Elsa Marie Keefe

Psychological Space

2020

We are the Earth is comprised of a photograph, acrylic paint, found objects in nature (bones, leaves, flowers, stones, crystals) and resin. The base materials for the work consist of a wooden paneled canvas that provides the platform for the adhesion of a rolled photographic canvas, a fine art photography print. The canvas print, in this case a double exposure digital photograph, is adhered to the wood using a clear acrylic varnish. Acrylic Paint is added along with the objects that I found in nature, which are all placed in a careful and meticulous fashion, finally cemented in resin. This specific piece of art was my first large scale piece of its kind, created in my studio in Brooklyn in 2019. This piece was inspired by the colors of my travels, the deserts, trees, mountains and sunsets. The human depicted is myself, it is a self-portrait captured in Great Sand Dunes...

Collaboration between photographer John Mazlish & artist John Wright.

Mixed media collaboration between photographer John Mazlish & artist John Wright.

Eternal is comprised of a photograph, acrylic paint, found objects in nature (bones, leaves, flowers, stones, crystals, sand) and resin. The base materials for the work consist of a ...

Mixed media collaboration between artists John Mazlish & John-Herbert Wright.

This photograph was taken in Tulum, Mexico. It was a magical morning, I met a very special person at this secret cenote. We relaxed in the sunlight and then dove underwater, finding this cave like structure. The light beams flooding through the sacred water, I took some photos and created this piece so that the majestic light will always continue to shine. I added a natural coral plant...

Photo comes in multiple sizes, ranging from 8" x 10" to 30" x 40".

Fiber print, edition of 10.

Digital photograph, edition of 25.

Fiber print.

Digital photograph, edition of 25.

Fiber print, edition of 10.