A collection of local artists in Montgomery & Bucks County, Philadelphia and the Main Line.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Laura Kicey (MC, ML)

"These photographs depict my recollections of the richest moments of the beautiful and the ignored I have encountered in my travels, whether that is an evening walk around Ambler, a flight to the opposite coast, or a drive in central PA with the intention of getting lost. I marvel at the way time, history and nature reform structures and lives, and the secrets and stories forgotten objects can tell.

In my explorations, I seek out the literal or figurative underbelly of places and things. Often the unseen is the most telling and sensitive. Back alleys and abandoned places draw me in. The things I see in these places where I most likely should not be, I take out of their realm and ask the viewer to see what has been missed. I prefer to use what I encounter as I find it, making visual order of chaos by giving new context to what I have singled out.

As a graphic designer, my interest and careful study of color and space has been
developing over the years; in my photographs, I reapply those ideas to the world as I see it. My post-processing work is used less to distort or invent, rather more to recapture the feelings of the moment, by altering the color. I prefer to restrict myself to one or two dominating colors in a composition to enhance and orchestrate the mood. The goal of every image is to create an experience that invokes all the senses as intensely as when I capture what is before me." -Laura Kicey

Recent digital photographs:

















American artist Laura Kicey, born in 1977 is a photographer and digital mixed media artist who has exhibited her work in galleries on the east coast and in online group exhibitions. Her work is held in a number of private collections.

Kicey was educated at Kutztown University and holds a BFA in Communication Design (something we have in common). She currently works as a graphic designer in Ambler, PA.


Upcoming shows:
Mugshots Coffeeshop and Juice Bar
joint show with Dustin Fenstermacher.
Februay 2007, Philadelphia PA.

Small Works, group show, December 2006
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Her photos can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kicey
Her website is here: http://laurakicey.com/

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