Karen Rexrode
Karen as a youth was interested in amphibians, bugs, plants and photography. Her father was a photographer who helped her purchase her first SLR camera, which was always loaded with slide film. College was sporadic, all art classes, painting, drawing and design. During college, Karen found work at a garden center; seven years later, she started her own nursery, Windy Hill Plant Farm. The photography seed started to grow, along with her camera collection. In 2000 she joined the Manassas-Warrenton Camera Club, which was a great launching pad for her interest in photography. Now her nursery days are over, as Windy Hill closed in September of 2005; but she continues to take pictures of amphibians, bugs and flowers.
Statement
Far from predictable, shoot
low, shoot high, blur it, sandwich it, transfer it. I am always asking
myself, how many ways can this subject be seen? My mentors have been Andre
Gallant of New Brunswick, Canada and Linda Carlson of Manassas, Virginia,
fellow ArtBeat member. I aspire always to be equally creative.
Links
Email:
karen@windyhill.net
