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LINDA INGRAHAM
I am drawn to beauty...the kind that reaches beyond the eyes and into the soul, the poignant beauty of vulnerability, fragility and hope: a wilted flower, an abandoned nest, a bare tree. These sorts of things capture a wistfulness for things that once were. There is a poetry in things past their prime that shows they endure and still have a beauty unto themselves.
I grew up in New Mexico and graduated with a BFA in painting before I ever took a course in photography. A class with Betty Hahn in alternative photographic processes at UNM got me interested and I went on from there. I approach photography like painting. My interest is not in "taking" the photograph but rather "creating" an image that portrays an idea or emotion with a simple flower or other form. The images are interpretive and allude to something more than just themselves. I have photographed at different times and places and combine them into a single image with photoshop. I have begun to use Painter and recently some iPad painting apps to increasingly manipulate my images. After I am satisfied, I print and mount the large scale images onto panels and embellish them with artist paints and resin.
Linda Ingraham’s artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States and abroad, including solo shows in Brussels and Tokyo. She had a 25 year Retrospective at Chandler Center for the Arts in Arizona in 2014. She is included in the collections of three American museums as well as numerous public and private collections. Currently she is represented by Michael Costello Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ and Bogéna Galerie in St Paul de Vence, France.
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