2nd place
silver star award
Patty Maher
title
The Alchemy of Being
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entry description
This is a series about creativity and the magic and mystery of the creative process. It is a visual exploration of creative alchemy: as we live, we breathe in ideas, thoughts and frequencies from the ether through all our senses and transmute those signals into art, music, dance and 1000 other creative expressions. Where do those ideas come from? How do we gather and connect to them? Are they seeking us for a means of expression as much as we seek them? This is a whimsical inquiry into this sacred dance and the alchemy of being.about the photographer
Patty Maher is an internationally recognized, award winning fine art and conceptual photographer based in Caledon, Ontario. The inspiration for her photography comes from an exploration of storytelling in both natural and urban settings. Working primarily through staged self-portraiture and portraiture Patty is widely known for hiding or obscuring the faces of her subjects using only posture, gesture, symbol and colour to convey emotion. Her photography disrupts the boundaries between real life and the otherworldly, the surreal and the fantastic, and envision the world in a transformative light. In telling these stories she invites the viewer to become a co-creator in meaning, leaving the stories open ended but touching on basic and universal emotions.back to gallery