The days of living in the camper and cooking over the fire, an afternoon in a hammock with a book or on the sofa listening to the cat snore…the spareness of the horizon line…
“I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity” -Jil Sander
Mile Marker 545, size 16 x 22″
“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”
-William Wordsworth
Mile Marker 593V, sized 34″x 22″
“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
Mile Marker 496, size 31″x 51″
“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.” -Miguel Angel Ruiz
Mile Marker 638, size 16″x 22″
“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.” -William Wordsworth
Mile Marker 589, size 16″x 22″
An interview with Sager | Braudis Gallery‘s Director Hannah Reeves about my new series Ghost Notes that debuted in her gallery last fall was published on the gallery’s website. Thanks Hannah for your insightful questions. I treasure my long standing partnership with the gallery!
Right now I’m adding new pieces to the series and will be exhibiting them next month at the Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival or you can contact Hannah at the Sauger Braudis Gallery to view their remaining pieces.
“Ghost Notes”, photograph on waxed washi paper, straight pins, photograph on rag paper
Chris Dahlquist is known for unique and painstaking preparation and presentation of her photographs, adding depth and resonance in each series by printing on specially-prepared surfaces. While at its heart her new work is landscape photography, her capture of temporary, fog- or smoke-obscured scenes, combined with physical translucency and layering of prints, speaks to mystery, stillness, and awe.
Gallery Director Hannah Reeves asks Dahlquist about her medium, method, and concept, and how viewers can approach and understand the new series currently on exhibit.
Reeves: How do you describe your medium? To list it as photography feels overly simple, given your unique process and combination of materials. Continue reading
“The arts and humanities define who we are as a people. That is their power ― to remind us of what we each have to offer, and what we all have in common. To help us understand our history and imagine our future. To give us hope in the moments of struggle and to bring us together when nothing else will.” -– Michelle Obama
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John F. Kennedy
Mile Marker 572, 22″x34″
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“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” — Leo Tolstoy
Mil Marker 577, 22″x34″
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