Closeup: Arts & flowers

The five pictures that follow are my submission to a group show of closeup works. If accepted, they will appear in September. My artist's statement about this series is at the end of this post.


"Heart beacon: Annie's garden," Tim Connor, All rights reserved


"Stars moving inland: Annie's garden," Tim Connor, All rights reserved


"Trying to get to heaven: Annie's garden," Tim Connor, All rights reserved


"Pink star: Annie's garden," Tim Connor, All rights reserved


"Tendrils: Annie's garden," Tim Connor, All rights reserved

Artist's statement

I love it when different kinds of subject matter and forms of representation mix & ricochet off each other. The subject matter of this series of close-ups – from a garden wall painted with landscapes & flowers by an unknown artist, then grown over by actual plants – juxtaposes living nature & its created representations in paint. Framed close-ups of the juxtapositions are then represented by digital photography, which, in its illusion of timelessness, mixes ironically with the series’ themes of (relative) permanence & change.