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The Chattahoochee River inspires my work because I believe it is the most beautiful place in the world. I grew up there and consider it a central part of who I am. Each of my paintings are done using acrylic paint, and they reference photos taken by myself or my friends. The images I selected for this series demonstrate the tranquility of the river. The scenes vary in time of day to show off the beautiful colors found there. My ceramic plates are thrown with a clay body I created using sediment from the river and are decorated with glass that was littered there. By using glass that was littered, I turn something that was once discarded into art to be admired and appreciated. Through my work, I hope to instill a sense of responsibility for the nature that surrounds us by demonstrating the beauty of the Chattahoochee River and my relationship with it.
CHATTAHOOCHEE SERIES
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Paintings
The scenes I paint are calm and romantic, but they are also based on photos taken by myself, a friend from high school, and a friend I met at the river. This is special to me because these images represent a moment in time enjoyed and captured by myself or my loved ones. I aim to evoke the sense of peacefulness and harmony in accordance with the river that I feel when I am there. Hopefully, my audience will share the appreciation I have for the beauty of the Chattahoochee.
PLATES
For my ceramics, I created my own clay body using sediment from the river to bring the physical place to my audience. Because the physical medium of ceramics is tangible, I can better connect viewers to my art. Glass found at the Chattahoochee is most often brown, clear, and green, which reflects the natural colors of the river. The glass demonstrates the issue of littering and the practice of recycling by turning something ugly into something beautiful. When I find the glass, it is broken, sharp, dangerous, and out of place. Once it’s melted down in my pottery, it not only becomes part of the art, but it is immortalized with the river it was littered upon. This brings new life through transforming something that was once discarded into something that is to be admired.
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