‘Keeping Watch’

ELEANOR OWEN KERR

Statement

I photograph as a way of traversing the invisible bridge between what is there and what else is there. Most of us have encountered a moment or a place in which the layers obscuring nature’s mysteries seem a bit thinner than elsewhere. Such places draw me in, encouraging me to linger and feel. Often compelled to return to the same subject again and again, new truths await at each visit, nature’s answers immutable yet kaleidoscopic. My photographs explore a nature that speaks simultaneously of ephemera and permanence, passages and sanctuary, reflections and revelations. They are signposts, reminders, and guides to the experiences possible when we are truly still.

Selected Exhibitions

2009
– Agora Gallery, Gallery Artists Exhibition, Chelsea, New York City, (Oct. 2009)
– Baton Rouge Gallery, New Members Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA (June 2009)
– Hammond Regional Arts Center, 3 Artist Invitational Exhibition, Hammond, LA (May 2009)
– LSU Union Art Gallery, 20x20x20 National Compact Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
– McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
– Coastal Arts League Gallery, International Juried Photo Competition, Half Moon Bay, CA
– Office of U.S. Representative Wm. Cassidy, Invitational Exibition, Washington, D.C.
– Carol Robinson Gallery, “Artists of Faith,” Invitational Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
– South Shore Art Center,”Black, White & Shades of Grey,” Cohasset, MA
– Fraser Gallery, 8th Annual International Juried Photography Exhibition, Bethesda, MD

2008
– New Orleans Photo Alliance, Elemental/Environmental: SPACE, New Orleans, LA
– Seven Waters Gallery, Damariscotta, ME; group exhibition
– The Darkroom Photographic Arts Center, Abstractions in the Landscape, New Orleans, LA
– Katharine Butler Gallery, National Juried Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
– Coastal Arts League Gallery, “International Juried Photo Competition,” Half Moon Bay, CA
– Dimensions 2008, National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
– Agora Gallery, Gallery Artists Exhibition, Chelsea, New York City,
– U.S. Embassies in South Africa: invitation through ART in Embassies, U.S. Dept. of State

2007
– Palm Springs Art Museum, 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA
– Texas Artists Museum, 13th National Juried Photography Exhibition, Port Arthur, TX
– Agora Gallery, Gallery Artists Exhibition, Chelsea, New York City
– Fraser Gallery, 2007 International Photography Exhibition, Bethesda, MD
– Palm Springs Art Museum, 38th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA
– U.S. Embassies in South Africa: invitation through ART in Embassies, U.S. Dept. of State
– LSU Union Art Gallery, 20x20x20 National Compact Competition, Baton Rouge LA

2006
– U.S. Embassies in South Africa: invitation through ART in Embassies, U.S. Dept. of State
– Texas Artists Museum, 12th National Photography Competition Port Arthur TX
– 9×12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth TX
– Pen and Brush Gallery, National Juried Photography Exhibition, NYC, NY
– LSU Union Art Gallery, 20x20x20 National Compact Competition, Baton Rouge LA
– Maine Photography Show, Boothbay Harbor, ME
– Fraser Gallery, IV Annual International Juried Photography Exhibition, Bethesda MD
– 2006 National Juried Art Exhibition, Hilton Head Art League, Hilton Head Island SC
– 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition of the Visual Arts Alliance, Houston TX
– McIlroy Art Gallery, 14th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts and Design Society, Niceville, FL

2005
– University of Mobile, Mobile, AL
– Union Hall, Rockport, ME; group exhibition
– University of Maine, Machias, ME; group exhibition

2004
– Union Hall, Rockport, ME; group exhibition

Reviews

– Maureen Flynn, “Tradition Meets Innovation in Postmodern Photography,” Gallery & Studio, New York, April/May 2007.
– Anne Price, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA, March 11, 2006.
– “Photography’s Hot at Fraser’s Competition Show,” Gazette, Bethesda, MD, March 2006.

Publications and Awards

– Silvershotz, “100 Fine Art Folios”, November 2008
– LUCIE, International Photography Awards 2008, Honorable Mention (three catagories)
– Photographer’s Forum, “Best of Photography Annual 2008,” Finalist
– Texas Artists Museum, 13th National Juried Photography Exhibition, First Place
– ART in Embassies, Exhibition Catalogue for United States Embassy, Pretoria and United States Consulate, Cape Town
– Photographer’s Forum, “Best of Photography Annual 2007,” Finalist
– Palm Springs Art Museum, 38th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
– 3rd Annual Black and White Spider Awards, Portfolio Series nominee
– Texas Artists Museum, 12th National Photography Competition, Second Place
– Photographer’s Forum, “Best of Photography Annual 2006,” Finalist
– Women in Photography International, “Turning Silver 25th Anniversary Print Collection and Exhibition,” Honorable Mention

Education

Independent study with Paul Caponigro, Cushing, Maine, October 2004 – May 2005
Professional Certificate, Rockport College, 2005
JD, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1990
MEd, Vanderbilt University, British Literature, 1983
BA, Vanderbilt University, Literature and Art History, 1982