Marna Clarke
Artist Statement
Sheltering-in-place has been a challenge for many Americans. Not so much for those of us nestled away in a National Park beside the Pacific Ocean. We are able to get out in the surrounding nature, walk the many trails through the forests, visit with neighbors from a safe distance, and even go into the small adjoining town. I began capturing this historic and unprecedented time as I witnessed my neighbors and friends going about their daily activities, though now usually masked, their faces obscured. It is a different kind of portrait, a unique document of this time in this place.
Artist Bio
EDUCATION
BA degree in mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Studied Photography at Hartford Art School; University of Connecticut, Storrs; and International Center of Photography, New York City
PUBLICATIONS
Time As We Know It, self-published book on aging. 2015
Huffington Post, Arts & Culture (online) 2014
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Presence; an Exploration of Aging Through Art, Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, March 5-April 25, 2020
The Qualities of Light: The Story of a Pioneering New York Photograph gallery (juried piece in flat files), Center for Creative Photograph, Tucson, AZ January 2020
Critical Mass, 2019, Semi-finalist
Pricing
16”x20” Archival inkjet print, $450 each
