ALCHEMY

From medieval times, alchemists strove to find seemingly magical processes of transformation, such as turning lead into gold. Their experiments intensely focused on transmutations, the change of some essential element into a superior form.

The four women artists in this show have focused their alchemical investigations into transmuting photography, an art form that overwhelms how we now experience our lives and ourselves (28 billion new photos and videos are uploaded to Google every week), to an experience that is private, sensuous, elegant, spiritual.

Teri Figliuzzi, a compulsive gatherer, has a fascination and obsession with organic forms. Fields, gardens, and forests welcome and accept her. They feed her soul with tranquility and peace, and give her eyes and mind the gift of color and beauty beyond our human world. Nature’s growth and rebirth are an ever present reminder to try again and move forward. With her hands she composes foliage fragments…