"Gallery A3 is excited to announce its 6th Annual Juried Show, to be held August 1-31, 2019, with an opening reception on Thursday, August 1, from 5-8 pm."
I am excited that my image Manifold Histories was selected for the exhibition. Hope to see you at the opening reception! 28 Amity Street, Amherst, MA.
Manifold Histories |
The digital image, an in-camera multiple exposure from my Reality-Based Abstraction series, melds multiple viewpoints simultaneously of the Summit House porches:
Porches and Pathways |
The Covered Tramway, circa 1860. Photo courtesy of MassMoments |
Bring it On! |
In the far distance, beyond the Connecticut River, is the Oxbow, a shape evocative of the apparatus placed over an ox's neck that connects the animal to a wagon. You can see the Oxbow clearly in Thomas Cole's painting:
View From Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, After a Thunderstorm - The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, 1836, The Met |
In the same way Cole (bottom center of the painting) looks at the viewer, perhaps asking, "What do you think?", I encourage my students to look closely at this painting. They pick out the trees cut down for farming, the storm clouds, the broken tree. "Might the cut trees and storm foretell the industrial revolution that severely polluted these waterways?" I ask.
One day riding my bike I happened upon the Oxbow Water Ski Show Team demonstrating their athletic waterborne artistry on the Oxbow. My water ski lesson starts at the 56 second mark in the video.
I wonder what Thomas Cole would make of this activity. You would need hundreds of horses attached to a circling crank to power one of the boats.
The Many Forms of Water |
Image added January 2022. In the exact areas where I water skied, people ice-fished and skated. After overcoming my fear if the ice was solid, I sort of slid-skated along the ice in my winter boots.
Professor John Nordell teaches courses in the Visual and Digital Arts Program at American International College in Springfield, Mass. He blogs about the creative process at CreateLookEnjoy.com Instagram: @john.nordell
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