Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon has presented some of my latest photographs in the Portfolio Project of their digitaldarkroom-blog.
flower meets fence
The Black Box Gallery Portfolio Project promotes a selection of outstanding photographers work online.
North London street, reflected
I’m pleased to say that I have 3 images, in the October/November 2014 online group exhibition for F-Stop Magazine – Happy Accidents.
My images span 3 different projects that all feature plants photographed at night. Here’s one of them – a hydrangea caught in the wind in my own back garden.
Hydrangea on a windy night
Take a look at the whole group exhibition to see some great photographs from all over the place.
Here’s another image which came from my documentation of the Chasing Shadows projection at Hackney WickED! 2014.
Chasing Shadows in RED – Hackney WickED! 2014
F-STOP MAGAZINE is an online photography magazine featuring contemporary photography from established and emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme or an idea that the unites the photographs to create a dynamic dialogue among the artists.
This photograph from my series Cornish Roads (hedges) in Flow is in the latest online group exhibition – Road Trip – from Lenscratch.
Cornish Roads (Hedges), A30 near Penzance, Cornwall
Road Trip features photographs captured near and far, in the car and along the way. There are some great photographs – to see them all click here
Showing work by emerging and established photographers, L E N S C R A T C H is considered one of the 10 Photography-Related blogs you should be reading by Source Review, Wired.com, Rangefinder and InStyle Magazine.
4 images from my new series – Cornish Roads (hedges) – have been selected for this month’s F-Stop Magazine’s August 2014 Group Exhibition, ‘On the Road’.
F-STOP MAGAZINE is an online photography magazine featuring contemporary photography from established and emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme or an idea that the unites the photographs to create a dynamic dialogue among the artists.
See the whole group exhibition here.
B3306 (ragwort, common sorrel, red campion, hedge woundwort)
Created using a mobile phone camera, this series documents a small sample of the vibrant hedges lining Cornwall’s 4,500 miles of twisting ancient roads that have grown out of simple tracks since Neolithic times. Although they appear wild, the original hedges are man-made and are tended on an annual basis.
Speeding through the flowers, leaves and grasses as they tumbled over each other, I was captivated by the vivid colours that reflected the abstract, modern art of the region. I couldn’t help but acknowledge how fleeting my presence is in comparison to the many years that these flowers have bloomed.
B3306 (bracken, cocks foot)
Cornish Roads (hedges) in Flow is a series within a larger body of work that I’m slowly building – Roadside Planting. You can also see more images from this series and body of work on my twitter and instagram pages.
Today!! Sunday 27th July, from 12-7pm at Alma Street and Inkerman Road, NW5, London
As well as 5 complete sets (and a handful of single images) of the Ophelia series, I’ve some teeny tiny prints of other photographic works – some new, some not so new, and a couple of my old favourites too.
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Perfect for small budgets, prints include a selection of interesting trees and plants, a striking section of rock (which reminds me of the Boyle family), and an impressive bird – a new image from the series Heralds (faded glory).
Heralds (faded glory)
Regents Park, spring 2014
There’ll also be 6 prints from my new series Cornish Roads (hedges) in Flow – more information on this work later but here’s an image from the series:
Cornish B Roads (hedgerows)
There are two stages, and lots of lovely food and goodies for sale on Alma Street.
Inkerman Road is also transformed into an outdoor art gallery filled with exhibitions, print sales and art workshops. This is where you’ll find me from 12-7pm.
You can follow this year’s festival on twitter: @AlmaStreetFair
Or you can read more about it here: http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2014/07/23/alma-street-fair-back-back-back-plus-two-check/
In celebration of the 10 year birthday of Rowan Arts, colleagues past and present, friends and supporters were invited to contribute artwork for a fun, vibrant and eclectic group show inspired by the Dr Seuss poem. ‘Oh the places you’ll go!’.
The exhibition was launched at their party on 10th January, with patron Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North speaking in testament to their work over the last decade.
Thanks to Rowan Arts continued support for my work, my two test images from ‘…and then I was the wind’ have been included in this exhibition, which means one last chance to view them before they go to their new owners.
…and then I was the wind – II (early sketch)
…and then I was the wind – I
The exhibition is the latest in their series at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA, and runs from Friday 10 January – Monday 24 February 2014, open Monday – Friday 9.00 – 5.00pm.
For more information on their exhibition and 10th birthday celebrations click here and here.
To find out more about Rowan Arts go to their website.
In her great review of the exhibition ‘Off the Ground’ at Resource for London Lilia Prier Tisdall has this to say about my work:
“The upstairs room is dominated by painters yet it is Nicola Maskrey’s digital prints that stand out for me. Titled ‘…and then I was the wind’ they use long exposure photography to record the ‘movement of air and tidal currents through vegetation’. The effect is painterly in itself, and they really do convey the sense of what it would be like to be the wind rushing through the trees.”
You can read the full review here – http://www.rowanarts.net/off-the-ground-review/
The exhibition is showing at Resource For London, 356 Holloway Road, N7; from 4th November – now extended until 8th January (Monday-Friday 10am-5pm)
Here’s one of the images:
For ‘Off the Ground’, artists Grace Aza-Selinger and Catherine Hall have curated a great exhibition full of a diverse range of work based in nature.
Here’s me with my work, taken at the private view by photographer Sheryl Tait.
Off the Ground – private view. (photograph by Sheryl Tait)
Off The Ground is the latest show at Resource for London in collaboration with Rowan Arts. It is running until 4th December, opening hours 10am – 5pm Monday – Friday, at 356 Holloway Rd London N7 6PA.
My latest project still in development – ‘…and then I was the wind’ – will be in ‘Off the Ground’ – a group exhibition of artists whose work has a basis in nature.
Hosted by Resource for London in collaboration with Rowan Arts, the exhibition opens on 4th November 2013. It also includes the amazingly talented Ruth Parker who’s work has been featured all over the place.
Here’s a flyer with more info about the exhibition:
And here are a couple of images from the series:
…and then I was the wind – I
…and then I was the wind – II (early sketch)
For more information about the project, or the exhibition please get in touch.
Here are some of the first images from an experimental piece ‘…and then I was the wind’.
…and then I was the wind – I (early sketch)
Comprising 3 series of images, I am studying the movement of air and tidal currents through vegetation and attempting to recreate the experience in the first person.
…and then I was the wind – II (early sketch)
At times these long exposure digital photographs lose all suggestion of the subject as they give themselves over to the speed and force of the energy passing through them.
…and then I was the wind – part III (early sketch)
If you would like to find out more about this work please contact me.
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