The photographs are from the series, Metamorphosis. Each painterly creation constructed from dozens of layered photographs is driven by my reaction to nature’s extreme seasonal change. I draw upon my work as a fine artist in painting and my lifelong preoccupation with collecting and displaying natural found ephemera. My goal is for each photograph to become much like a shadow box of treasured jewels as I attempt to hold on yet remain captive inside nature’s fleeting, evanescent labyrinth.
My main inspired focus is fine art photography and writing, although I continue my work as a studio artist in painting. I consider myself an ex-city-dweller gone feral as I spend a great deal of time trekking the woods in and around my rural home in upstate New York, chasing paradise with my camera.
My main inspired focus is fine art photography and writing, although I continue my work as a studio artist in painting. I consider myself an ex-city-dweller gone feral as I spend a great deal of time trekking the woods in and around my rural home in upstate New York, chasing paradise with my camera.
Splash
Sienna Sky
Midnight Blue
Marianne Dalton
I have been a visual fine artist in painting for much of my creative life, and in recent years, I have added writing and fine art photography to my repertoire. Now, in the Autumn of life, I approach my photo-work and writing from a more heightened awareness. A vision rooted in life’s fleeting evanescence of both the human condition and the natural world and how they parallel each other. Creative nonfiction is the opening of a portal into my past. I approach each story much like I start a painting or take a photograph as I carefully choreograph and construct every word and phrase. As I build each story, I recognize I am just a living artifact of past lives bursting to be revealed. A published author of several creative nonfiction stories, numerous literary journals have also published my fine art photography. Please visit my website to learn more and see my many projects.