Sometimes there is an artist that just has that ability to take an image and make it into something completely different – John Folsom is one of those artists. As a mixed media artist, Folsom integrates photography with painting and focuses on “…the way in which images of landscape are used or fictionalized to present a personal sense of place .” (John Folsom Online). His ability to present landscapes in a segmented nature is mesmerizing and have found myself fixated on some of his beautiful images. Here is a new piece by Folsom (unnamed, 2011) but with the note: “A new palette, a new approach….”
I am not the first person to fall in love with Folsom’s work, Courtney Barnes from Style Court wrote about his most recent show, Summering at the End of Empire (showed at Marietta-Cobb Museum) here. He is represented in Atlanta through Kessenich Contemporary gallery, you can visit their website and see more of his work for sale by clinking here. Below is an image from Folsom’s 2010 Lake Affected series.
From the Lure of the Lowcountry series (2009) which showed at the Gibbes Museum, a few pieces:
Botany Bay Plantation Salt Erosion
Cumberland Bay
From his travels through Canada, Souvenir IV (Trans Canada Highway), 2008
Old Oil Road, 2006 (from Travelogue)
Carmel Tree, 2006
A collage from his Travelodge and Postcards series
Another one of my favorites from the Lure of the Lowcountry series
His work moves me, you too?
Image Credits: All images of artwork are from John Folsom Online and Kessenich Contemporary with permission.
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magnificent.
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His grid work is so interesting. Beautiful work.
absolutely beautiful!
These are fantastic!!!
Laura,
I was delighted to see you post on my friend John Folsom. As is his work, John is one of the most beautiful and sensitive people you’ll ever meet. I was in the studio a couple weeks ago to see some his latest work. It’s pretty wonderful!! And I’m now a lucky owner of one of his pieces for my library.
You should check out the work of Courtney J. Garrett, his studio mate. She studied interior design at Auburn and worked for me until she moved with her husband to Atlanta. She is an incredibly talented person and has chosen to concentrate on her artist career. Courtney has quickly risen to the top among Atlanta artists.
It is such a delight and so invigorating to visit with the two of them in their studio.
Again, great post!!!1