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"Capitol Lake - Storm Coming" by Frank Winters
12 x 18 inches
photography on board
$125
Artist Statement:
Thickened Light Photography
"This world we live in is but thickened light." Emerson
I’ve been an avid amateur photographer for over 30 years, and love to take photos wherever I am.
My work is inspired by poetry and Transcendental writing such as the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote above and this one by a relative of Ralph Waldo:
“Do not be caught by the sensational in nature, as a coarse red-faced sunset, a garrulous waterfall, or a fifteen-thousand-foot mountain... avoid prettiness - the word looks much like pettiness - and there is but little difference between them.” Henry Peter Emerson.
I rarely travel specifically to photograph, instead, I photograph anywhere I am, including elevators, church, and men’s rooms. With a camera, or no camera, I frame, frame, frame, attempting to freeze a chaotic, ambiguous world. While I enjoy creating images of serenity and order, to me the most successful result is not order from chaos but an ambiguous, intriguing rendition of the chaos and surrealism at the moment the shutter was opened.
About the Artist:
Frank Winters is an award winning fine art photographer. He moved to Olympia with his wife, Aurora, in 2019 and is creating art that reflects his new surroundings. He has shown work around Olympia at The Leo Fuller Gallery, as well as various shops and galleries. When he lived in Massachusetts, he showed his work at The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, The Cotuit Center for the Arts, The Miller White Fine Arts Gallery (as a guest artist) and other Cape Cod locations. His photography is influenced by his love of poetry and the visual arts, particularly abstract painting. Frank and his wife, have a large family, many living in Washington State, the reason they moved to Olympia was to be able to see them more often. The move to a new environment has been exciting and stimulating for them, affording many artistic opportunities.