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Artist: Linnie Greene
Show: "Bal'mer City Icons"
About the Show
Gallery: gallery M.I.M. - Baltimore, MD
Phone: (410) 662-6623
Dates: 7/16/05 - 8/17/05
Linnie Greene’s show “Bal’mer Icons” takes in her photographic discovery of and enthusiasms for Baltimore city. “Bal’mer Icons” depicts the character and charm of the city as reflected in the quirky signs, cityscapes, and scenes in and around town. Greene, of Baltimore, Maryland, has established a collection of Baltimore photo-graphs over a period of 8 years. Each piece is as eclectic and diverse as Charm City and holds a memory or record of history as the landscape continues to thrive and morph. Her collection will continue to grow as our city grows and changes.
Greene invests each composition with added life and nuance through a delicate and painstaking hand coloring process. Working from black and white photos, Greene creates a one-of-a-kind, original, archival, painted photograph using oils and other photo safe applications. From a full print, Greene applies a range of complementary colors to select focal points, conveying latent emotion and depth which casts a magical ethereal spell over her images. Each photograph is emboldened with painterly precision. Whether a person or an object, Greene’s subjects become striking and familiar through this unique, artistic treatment.
Greene has added another dimension of charm and interest to her work through her use of frames. Each photograph is beautifully showcased in an architectural remnant frame. The frames are all hand made – in keeping with Greene’s tradition and philosophy of photography as an art from the hand. The frames are made of recycled and reclaimed remnants in one-of-a-kind colors and textures from the architecturally rich city of New Orleans, surrounding Louisiana cities, the Chesapeake Bay area, and small towns in Georgia.
She has served as a demonstrating artist for Marshall Oils and led several hand coloring workshops. Her pieces have been featured in Art and Antiques Magazine, on HBO The Wire, and in the Polaroid Gallery.
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