Juror Fran Forman selected Supreme Champion Swine Male/Female Pair, 2018 Minnesota State Fair for the “Red” exhibition at A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas running October 26 - Nov 30. My work was awarded Director’s Honorable Mention by gallery directors Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully. I’m excited to have work chosen by Fran Forman and exhibited along with my friends Melissa Lynn and JP Terlizzi.

This work represents the first framed work exhibited without glazing to emphasize the white beeswax and lavender oil finish which offers a “historically relevant” fragrant experience when viewing in person. In this work, I pay homage to the salt printing as an important historical process. I use the exact finish commonly used during the 1840-1860s for salt printing to preserve the work and bring out the best tonality in the salt print as taught to me at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY.