wandaoliver
@wandaoliver
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I am an experimental photographer, with large dollops of print making, collage, and book arts thrown in for good measure. Almost all of my work begins with a photographic image, though often made with very primitive forms of mark making on photosensitive substrates with light and chemicals, and might not be recognized by most as a photograph. The work tends to be abstract and non-representational, seeking to operate at a non-verbal, emotional level. Though my work generally begins in the analog, hands on with material objects, it is typically finished in the digital. I freely and unapologetically mix the two, pushing the limits of both. I am artist and mad scientist, always ready to ask, "what if?”, and set out to answer my own question.
“My six-year-old great granddaughter was taken by her grandfather to a women’s wrestling event. She came home enchanted. She had been given the opportunity to meet the wrestlers, and came away with inscribed photographs and a publicity poster as souvenirs. She read the poster to me over the phone ... ”view more
February 9
“My six-year-old great granddaughter was taken by her grandfather to a women’s wrestling event. She came home enchanted. She had been given the opportunity to meet the wrestlers, and came away with inscribed photographs and a publicity poster as souvenirs. She read the poster to me over the phone ... ”view more
February 9
“My six-year-old great granddaughter was taken by her grandfather to a women’s wrestling event. She came home enchanted. She had been given the opportunity to meet the wrestlers, and came away with inscribed photographs and a publicity poster as souvenirs. She read the poster to me over the phone ... ”view more
February 9
“Of all the historical, experimental, and alternative photographic approaches I have explored, chemigrams resound with the greatest music in my heart, in particular chemigrams made with hard lacquer resist. I could not tell you when I first came across Pierre Cordier’s chemigrams from the 1950’s, ... ”view more
February 8
“Christopher James’ masterwork, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, has 847 pages organized into 28 chapters and 6 appendices. I will not live long enough to explore them all despite my insatiable curiosity. Christina Z. Anderson’s amazingly complete and exhaustive research provides ... ”view more
February 5
“Like a novel that moves back and forth in time, I began my story in this Diary Memoir in the middle. I won’t go back as far as, “I am born.”, but I will try to find a beginning. My formal education is in math and computer science. Growing up on a black land farm in northeast Texas, I loved to ... ”view more
February 2
“In Jan., 2021, looking to expand my presence and sales beyond my northeast Texas locale, I applied to an online art marketplace and was denied. I felt that my application had been strong and I was stung by the rejection, but it may have been a blessing in disguise. If I had been accepted, I might ... ”view more
January 30
“Having focused to this point on the story behind the art, this note addresses some logistics that might be of interest to the collector. These pieces are designed with 4K high definition electronic displays in mind. I’d also like to offer my support to any collector that wants to print the piece ... ”view more
January 30
“Having focused to this point on the story behind the art, this note addresses some logistics that might be of interest to the collector. These pieces are designed with 4K high definition electronic displays in mind. I’d also like to offer my support to any collector that wants to print the piece ... ”view more
January 30
“Having focused to this point on the story behind the art, this note addresses some logistics that might be of interest to the collector. These pieces are designed with 4K high definition electronic displays in mind. I’d also like to offer my support to any collector that wants to print the piece ... ”view more
January 30
“I have more that I’d like to share about these pieces. I’d like to speak about the personal – something that I am having to train myself to do more readily. The original chemigram from which the Blue Planet series has grown exists in the physical world as a 24x30” archival print on aluminum. That ... ”view more
January 28
“I have more that I’d like to share about these pieces. I’d like to speak about the personal – something that I am having to train myself to do more readily. The original chemigram from which the Blue Planet series has grown exists in the physical world as a 24x30” archival print on aluminum. That ... ”view more
January 28
“I have more that I’d like to share about these pieces. I’d like to speak about the personal – something that I am having to train myself to do more readily. The original chemigram from which the Blue Planet series has grown exists in the physical world as a 24x30” archival print on aluminum. That ... ”view more
January 28
“The images in the Blue Planet series (this is the third of 3) are chemigrams. A chemigram is produced in the following manner. A light-sensitive substrate, most commonly black and white dark room paper, is coated with a resist. The paper is then dipped in photographic chemicals – developer, stop ... ”view more
January 27
“The images in the Blue Planet series (this is the second of 3) are chemigrams. A chemigram is produced in the following manner. A light-sensitive substrate, most commonly black and white dark room paper, is coated with a resist. The paper is then dipped in photographic chemicals – developer, stop ... ”view more
January 27
“The images in the Blue Planet series (this is the first of 3) are chemigrams. A chemigram is produced in the following manner. A light-sensitive substrate, most commonly black and white dark room paper, is coated with a resist. The paper is then dipped in photographic chemicals – developer, stop ... ”view more
January 27