"Initiation""Initiation" kusi Sacred Datura Jimsonweed Datura wrightii Louise Russell
Media: Archival pigment prints on Hahnemüehle Matte Fine Art Photo Rag
Print Size: Photographs - 18” x 12” Photographs of Botanical Specimens: 11 1/2” x 16 1/2”
Price: Photographs*: Framed - $550 Unframed - $400 Photographs of Botanical Specimens: Framed - $150 Unframed - $100 All photographs are in editions of 5.
*Due to the addition of botanical specimens on most photographs, each is unique. **The actual botanical specimen vouchers are part of the plant atlas and are not for sale.
LOUISE RUSSELL & DOUGLAS STOCKDALE: The Botany of Living
February 20th, 2021 - March 20th, 2021
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT: Russell and Stockdale each explore their personal history through photographs of botanical subjects. Russell's images of plants found on her family's property in San Diego's back country are paired with actual botanical specimens and these are often also affixed to her photographic prints. These artworks speak to the ways she experiences the land - spiritually, emotionally, artistically, and scientifically. The stunning beauty of Stockdale's images of a seed pod flowering then withering, belie the very personal meaning and intent behind his photographs. Their bold colors fade to earth tones and reference the slow destruction of Alzheimer's disease. Through these photographs he investigates mortality, memory, and loss.