Denee Barr was born in Washington, D.C. and studied film, painting, printmaking, and papermaking at the University of Maryland College Park. Barr frequently combines these various mediums to create her photo based artwork. Denee Barr is the recipient of a 2003 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award Grant for artistic excellence in photography.
It is actually through photography that I explore new places. This is my retreat. My photographs resonate peace, tranquility, harmony, and serenity. I am humbled by nature’s grace. My photographs are visual diaries. I look at everyday life and find something to celebrate, a multi-layered and cross-cultural exploration of life. My photographs are created spontaneously. Some of the images appear as assemblies, vignettes, collages, portraits.... I print my own work, improvising as the process unfolds in the darkroom. The images are textural “works-in-progress” and free from the boundaries of a rectangular photograph. I know for myself, I am more interested in the evolution of an image rather than the perfection of it. For me photography is the development of something that is tactile and not far removed from our own experiences and environment.
To see more work by Denee Barr, visit www.deneebarrphotographic.com
You can contact Denee at denee@deneebarrphotographic.com.
"Dried Red Roses No. 2" - by Denee Barr
"Variation on Dried Red Roses No. 4" - by Denee Barr
"Variation on Dried Red Roses No. 6" - by Denee Barr
"Red Rose Bouquet" - by Denee Barr
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