"This series evolves from an inner response
to light and spatial content of the terrain, which generates an
illusion of reality. What is real and that which is elusive forms
a place to experience the newly formed connection.
"Working with a sense of the textural elements
of the landscape, we transport them toward a modality that morphs
into the final imagery.
"We begin with a classical foundation based
on traditional landscape painting and photography. Playing to the
horizon, as the place of change, is the transformational zone.
"Finding this point of subtle transition
is left to the viewer."
Since 2002, Shelly
Lependorf and Stan Shire have collaborated in photography and digital printmaking.
Their work has been shown at the Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY; Holland Art
House, West Chester, PA, and Philadelphia; Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia;
JMS Gallery, Philadelphia; and the Pocketbook Factory Invitational, Hudson, NY.
To find out more about their work, visit their website.
Shelly
Lependorf has exhibited her art worldwide, with solo shows
in New York, Europe, California, and Pennsylvania. She is a past
recipient of the American Color Print Society Excellence in Printmaking
award, and the G. Noble Wagner Award for sculpture.
Stan
Shire is a professor in the Photographic Imaging department
at Community College of Philadelphia. The author of HandsOn Photoshop
CS and HandsOn Photoshop CS: Tutorial Workshops, he has
studied with Ansel Adams, Ray K. Metzker, Ron Rosenstock, and John
Paul Caponigro. His work has been shown in the Mamiya Masters of
the Medium Gallery, in the U.K.; the Museo Hollander, Fuengirola,
Spain; and the Savannah Partners Corporate Headquarters.
