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From 2008 I began concentrating on the use of paint and spending less time with photography. Here are some examples of my photographic work from 2008 onwards.
"Notation" Jenny Meehan 2009 (purple version) Presentation: Digital C-Print, (various colours and sizes). You can purchase this through my Photobox Gallery, follow link: See Photography main page for more details on photographic prints. In this version of the original image, the similarities between the bobbles and the appearance of written music are accentuated. The idea came from a period of contemplation, in the silence. Silence is very important to me, allowing free play of my imagination. As Sara Maitland writes in her book "A Book of Silence", "Musical notation has proven better than spoken language at encoding small silences" observing that a pause and rest are written differently, one which goes on indefinately and one which has a defined period of time. The image has structure and pattern, but also an invitation to go beyond that, on an imaginative journey. See Articulation 2009 still image video for the other photographic images displayed at my first solo exhibition and also to see the fabric design associated with this work.
"London Plane, Blue Sky" 2009 Digital C-Print (presentation currently on rigid foamboard with scratch resistant laminate, A2 and A3)
"Heavenly Gate" 2009 Digital C Print (presentation variable). Available as a poster print at Jenny Meehan Imagery, follow link: http://www.photoboxgallery.com/19507
"Totem" ©jenny meehan 2008 Presentation: Projection onto a white wall and also as a fabric banner to hang. This work was displayed as part of my exhibition at the Cornerhouse Community Arts Centre in Tolworth in January 2010. See the video on the Solo Exhibitions page.
"Treasure" © Jenny Meehan 2009 Presentation; Digital C-Print mounted on rigid foam board with a narrow black frame surround.
"Don't Bank On It (Still Life)" 2009 Presentation: Currently Digital C-Print on glossy paper, A2 and A3. A muse on the current financial situation. I have recently become more interested in the Still Life genre, and the tradition of Vanitas Still Life in particular. How fascinating that in the beginning, (just as was in the case with the first flower still lifes) the skull motif was painted on the reverse of the painting. In the words on a painting by Barthel Bruyn the Elder; "Omnia morte cadunt, mors ultima linia rerum" (Everything decays with death, death is the final boundary of all things". With that, in my mind, comes the need to think not just of the material, but the spiritual dimension of life. "Don't Bank On It (Still Life) was selected for the Pallant House/St Wilfrid's Hospice Open Art Exhibition 2010.
"From Negative, St Alban's Church" The Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, Middlesex. Presentation: Currently Digital C-Print on glossy paper, A2 and A3. This reworking of an old negative, taken by me in my teens of the interior of St Alban's Church, is my most recent image (February 2010) created after a visit to the building which is now The Landmark Arts Centre. Seeing the centre full of artwork as part of the "Landmark Show" was inspiring, and prompted me to take a look back into the past. This representation is based on the original negative which shows the extent of the destruction which took place. It has a new lease of life now. I knew St Albans as a church, as a place of devastation, and now, wonderfully, as a place for the arts and the community. Contact me if you would like to find out more about purchasing my photographic artwork. See the Photography main page for information on editions and printing. Videos of Photographic Images displayed at both of my solo exhibitions can be viewed through the Solo Exhibitions page. Early photographic imagery will also soon be on display through the Videos page. A limited amount of selected imagery is available to purchase as unsigned poster prints through my Jenny Meehan Imagery Photobox Gallery. Follow this link: http://www.photoboxgallery.com/19507 |
