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Artwork
by Lorrie Boydston
"As a native of Suburban Kansas City, I am a product of suburbia and continue to live and raise my own family on the edge of civilization. Amongst the fabricated, redundant landscape I find myself capturing what I see as little glimpses of life in an otherwise mundane and whitewashed environment. My work explores the dichotomy of suburban life as it relates to our personal ideas of what is private and public. My use of both photography and painting echoes the conceptural nature of the suburban subject matter and speaks of the tension between illusion and reality.
Underneath the optimistic focus on the positive in suburbia there are also underlying concerns for the environment as well as comments about consumerism, domesticity and time. The Plexiglass that I use is a material that is fabricated and transparent--not a typical 'canvas' that an artist would choose on which to paint. The smooth surface is unforgiving but lets a little light shine through once in a while, hinting at what lies beneath the surface.
The underlying theme of my work is a practical search for spirituality--often using water as a metaphor for renewal, rebirth and cleansing. The innocence of children in honest play provides an atmosphere of living in the moment and positive redemption from an otherwise monotnous space and stressful daily routine. My images are a reminder of our need to slow down and see the beauty in the current moment--wherever we choose to be." --Lorrie Boydston
For more images of Lorrie's work, please visit her web site www.lorrieboydston.com.
For more information about this or any other exhibit at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, call Sarah Bohndorf at (913) 627-2692 or email sbohnd@kckpl.lib.ks.us.
