Exquisite Corpse - A Journal of Letters and Life

Artist's Statement
by Lynne Douglass

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Afternoon	Blue Back

Flower Butt	Mel Light

Mudd Butt	Pulse Point

Shoulder Hand Breast	Star Butt

What I shoot for is to capture AN essence of my subject. Not THE essence, as that would be too presumptuous and boring. I utilize my camera to capture the dailies of my existence. I've been doing it for almost ten years now. I don't know f-stops, aperture priorities, et al ad nauseated. I could. I just don't. It has been a journey of trial and error. That keeps it good. Sometimes better. Sometimes not. I shoot from my gut and my eye, it's usually a circuitous route that totally circumvents my brain. Not always though. There are times when my brain gets involved.
     My goal is to allow some lateral movement. Leave some room for personalization and perceptualization for the viewer. Negative space can be a good thing. Of humongous importance are light, spontaneity, mood, time, and juxtapostion.
     Since the dawning of the Age of the iMac in my life, I've had some self-quibble with balancing the concept of digital art vs photography. Beauty vs Honesty. Purist vs Bastardized. Execution vs Impressionistic. Woe is I, but they are both drives I now like to take.
     Partial List of Other influences would include: Dr. Jontyle Robinson. Art Lover, TEACHER, and human d'jour. Sent from Washington DC (in the nick of undergraduate, impressionistic mind time) all the way to Institute, West Virginia. She gave my mind eyes, and my eyes mind, which led to a burning desire to seek beyond my peripheries. Be it with self, words, or images. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Brautigan, Bukowski, Burroughs, Degas, Joyce, Kandinsky, Lautrec, King, Mappelthorpe, Munch, O'Keefe, Rice, Rotluff, Saturday Night Live, and Second City.

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