ARTIST

Under the Oval, combines portraits of deceased loved ones with botanicals using the lumen printing process. Using sheets of unexposed, black-and-white photo paper, I create images by exposing the paper to the sun while objects are placed on top. I choose to leave the prints unfixed, meaning they remain sensitive to light. The patterns created with the plants and flowers mimic traditional historic frame designs, such as those you would see holding a historic family or wedding portrait. The significance of the materials reflects my relationship with the person in the photo. Over time, these images of my departed loved ones will slowly become over-exposed, fading into a ghost image. Like a memory shifting and changing over time, I feel the emotions of loss in the remnants of the photo. Under the Oval appeared and changed for the first time, at my thesis show on January 14, 2017, in the Roger Williams Galleries at The New Hampshire Institute of Art.