BEYOND THE SURFACE-Ellen Jantzen > FIRST PLACE:LYNETTE MILLER 'Radius of Convergence'
FIRST PLACE:LYNETTE MILLER 'Radius of Convergence'
RADIUS OF CONVERGENCE by Lynette Miller
FIRST PLACE
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CURATOR ELLEN JANZTEN REVIEW:
"I feel this image best fits the theme of this exhibition as it looks beyond the surface by creating a simulation of a three dimensional view of nature. It seems that one could actually fit the pieces together to form a decagon (ten-sided polygon) to reveal something deeper and unexpected. Also, I love how Lynette left the guidelines visible to help inform her process."
Jantzen asks Miller:
"Lynette - I love all three pieces you entered. What prompted you to work in this manner? I especially am intrigued with the geometrical nature of nature; was this your intent? How does the use of drop shadows inform your subjects?"
Lynette Miller says,"I’ve always been very much attracted to the abstract and conceptual possibilities presented by photographic imagery.
The idea that there is more to reality than what is observable, measurable, or optically possible has long been a theme in my work. But how can the experience of nature or of the sublime be quantified? The challenge to describe or reveal the disparities between organic, natural form and geometrical, mathematical truth intrigues me.
Your question regarding the use of drop shadows is a good one. In my mind they create the illusion of 3 dimensional forms hovering over the surface. Sometimes they dissolve into or emerge from the surface, always referencing the two dimensionality of photography."
Lynette Miller received her MFA in Photography from SUNY Buffalo, taught darkroom photography at Niagara University and digital photography at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Her work explores alternative, innovative ways of creating and conceptualizing art, and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her studio is in Black Mountain, NC.
Exhibitions:
2021
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"I feel this image best fits the theme of this exhibition as it looks beyond the surface by creating a simulation of a three dimensional view of nature. It seems that one could actually fit the pieces together to form a decagon (ten-sided polygon) to reveal something deeper and unexpected. Also, I love how Lynette left the guidelines visible to help inform her process."
Jantzen asks Miller:
"Lynette - I love all three pieces you entered. What prompted you to work in this manner? I especially am intrigued with the geometrical nature of nature; was this your intent? How does the use of drop shadows inform your subjects?"
Lynette Miller says,"I’ve always been very much attracted to the abstract and conceptual possibilities presented by photographic imagery.
The idea that there is more to reality than what is observable, measurable, or optically possible has long been a theme in my work. But how can the experience of nature or of the sublime be quantified? The challenge to describe or reveal the disparities between organic, natural form and geometrical, mathematical truth intrigues me.
Your question regarding the use of drop shadows is a good one. In my mind they create the illusion of 3 dimensional forms hovering over the surface. Sometimes they dissolve into or emerge from the surface, always referencing the two dimensionality of photography."
Lynette Miller says, "No other medium renders perceptible reality more accurately than photography, and that forms the basis of my attraction to it. But there are some obvious limitations when representing only what can emit or absorb light. Landscape photography may serve as the starting point for my images, but digital manipulation enables me to explore dimensional space, time, perception and illusion.
While I’m surely not a mathematician, I do have an ongoing interest in how numbers, pattern, quantification and geometry are used to describe the world. This has led to a lot of reading on quantum physics and multi-dimensional wonderings that have found their way into my image making.
On the surface, these images may call attention to visual aspects of land and experience of place, but the superimposed geometric constructions and mathematical diagrams invite viewers to consider the invisible or conceptual aspects of space. Is there more to reality than what is observable, measurable, or optically possible."
While I’m surely not a mathematician, I do have an ongoing interest in how numbers, pattern, quantification and geometry are used to describe the world. This has led to a lot of reading on quantum physics and multi-dimensional wonderings that have found their way into my image making.
On the surface, these images may call attention to visual aspects of land and experience of place, but the superimposed geometric constructions and mathematical diagrams invite viewers to consider the invisible or conceptual aspects of space. Is there more to reality than what is observable, measurable, or optically possible."
Exhibitions:
2021
- The Abstract Image, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN (Aline Smithson, juror)
- Let There Be, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio
Davis Orton Gallery 6th Annual Group Show, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY (Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator for the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA, juror)
Focal Point: The Art of Digital Media, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD (Margaret Adams, juror)
- Davis Orton Gallery’s 5th Annual Group Show, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY (Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator for the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA, juror)
San Francisco Bay International Photography Competition and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
- 2018 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Wickford Art Assoc. North Kingstown, RI ((Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator for the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA, juror)
Lens & Lumen, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC
Lens 2018, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
Landscape Revisited, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Focal Point: The Art of Digital Media, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD (Adam Davies, juror)
Radius of Convergence, inkjet pigment ink on cotton rag, $400
12x16 image area, unframed, signed en verso
WEBSITE: www.LCMillerStudio.com CONTACT: LCMillerStudio@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.LCMillerStudio.com CONTACT: LCMillerStudio@gmail.com
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