ENTRY DESCRIPTION
from the series "States of Grace: Fauna: the Aviary"
I’m calmed by the simplicity of a graceful line and the stillness of the suspended moment and am compelled to share an impression of the beauty and serenity that I find there. I capture the ephemeral movement of light on these organic forms, to preserve that mystical moment that stills time for me. Photographing intuitively - what I feel, as much as what I see - and informed by a background in painting and art history, I portray a personal interpretation by layering with color and texture to find a balance between the real and the imagined. Most of the images are printed on vellum and backed with white gold leaf.

AUTHOR
Wendi Schneider is a visual artist working in photography and precious metals. Born in Memphis, she holds an AA in Art History from Stephens College in Columbia, MO and a BA in Painting from Newcomb/Tulane in New Orleans. She turned to photography in the early ‘80s to create moments of her models for her paintings. Missing the sensuality of oils, she began layering glazes on her photographs to create a more personal interpretation. After she photographed and designed the award-winning re-creation of the 1901 Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, she moved to New York, where she photographed nearly 100 book covers and was a major contributor to Victoria Magazine. She moved to Denver in 1994, and after several decades of photography, design and art direction for clients, she recently returned to fine art photography. Gilded vellum photographs from her current series “States of Grace” have been exhibited in more than 60 venues, including A Gallery For Fine Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography and the Berlin Foto Biennale, and featured in B&W Magazine, Silvershotz and Lenscratch. Schneider has been honored by the International Photography Awards, the Monochrome Awards, the International Color Awards and the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. She was a Critical Mass finalist in 2017. She is represented by A Gallery For Fine Photography in New Orleans and Galeria Photo/Graphic in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

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