendor in the snow/ minus warren beatty,
(but my husband is better! cute, plus he went back on the
trail to rescue my new down mitten!)
six decades later, inspiring myself
to leave the window view
with all my brand new winter wear...
surprisingly fabulous
out there (at 15`F)
when warm!

7 comments:

UnknownJanuary 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM
fun!
just be sure to got to the bathroom before getting all garbed up :)
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nancy neva gaglianoJanuary 4, 2010 at 10:45 AM
right!! but you know, these days, that's always a primary consideration!
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Kelly M.January 4, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Neva -- What a hoot! Love the "Splendor in the Grass" twist. What's that saying about reverting to our childhood? Thanks for sharing -- and I like you painting (no need to squint)!
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Tess KincaidJanuary 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Oh, I love it. LOVE it!!
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ELKJanuary 4, 2010 at 8:11 PM
smiling big time!
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layersJanuary 4, 2010 at 10:17 PM
SIX decades later!?!?
we might be close to the same age--- I just had my 60th birthday-eeeppp!
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Renee HowellJanuary 5, 2010 at 5:57 AM
What were those buckles for on those snowsuits? I always hated those things,

Absolutely LOVE these photos. So YOU!

xoxox
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FOUR DIRECTIONS/FOUR VISIONS: Two Graces: First showing for me, JUNE 3, 2011

With no directions home, I found Taos in the late 60s. It felt like home immediately. It still does. I know this sentiment is familiar to countless others.

The mountain stopped me in my tracks, and I stayed for several years. Since that time, I circle back annually.

To me, that circle is symbolic of this body of work at Two Graces. This is a time in my life when I've been fortunate enough to experiment with art making. Not surprisingly, I found myself drawn back to the images in the Ektachrome slides that I'd taken in the early 80s of Chaco Canyon, the San Francisco de Asis Church, dusty roads, and the ever changing skies of Northern New Mexico. The spirit of this adobed land lingers in my core and manifests itself within these works.

This past Michigan winter was spent creating enlarged negatives from my thirty year old slides, pulling part of my past into the present via today's tools of scanner and computer. Using traditional silver-gelatin darkroom processes, these resurrected and modified negatives acquired a new life. The majority of these prints are the result of this mediated reincarnation.

The smaller images took me into photographic processes from the mid-1800s. These handmade platinum/palladium prints are created coating vellum, for translucency, with these metal salts and exposing them to ultraviolet light. They are then bathed in the alchemy of the darkroom. The tonal qualities are unique in each print. Finally, 24k gold is layered to the backs of the prints, emanating the warmth, glow, and depth of these beloved places.