Art exhibit: Jerry Schimke - "The Essence of Time in Two Hemispheres" - 4/10 - 5/4
Artist's statement: I consider myself a product of the West Coast who lived on the East Coast for fifteen years, and started my family in Concord, MA, before returning west in 1981to live in Davis, CA. My professional career centered on oceanography and environmental consulting in the private sector, and emergency planning as a civil servant, for the State of California. I have been retired from civil service since 1997.
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A born traveler, I have visited Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand in addition to North America and the Arctic and have carried a camera with me for over 50 years It has been my good fortune to be present many times when circumstances and light came together in wonderful scenes, waiting to be recorded. I have collected thousands of images.
I believe every photographic image speaks for itself and every individual viewer interprets its ultimate meaning through their own reference frame. However, I find it stimulating to choose a theme as an organizational attractor to help choose a set of images for presentation.
In the current work, “The Essence of Time in Two Hemispheres,” each image was selected because I interpreted it to have, illustrate or represent some aspect of “time.” While the primary subject matter comprises a variety of natural landscape features, nearly one third of the images also contain some type of manmade structures. I have attempted to express aspects of the essence of time through selecting images that speak to me, and arranging them in a manner to reflect how time works or is related to mankind.
