Christopher B Fowler, Photographer
Christopher B Fowler, Photographer

Rockface Series

The rockface series is amongst my favorites.  (Some are, in fact, the first photographs I exhibited and sold). The images highlight my interest in the abtract qualities--the interplay of lines, shapes, patterns, colors and textures--of what are, in reality, sharp-focus images of actual surfaces.

In fact, I remember observing, at an exhibition of the Finland Rockfaces, one person looking intently at, I believe it was, "Finland Rockface II", and suddenly exclaiming, "Oh, it's a photograph!"

The Finland rockfaces are all from along the shore of the island in the Baltic Sea where my mother's family still has their summer house. Between the residual effects of the glaciers and the more immediate impacts of wind, water and ice, the terrain is almost entirely bedrock granite. Though, as you can see particularly in the first image, "Force of Nature", the igneous rock when it first was formed, contained all manner of impurities and other trace minerals, which have given the surfaces these fantastic patterns. 

Click on any image to enlarge it.  Then click on ">" to see all the images in sequence.

ALL IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

My work is currently on display at:

 

The Holy Art

c/o 1056 S Fairfax Avene

Los Angeles, CA

(June 20-22)

 

Gilpin County Arts Association

117 Eureka Street

Central City, CO

 

MVA Gallery

35 E Elizabeth Avenue

Suite 313

Bethlehem, PA 

 

Arbutus Branch Library

855 Sulphr Spring Road

Arbutus, MD

 

Artsilliana Gallery

23 N 6th Streert

Terre Haute, IN

 

Hanover Area Arts Guild

32 Carlisle Street

Hanover, PA

 

Frederick Health Crestwood

7211 Bank Court

Frederick, MD

 

Galleri SoHo

Valhallagatan 20

Västerås, Sweden

 

Galleri Soho

Wadi El Nakil

El Sheikh Zayed City

Egypt

 

www.artsy.net

 

Photo Artfolio**

 

TERAVARNA**

 

The Washington County Commission on Aging

535 East Franklin Street

Hagerstown, MD

 

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