I am honored to have been selected as the May Featured artist at the Woman’s Club of Raleigh. If you are attending an event at TWCR in the month of may make sure to walk through the Juanita Martin Bryant Art Gallery Hall to take in my exhibit, At the Water's Edge and Beyond.

Welcome to The Water’s Edge and Beyond. Humanity has been living at the water’s edge since the beginning.  Water is essential.  Water is life.  I am drawn to that place where the land and water meet, the water’s edge.  Explore the beauty and rhythms in shorelines of sea, sound, lake, and stream through this exhibition.  Images range from stunning colorful sunsets to small intimate landscapes, and abstract patterns and textures created at The Water’s Edge and Beyond.

Chip Freund Photography is proud to have two works selected for the Earth First juried exhibition at the Floyd Center For The Arts. This exhibition aims to explore and celebrate the central theme of Earth stewardship and sustainability.  Discover how artists from across the country explore themes of sustainability, connection with nature, upcycling media, coordination and relationships between species, climate dialogue, and more through various media. Earth First will highlight the delicate balance between human existence and the natural world as seen through environmental consciousness.

My accepted works:

Vanishing Ice

A double exposure created by overlaying an image of the Blue Glacier taken in July 1982 with one taken in July 2022. The substantial loss of glacier ice can be seen with careful inspection. As with so many changes resulting from climate change, the impact can only be seen over the span of time.

“i” is for information

At first glance it's a striking image of a beautiful sunset. But once presented with information, you can drawer your own conclusions as to how beautiful it really is. The red sky and crisp edges to the sunbeam were caused by smoke from the burning of a sugar cane field near Lake Okeechobee, FL.

The location is the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park in Washington State. I am revisiting the glacier 40 years after I first stepped foot on glacier to recreate a collection of images documenting 40 years of change. For more information, check out this page on my website.

The Town of Cary Arts Center is hosting an exhibition of my project. Please stop by and see the images up close to witness for yourself both the incredible beauty of this land and the tragic loss of I've over the past four decades from our warming planet.

The exhibit includes Descriptive Audio for the visually impaired and is accessible in the gallery on your smartphone by scanning a QR code next to each work in the exhibit. It can also be accessed by clicking here.

The location is the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park in Washington State. I am revisiting the glacier 40 years after I first stepped foot on glacier to recreate a collection of images documenting 40 years of change. For more information, check out this page on my website.

The Town of Cary Arts Center is hosting an exhibition of my project. Please stop by and see the images up close to witness for yourself both the incredible beauty of this land and the tragic loss of I've over the past four decades from our warming planet.

The exhibit includes Descriptive Audio for the visually impaired and is accessible in the gallery on your smartphone by scanning a QR code next to each work in the exhibit. It can also be accessed by clicking here.

The Museum of Life and Science in Durham as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) bold campaign to protect 30% of Earth’s land, waters, and oceans by 2030, challenged area artists to harness art’s power to inform, educate and inspire by submitting works to 30×30: Art, Nature, and Science Exhibition. Entries in this juried exhibit convey a love of and concern for the natural world and inspire advocacy for protecting land, air, water, and our rich biodiversity.  The exhibition runs from Saturday, March 25, 2023, through Sunday, July 16, 2023.

I am honored to have my first work Vanishing Ice included in this exhibition. It is the first print from my Blue Glacier Then & Now project.

Artist’s Statement

I spent the summer of 1982 working alongside the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park as a part of a Student Conservation Association backcountry trail crew. The experience left an indelible mark on my heart, mind, and soul. I had longed to return to that special place before it is changed forever, and the fortieth anniversary of my time on the mountain provided the perfect opportunity. In July 2022 I returned to the glacier to recreate a number of the images I had taken four decades earlier for my project Blue Glacier Then & Now.

Vanishing Ice is a double exposure created by overlaying an image of the terminus of the Blue Glacier taken in July 1982 with one taken from the same location in July 2022. I reduced the opacity of the top image layer so that both images are visible. The substantial loss of glacier ice can be seen with careful inspection. As with so many changes resulting from climate change, the impact of glacier ice loss is hard to see in the short term, but the long-term consequences will be severe.

The Museum of Life and Science in Durham as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) bold campaign to protect 30% of Earth’s land, waters, and oceans by 2030, challenged area artists to harness art’s power to inform, educate and inspire by submitting works to 30×30: Art, Nature, and Science Exhibition. Entries in this juried exhibit convey a love of and concern for the natural world and inspire advocacy for protecting land, air, water, and our rich biodiversity.  The exhibition runs from Saturday, March 25, 2023, through Sunday, July 16, 2023.

I am honored to have my first work Vanishing Ice included in this exhibition. It is the first print from my Blue Glacier Then & Now project.

Artist’s Statement

I spent the summer of 1982 working alongside the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park as a part of a Student Conservation Association backcountry trail crew. The experience left an indelible mark on my heart, mind, and soul. I had longed to return to that special place before it is changed forever, and the fortieth anniversary of my time on the mountain provided the perfect opportunity. In July 2022 I returned to the glacier to recreate a number of the images I had taken four decades earlier for my project Blue Glacier Then & Now.

Vanishing Ice is a double exposure created by overlaying an image of the terminus of the Blue Glacier taken in July 1982 with one taken from the same location in July 2022. I reduced the opacity of the top image layer so that both images are visible. The substantial loss of glacier ice can be seen with careful inspection. As with so many changes resulting from climate change, the impact of glacier ice loss is hard to see in the short term, but the long-term consequences will be severe.

The Museum of Life and Science in Durham as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) bold campaign to protect 30% of Earth’s land, waters, and oceans by 2030, challenged area artists to harness art’s power to inform, educate and inspire by submitting works to 30×30: Art, Nature, and Science Exhibition. Entries in this juried exhibit convey a love of and concern for the natural world and inspire advocacy for protecting land, air, water, and our rich biodiversity.  The exhibition runs from Saturday, March 25, 2023, through Sunday, July 16, 2023.

I am honored to have my first work Vanishing Ice included in this exhibition. It is the first print from my Blue Glacier Then & Now project.

Artist’s Statement

I spent the summer of 1982 working alongside the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park as a part of a Student Conservation Association backcountry trail crew. The experience left an indelible mark on my heart, mind, and soul. I had longed to return to that special place before it is changed forever, and the fortieth anniversary of my time on the mountain provided the perfect opportunity. In July 2022 I returned to the glacier to recreate a number of the images I had taken four decades earlier for my project Blue Glacier Then & Now.

Vanishing Ice is a double exposure created by overlaying an image of the terminus of the Blue Glacier taken in July 1982 with one taken from the same location in July 2022. I reduced the opacity of the top image layer so that both images are visible. The substantial loss of glacier ice can be seen with careful inspection. As with so many changes resulting from climate change, the impact of glacier ice loss is hard to see in the short term, but the long-term consequences will be severe.

The Museum of Life and Science in Durham as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) bold campaign to protect 30% of Earth’s land, waters, and oceans by 2030, challenged area artists to harness art’s power to inform, educate and inspire by submitting works to 30×30: Art, Nature, and Science Exhibition. Entries in this juried exhibit convey a love of and concern for the natural world and inspire advocacy for protecting land, air, water, and our rich biodiversity.  The exhibition runs from Saturday, March 25, 2023, through Sunday, July 16, 2023.

I am honored to have my first work Vanishing Ice included in this exhibition. It is the first print from my Blue Glacier Then & Now project.

Artist’s Statement

I spent the summer of 1982 working alongside the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park as a part of a Student Conservation Association backcountry trail crew. The experience left an indelible mark on my heart, mind, and soul. I had longed to return to that special place before it is changed forever, and the fortieth anniversary of my time on the mountain provided the perfect opportunity. In July 2022 I returned to the glacier to recreate a number of the images I had taken four decades earlier for my project Blue Glacier Then & Now.

Vanishing Ice is a double exposure created by overlaying an image of the terminus of the Blue Glacier taken in July 1982 with one taken from the same location in July 2022. I reduced the opacity of the top image layer so that both images are visible. The substantial loss of glacier ice can be seen with careful inspection. As with so many changes resulting from climate change, the impact of glacier ice loss is hard to see in the short term, but the long-term consequences will be severe.

The Museum of Life and Science in Durham as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) bold campaign to protect 30% of Earth’s land, waters, and oceans by 2030, challenged area artists to harness art’s power to inform, educate and inspire by submitting works to 30×30: Art, Nature, and Science Exhibition. Entries in this juried exhibit convey a love of and concern for the natural world and inspire advocacy for protecting land, air, water, and our rich biodiversity.  The exhibition runs from Saturday, March 25, 2023, through Sunday, July 16, 2023.

I am honored to have my first work Vanishing Ice included in this exhibition. It is the first print from my Blue Glacier Then & Now project.

Artist’s Statement

I spent the summer of 1982 working alongside the Blue Glacier in Olympic National Park as a part of a Student Conservation Association backcountry trail crew. The experience left an indelible mark on my heart, mind, and soul. I had longed to return to that special place before it is changed forever, and the fortieth anniversary of my time on the mountain provided the perfect opportunity. In July 2022 I returned to the glacier to recreate a number of the images I had taken four decades earlier for my project Blue Glacier Then & Now.

Vanishing Ice is a double exposure created by overlaying an image of the terminus of the Blue Glacier taken in July 1982 with one taken from the same location in July 2022. I reduced the opacity of the top image layer so that both images are visible. The substantial loss of glacier ice can be seen with careful inspection. As with so many changes resulting from climate change, the impact of glacier ice loss is hard to see in the short term, but the long-term consequences will be severe.

Each year the Fine Arts League of Cary holds its annual member show to highlight the best work being done by F.A.L.C. members. This juried exhibition is on display at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center from November 9th through January 3rd. The exhibition is free and open to the public during normal operating hours.

My piece Time Tunnel was accepted for this year’s show. It is a long-exposure black and white photograph of the Tybee Island Pier, in Tybee Island Georgia. With the camera firmly mounted to a tripod the shutter was left open for 4 seconds allowing the motion of the waves to blur the water into a soft almost fog-like texture.

Show Juror: Jean Grunewald. 

Jean is a well known, well respected art judge in the region, she is a founding member of www.PAINTNC.org, a plein air group in Raleigh, NC since 2007 as well as member of PSA, OPA, ISA, AAEA and WPSE 

Jean is mainly a representational or impressionist painter of almost everything. Lately she is obsessed with lost line and a bit more abstraction. 

CFP is proud to be a part of the Visual Arts Exchange Mutual Aid Art Auction. CFP has submitted two works Fading Summer 2 and Mirror in the Mist. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of these two works will go to VAE to support its work in the Raleigh arts community.

For 2021, VAE is transitioning the organization’s 41st Anniversary Gala into our First-Ever Mutual Aid Benefit Auction where artists will receive 100% of the commission on the sale of their work.

VAE hopes to use the success of our largest annual party as a platform to help our artists when they need it most, after a full year with no income. We encourage our art-loving community to think of this as your opportunity to directly support the artists who make our communities vibrant, and get beautiful new art in exchange. There are no tickets needed for this event, anyone can bid from anywhere. VAE appreciates our donors and sponsors who make this event possible.

SCHEDULE:
> Auction Live - March 6 @ 8 AM
> Virtual Auction Party - March 23 @ 7 PM
> First Section of the Auction Closes - March 24 @ 3 PM
> Second Section of the Auction Closes - March 25 @ 3 PM
LOCATION: Online
POP-UP LOCATION: 120 S. Wilmington Street (by appt only)
CO-CHAIRS: Erica Porter + Debbie Robbins

https://vaeraleigh.org/art-auction