"Flower Meditations" - Photography-based Images by
Sigrid Vollerthun
Artist Statement:
In my work, I am pursuing both the visible beauty, which I find abundantly in nature, and the invisible, which we can glimpse occasionally. My camera has become the main instrument in this pursuit. From the start, I dreamed of using it not only as a recording device but also as a painter's brush, filling the images with glorious colors, intriguing forms, inspiring abstracts... My enthusiasm for vivid colors has always been a dominant force in my life, and I enjoy expressing this in my images, at the same time aiming at conveying serenity and harmony... a contemplation of peace and wholeness.
Artist Bio:
Sigrid Vollerthun was born and raised in Germany. All her life she has had an interest in visual arts and design. From 1972-1979 she was active in the Committee of the Art Society of the International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC.
Ms. Vollerthun's interest in photography began during the early 1990s when she joined two very active camera clubs. After attending numerous workshops and seminars (a. o. by renowned Canadian photographer, Freeman Patterson, photographer and educator, Joseph Miller, and photographer, artist and author, Theresa Airey), Sigrid knew she had found her passion and her pursuit of becoming a fine art photographer began.
Nature is the subject of many of Ms. Vollerthun's photographs; however, digital fantasies, abstract imagery and dreamscapes are a major part of her repertoire.
Sigrid is a mostly self-taught photographer, who is the recipient of several prestigious photographic awards including a coveted winner's trophy in the International Photography Contest of NATURE'S BEST Photography Magazine in 2003 and 1998. She has participated in many juried exhibitions. In 2004, her photographs were featured in the documentary series entitled "Photographers of Northern Virginia" produced by Channel 10, Public Access Television.
Her work is in private collections in the US and abroad. It is included in the Art for Embassies program and was also acquired for the permanent collection of the US Department of State.
Ms. Vollerthun's photographs have gained the attention of art critics. In May, 1999, Nancy Ungar of the Gazette Entertainment wrote, "For Sigrid Vollerthun color itself is the subject. Vollerthun pulls her camera in so tightly on an iris that the identification of the object as a flower is almost lost and the iris becomes a color abstraction."
In July, 2003, Claudia Rousseau of the Gazette Entertainment wrote, "...In her triptych, "Bird of Paradise", the echo of the jewel-like colors of the tropical flower and its natural habitat are expressed in overlapping elongated forms. Flame-like, they almost appear to be swaying." Please click on the link below to RSVP. |
