Preview, Constance Costigan, Here And Not Here, October 9 - November 5, 2009

Here And Not Here
Exhibition Preview
Constance F. Costigan
(click images to enlarge)

My works often suggest ritual sites and spiritual presences. The works are about matter, from the cosmic to the atomic. They are meditative attempts to create a visual metaphor for the constant transformation of form and energy in time. - Constance Costigan

Click here for more works by Constance F. Costigan


This exhibition will also spotlight hand-painted, toned gelatin silver prints by Lisa Tyson Ennis

I paint my black and white photographs to alter the mood of the image. I want the piece to give a soft impression of color, without having color be the dominant motif.

All of my images begin as a handmade silver gelatin print, which is then put through a toning bath to enhance the warmth of the image, as well as add to it's archival stability. Then, the images which are to be hand painted are coated with a solution which allows the paints to blend seamlessly and become extremely translucent. A multitude of blended oil paints (which are archival for photographs) are applied to the entire surface of the print, often in numerous layers, as a suggestion of color, changing the mood of the original black and white image, while drawing the eye into specific areas of the image.

Being completely handmade, each piece is original, no two are exactly alike. -Lisa Tyson Ennis

Click here for more works by Lisa Tyson Ennis.