Print framed in brushed champagne frame with white matboard.
In this series of marine still life image Kelly displays her artistic strengths as a contemporary photographic artist. The images are placed on an aqua and sand background that is part abstract painting and is part underwater sand bar. The shells, coral, and starfish images are dramatic individual frontal details. Each object has been manipulated to create a soft aqua tone that is painterly without losing realism. There is a serene strength in the objects that is still pleasing to the eye. “I wanted to create the illusion that we were looking down into the water at the shells sitting on soft sand,” says Kelly, “our vision is colored by clear aqua water. But the scene is not necessarily real, and the objects floating above it all are larger than life.”
California native Caroline Kelly is a photographer with many and varied interests. She has worked as a photojournalist and has created layouts for interior design magazines. However, her artistic passion can be found in her keen eye for nature. Her father owned a small nursery and she spent much of her youth working in the family business. This knowledge and appreciation for plants and flowers has always been an influence on her photography. Over the years, she has created an impressive body of work. In recent years, Kelly has embraced new technologies and found her artistic expression in the merging of traditional film and contemporary digital photography. The results are striking yet simple imagery that celebrate the natural beauty of the plant world.