Photograph selection from the series: Nature Park
Matt Niebuhr
West Branch Studio
(something different from drawing - revisiting some photo work - though I like to think of my photography work as a chance to exercise composition, balance, value, in the image… to bring that sense to my drawing work…)
![Untitled [Barn, North elevation, North Central Iowa] 2006
photograph
Matt Niebuhr
Final posting of my photography efforts for a while - this tumblr is after all a “drawing” log… the thing is - I am realizing the influence of my current surroundings more in my drawing work - mostly in terms of textures / forms, maybe even colors…](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me91lw8oJ51qfnhlto1_500.jpg)
Untitled [Barn, North elevation, North Central Iowa] 2006
photograph
Final posting of my photography efforts for a while - this tumblr is after all a “drawing” log… the thing is - I am realizing the influence of my current surroundings more in my drawing work - mostly in terms of textures / forms, maybe even colors…
![Untitled [Barn with lean-to’s, North elevation, Southern Iowa]
Photography: 2006
Matt Niebuhr
one from the series self published in first draft form here: “Portraits: Faces and Profiles of Utility”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me2i71MEkn1qfnhlto1_500.jpg)
Untitled [Barn with lean-to’s, North elevation, Southern Iowa]
Photography: 2006
one from the series self published in first draft form here: “Portraits: Faces and Profiles of Utility”
branch, cross section #1 - side A
Taxus brevifolia (Pacific Yew)
2010_05_06
Matt Niebuhr
Photograph from the series, Sections: Natural Forms
“We might say that there are two sections through the substance of the world: the longitudinal section of painting and the cross-section of certain pieces of graphic art. The longitudinal section seems representational; it somehow contains the objects. The cross-section seems symbolic; it contains signs.” - Walter Benjamin
untitled (#1, #2, #3 - Basalt shards - East Central Oregon)
2009_08_23
pigment inkjet prints
each Image size 12” x 18”
18” x 24” (45.7 x 60.9)cm
each in custom frame by the artist - baltic birch, glazing: acrylic
Last week (or so) of exhibition @ the Aalto Lounge - Portland, Oregon!
