Do you ever feel like a trip to a gallery or museum is like a day trip out of town? Some art can just transport us to another place, mentally and spiritually. Photographer Chris Purdy has a knack for capturing and printing images that can take you to those places. Purdy has photo journalized natural imagery and local residents of many exotic countries, but with a unique perspective that brings out the mystical and transcendent quality of the scene.
Purdy also pushes the production boundaries with a printing technique he has developed that oversaturates the colors to give the print a peculiar depth and dreamlike quality. The image above, "Prickly Pear Blossom," is an example of this method. The bold red color draws you in as it melts into the thorny cactus. Is it a painting? Or a photograph? The effect created gives one pause, and for a moment, we are transported.
You can view Chris Purdy's work at Folio in downtown Napa through February or online at www.purdypictures.com.
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