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13th Annual photo l.a. 2004, Jan 15th - Jan 18th, Santa Monica Civic
Auditorium
WIPI
PROfessional member
Elizabeth
Opalenik
    
This series began many years ago, but when the war broke out in early
2003, I returned to the flowers and I returned to handpainting. ĘThey
are my university to learn about lighting, reflections, design, poetry
and grace. They are my love affair with shapes. They are always there
in my California garden, whatever the season. On daily walks, they
ask me to slow down, pause and be a visual artist. The handpainting
is a tranquil process, allowing for quiet moments and peaceful visions.
Shown during Photo LA are original gelatin silver prints, on Bergger
paper with hand applied toners, printed 8x10 on 11x14 paper in an
edition of 10. This series also exists in a separate portfolio hand
painted with Marshall Oil Colors. Both series can be purchased as
fine art pigment prints.
"Calla with Heart"
3/10, gelatin silver print, printed 2003, toned print,
"8x10" signed on front, matted 16" x 20" archival 8ply,
$800, unframed
"Sensual Poppies"
Artist Proof, gelatin silver print, printed 2003, double toned,
print, "8x10" signed on front,
matted 16" x 20" archival 8ply,
$800, unframed
The image was taken in 2003 in my garden in Oakland and is part of
the series
"Poetic Grace" a body of flower images all floating in water.
"Morning Glory"
2/10, gelatin silver print, printed 2003, toned ,
print, "8x10" signed on front,
matted, 16" x 20" archival 8ply,
$800, unframed
"Tournesol Bunting"
1/10, gelatin silver print, printed 2003, toned ,
print, "8x10" signed on front,
matted 16" x 20" archival 8ply
$800, unframed
"Wisteria"
2/10,
gelatin silver print, printed 2003, toned ,
print, "8x10" signed on front,
matted 16" x 20" archival 8ply
$800, unframed
Elizabeth Opalenik
Bay area photographic artist, Elizabeth Opalenik, paints with light.
Her innovative works in mordançage, water images and handpainted
photographs have been shown in over sixty exhibitions internationally
and are in museum, gallery and private collections throughout the
world, residing in such collections as La Bibliotheque Nationale
in Paris, the Portland Museum of Art, and the Milwaukee Art Museum
among others.
A sought after educator, she privately leads figure and alternative
process workshops in California, Provence, Tuscany, Mexico, barging
in Burgundy and also conducts classes for The Maine Photographic
Workshops, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, The British Guild of
Portrait Photographers, the Center for Photography at Woodstock
and others. Portfolios have been profiled in Camera Arts, Photo
District News, Italian Zoom, and Collectors Photography among others
and was recently featured in Zoom Magazine’s 30-year anniversary
issue.
Elizabeth says of her work “From the elegance of light falling
on a beautifully textured wall, to the beauty of ones soul, my photographs
seek to reveal the sensuality and serenity of the world that we
inhabit physically and spiritually. They are a way of seeing not
only that which is visible to the eye, but also sensed with the
heart. They are my perception, imagination and way of understanding
the world and I teach with the theory that all good photographs
are self portraits. I choose nature’s palette as my guide,
using the ethereal and sensual qualities of water, but all comes
back to seeing first and being aware of the beauty in life that
surrounds us daily. For me, making art, any art, is a gift.”
Elizabeth Opalenik
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