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Artist Exhibitions:
2004 24th Annual Juried
Photography Exhibition – Ocean
City Arts Center, Ocean City,
NJ
Received Merit Award for
“Sunflower Study”
2004 Jersey Shore Juried
Exhibition – Riverfront
Renaissance Center for the
Arts, Millville, NJ
2004 Glasstown Arts District
Fine Arts Festival (Juried) –
Millville, NJ
2005 “Floral Spectra”, Solo
Exhibition – Atlantic City Art
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Artist Statement for Scott Mahrer
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Flowers have always intrigued me.
I suppose I could just stop with this one simple, defining thought illustrating the theme of Floral Spectra. To do so would ignore an opportunity to explain further questions, such as why the title of this Exhibition shares the name of an image that happens to be black and white.
Yes, flowers have always intrigued me. The shape and texture one can discover upon closer inspection is amazing. They have the power to express emotions that some might not be able to put into words to one another. The extraordinary role they play in the life of the plant from which they grow cannot be disregarded. Flowers have driven me to spend hours with my camera, oblivious to everything else around me. “Sunflower Study” and “Bouquet 1” come from just such an inspired moment very early one morning. I woke up with the need to grab my camera and take a bouquet I had given my wife the day before outside in the morning sun.
I have been asked why I would create black and white images of flowers, thus losing their beautiful color. Quite often, if we allow ourselves to exclude the obvious we then may permit new truths to be discovered. Without the distraction of the wonderful color of a flower, the beauty of its structure presents itself. The texture of its petals become apparent, the shape develops more importance. We do not lose anything, but rather we begin to explore more completely.
Flowers are not the only subject of my images, but they perhaps best exemplify that I am “always looking for a different perspective of the familiar”. Contrary to my mother, who labeled me a “Flower Photographer” after browsing a portfolio mostly of non-floral work, I do not feel that my efforts are easily categorized.
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