by Alison Perry

Rock Cairn along the Hudson is an image of tranquility by way of atmospheric space. It evokes a mood about nature, geologic time and things that remain behind. Walking along the Hudson in Piermont one evening last spring, I noticed a small pile of rocks. It looked to be a marker of sorts. The scene suggested a parallel between the rock pile and the rocky Palisades Cliffs off in the distance so I attached a wide angle lens to my camera and knelt down to photograph it. Doing so brought the two geologic elements a bit closer to each other and raised the horizon line above midpoint, resulting in a uniformly divided composition that applies the rule of thirds.

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by Alison Perry

Last spring I started a photographic series over at the Nyack high school athletic field. I was inspired by three things, the first being metaphysics. The large open space conjured up images of pristine transcendent vistas sought out by the Hudson River School Painters in environs here and further north. Second, I’m drawn to the suburban landscape. The third reason is the color green and the color blue. I love the color blue because I love blue skies and white clouds above the color green and especially when a touch of red can be thrown in to break up those cool tones.

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by Alison Perry

I’ve been looking at and thinking about the Metaphysical dimensions in the art of Edward Hopper and Georgio di Chirico. Both artists drew from metaphysics to ‘€œreconstruct’€ landscapes where space, light, architecture, elongated shadows, people and objects/props were made to correspond to an interior mood. Emotions took center stage and because of that their paintings share an enigmatic quality.

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