Openings Connecting: 3D steel: reminders of summer's lustre

Saturday, October 23, 2010

3D steel: reminders of summer's lustre

silver beach renewal

as artists are called forth to

strike the sky for all the seasons'

magnificence.

15 comments:

Caterina GiglioOctober 23, 2010 at 2:13 PM
wonderful sculptures and words, wonderful lake too, remember it fondly...
wonder how the show went...? xo
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Leslie Avon MillerOctober 23, 2010 at 3:06 PM
I love your header Neva! Love it!
I always enjoy your photos.
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LauraOctober 23, 2010 at 4:17 PM
fabulous sculptures Neva...I love the way the light glimmers off of them and casts playful shadows too!
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Blue Sky DreamingOctober 23, 2010 at 5:45 PM
These summer photos are spectacular! I love the word 'luster'.
I agree with Leslie...header is beautiful!
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ArtPropelledOctober 23, 2010 at 6:34 PM
The stacked tables make a powerful sculpture too. Love the first photo!
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S. EtoleOctober 23, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Those are such striking images ....
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layersOctober 23, 2010 at 9:52 PM
I am always amazed that some artists can work on such a huge scale as I make my small collages...like they are trying to connect to the sky.
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UnknownOctober 24, 2010 at 12:07 AM
The stacked tables.....wow. Great shots. Thanks for letting us see.
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Ian FosterOctober 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM
Great sculptures! Super photographs! Bravo!!
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Max the LobsterOctober 24, 2010 at 5:21 AM
i have to say that the stacked tables were the best!!
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DebrinaOctober 24, 2010 at 5:22 PM
I've never seen such a blue sky like this. It's hard to find a match in NZ, though our sun is bright. What beautiful images to behold.
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ELKOctober 24, 2010 at 8:23 PM
i do not think there could have been a more lovely sky for these amazing pieces..so magical each one!!
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rivergardenstudioOctober 26, 2010 at 4:27 PM
The first I thought was real, a dried stem of seed pods slanting up into the sun, but looking on, I am amazed at heow well these pieces fit with the scenery, the ocean and sky. You must have had a beautiful day. roxanne
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Renee HowellOctober 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Oh - I miss the vastness of the water. The clean horizon line. I love my mountains - but the wide open horizon pulls my heart open. Every time I come to your blog and see you banner - well, it makes my heart skip a beat. Thank you. A good moment, captured! Makes me smile.
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LeoviOctober 28, 2010 at 11:08 AM
A fantastic series with these beautiful sculptures, very good.
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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.