portfolio notes - Gail Horvath / Photographic Artist

<body> <h1> | Gail Horvath / Photographic Artist</h1> <h2>Gail Horvath / Photographic Artist</h2> <div></div> <span class="links"><a href="index.html" target="_top"><font color="#989898">home</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><strong><a href="portfolio.html" target="_top"><font color="#555555">PORTFOLIO</font></a></strong></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=3" target="_top"><font color="#989898">portfolio notes</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=4" target="_top"><font color="#989898">my story</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="content.html?page=6" target="_top"><font color="#989898">order prints</font></a></span> <div> <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>portfolio notes</strong></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;">I have assembled four portfolios to show different aspects of my work over the past few years. My artwork is initiated though photography, inspired by nature and expressed through digital play with Adobe Photoshop. I print my final pieces on an Epson 3800 archival ink printer on various fine art cotton fiber papers. This media softens the image and in many cases renders an illustrative quality. </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p><a href="http://gailhorvath8812.sitewelder.com/portfolio.html"><span style="font-size: small;">For print size and pricing information, <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">please see </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: small;">"order prints".</span></span></a></p> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </span></p> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <br /> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://gailhorvath8812.sitewelder.com/portfolio.html"><strong>photo collage</strong></a></span></p> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><img width="150" vspace="0" hspace="10" height="109" align="left" alt="" src="/users/GailHorvath8812/docs/Image//GHorvath%E2%80%93dragonfly%20copy.jpg" /></strong></span><span style="font-size: small;">As with traditional collage, the digital darkroom offers the technology to layer image upon image with seemingly endless possibilities. The pieces in this portfolio along with many in <i>Conversation Between Friends (below)</i>, have emerged from the play and harmonizing of two or more ideas. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;">The images are a combination of photography, scans and digital illustration. Some come together quickly, others have taken months to complete.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p></p> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p> </p> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p> </p> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://gailhorvath8812.sitewelder.com/portfolio.html"><strong>conversation between friends</strong></a></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><br /> <br /> <img width="150" hspace="10" height="135" align="left" src="/users/GailHorvath8812/docs/Image/GailHorvath3140916.gif" alt="" /><span style="font-size: small;">From 2007-2009 </span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;">I collaborated with </span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;">my friend and artist Dan Beam on a creative project of the heart — an "art conversation" between Dan’s acrylic paintings on canvas and my printed digital photos and collages. The seed of this project was planted in the garden at the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org/entercafe.php"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: small;">Crossroads Café</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> in San Francisco </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;">where we gather with friends for Saturday morning tea and conversation.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> Our spontaneous art conversation – without words, rules or expectations – spun, wandered and leaped between painting and photograph. The conversation itself became the synchronistic, creative force that informed and shaped our artistic expression, challenged each of us to grow as artists and sweetly deepened our long friendship. We mirrored and borrowed from each other's work, yet spoke from our own distinct voice and perspective. In this portfolio I have attempted to show the relationship between some of the artwork that we generated through this project. </span></p> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p> </p> </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://gailhorvath8812.sitewelder.com/portfolio.html"><strong>imaginary landscapes</strong></a></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><br /> <br /> <img width="137" hspace="10" height="99" align="left" src="/users/GailHorvath8812/docs/Image/GHorvath_rosehorizon t.jpg" alt="" /></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: small;">My personal edge rests in the natural world. Introspective by nature, my ‘eyes of the heart’ track landscapes in small and unexpected places — the luminous edge of a leaf or flower, the play of shadow on rock, a plant mysteriously returning to seed form, the ephemeral play of frost on top of a park bench. I look for the third thing that is created when two or more elements engage in conversation ... a pattern, rhythm, dissonance, distinct beauty. Like all conversations, this is a fluid process, in the moment, never again the same.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Unlike my photo collages, "Imaginary Landscapes" is a collection of digital photographs taken from my point of view.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> <p> </p> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://gailhorvath8812.sitewelder.com/portfolio.html"><strong>creative scans</strong></a></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><img width="122" hspace="10" height="122" align="left" src="/users/GailHorvath8812/docs/Image/GailHorvath_feather_1.2.gif" alt="" /><span style="font-size: small;">This portfolio is a sampling of creatively scanned images… beauty gathered from the walkways of San Francisco. What began as a convenient way to capture a shape or an idea 'for the files' took shape into an unique art form that deeply satisfies my curiosity for the unseen… creatively composed on an HP office printer and digitally enhanced. These studies are reminiscent of botanical illustrations of flora and fauna from earlier times in our history, when there was greater fascination with the intimacy and intricate detail found in the natural world. <br /> </span><br /> <br />  </span></p><div> </body>