Gail Samuelson
We are very happy to feature Gail’s work. A fine art photographer with a background in portrait and studio photography Gail’s works have been exhibited in the Griffin Museum of Photography , 555 Gallery/Boston and the Danforth Museum of Art.
Meditative. While reviewing Gail’s works in the Passing Through project I distinctly felt that the works truly had a meditative quality. I knew when I saw this project, among many interesting works Gail has produced, I was interested in them initially because they are beautiful, lovely compositions. As I spent more time with them I began to feel a quiet sense of myself. A sense of reflection. A sort of calmness. As Gail says in her statement, “Capturing the serene and ephemeral ambiance of light connects me to the natural rhythms of each day”. Looking at these images I feel that ephemeral ambiance. Pensive compositions, nestling images from the home along side serene pictures from nature. These diptychs are thoughtful, attentive. I find the nearness of the architectural domestic setting to the quiet of natural imagery to be compelling. They leave me with a quiet harmonious feeling that feels pretty good right about now.
-Steven Duede, Fine Art Photographer, Aspect Principal.
Capturing the serene and ephemeral ambiance of light connects me to the natural rhythms of each day.
Passing Through
Slants of faint light grace my bedroom walls as day breaks over nearby trees. At dusk, my hallway glows red and orange as the western sky turns purple. A shared essence of light inside and out has inspired me to pair my photographs. Placing a softly lit domestic scene beside a natural landscape, I discover colors and shapes that echo, combining to deepen their mood. Capturing the serene and ephemeral ambiance of light connects me to the natural rhythms of each day.
Gail Samuelson
· Gail Samuelson is a visual artist born in New York, now living in Sherborn, MA. She studied photography at the Mass College of Art, the Griffin Museum of Photography, New England School of Photography, and Maine Media Workshops. She received a BA in Biology from Skidmore College, worked as an light and electron microscopist in medical research labs in Boston, and earned an MBA from Simmons University.
After running her own event and portrait photography studio for two decades, Samuelson now uses the medium to reveal intersections and relationships between domestic spaces, the natural world, and personal memory.
Samuelson has exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Cambridge Arts Association, the Danforth Museum in Framingham,MA, 555 Gallery in Boston, and the Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson, NY. Her work is in the corporate collection of Analysis Group in Boston and the permanent collection of the Danforth Museum of Art. She has won several awards in juried shows and has been published in the Still Point Arts Quarterly, Clare Henry Art Journal, and the Kiernan Gallery blog for winning the Juror’s Choice Award.
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