Collaborative Photos by Julia Coash & Phillip Jones

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Our goal is to create a tension between the literal and abstract. Recognizable forms allow access into the works, while the abstract elements invite interpretation. Painterly associations are evoked with flourishes of wrinkled fabrics or appearances creating gestural movement, while wires and vines animate the surfaces like drawn marks. Scrims, layering, and manipulation of lighting draw on our background in set design and provide spatial depth and potential narratives. 

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In sum, we like ourselves to alchemists transforming the ordinary into something more meaningful. We hope to compel each viewer to project their wo nassociations and reading into the mysterious and enigmatic worlds captured in our photographs.