JERRY ALLISON
Studio 6
1070 Crestview Ct, Unit #2
Estes Park, CO 80517
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On the Nature Morte Photographs Jerry Allison
When I moved to Colorado, I became fascinated by the ruins and rock art left behind by ancient native peoples. I began to travel the mountain and desert West to photograph these haunting places. As I began off trail hiking and scrambling in search of undocumented sites, I discovered the bones of many wild animals. These bones exerted a strange power over me. They called out to be seen, honored, made special. They allow themselves to reveal time’s passage and serve as a reminder of mortality, theirs and ours. One particular find of three adjacent bones alerted me to the deeper poetic possibilities they offered. I began to take them to my studio where I could have complete control of composition and lighting, letting them find their own arrangements. Afterwards I return them to their place in the wilderness. From this beginning came the Nature Morte series, now nearing eighty pieces.
On the Nature Vivre Photographs
“Every action generates an equal and opposite reaction” said Newton. Thus after a time of working with the beautiful bones, of exploring their elegance and the hard truths they tell, I needed to go to their opposite. I wanted to embrace the juicy, succulent richness of life – and what could embody that more than food! (Well, Sex, but this is a family friendly event) Fruits! Vegetables! Nuts! Pleasure! The earth’s bounty, given to us for the price of our labor, that requires no slaughter or butchery of another living creature on our part. As a serious amateur chef as well as an artist, I have delighted in this presentation of food as art.
On The Coyote Drawings
Coyote the Trickster will also make an appearance. Come and see.
