Heather J. Kirk uses digital art to combine her interests in writing and photography. Her art has been shown in the Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts in Steamboat Springs, the Art Institute and Gallery in Maryland, and Image Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona. Awards and recognition she has received include a Vermont Studio Center Poetry Fellowship and an Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant. Her website is www.PhotoGraphicArtistry.CityMax.com. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. About the photos “Rewind” and “Hold Me Tight” she says, “While I continue to photograph, write, and sing, dance is one of the artistic endeavors I no longer participate in. Yet the form continues to fascinate me. While static images of dance can be beautiful, I longed to capture the purity and poetry of dance by revealing the fluidity found in the practice of movement. “Rewind” and “Hold Me Tight” highlight particularities of the photographic arts in terms of the layering of depth and the ability to perceive and capture motion. To me, these photos represent the power of dance to express the individuality of each dancer’s strength and stride. |
