Artist Registry
Glenna Butts
Contact information
glenna@hollyhillfarm.com
www.hollyhillfarm.com
Artist statement
An Eastman baby from Kingsport, Tennessee, I first fell in love with photography at the age of six, when I won a Brownie camera at the Eastman Kodak Carnival Day. Growing up, the immediate gratification of Polaroid was also fascinating, however given the fact that my father was an Eastman employee, Polaroid was not an acceptable product in our home. Now that I am all grown up, I have finally found a medium offers the best of all worlds - I am able to use the 35mm camera for fine art photography and transfer to Polaroid film, marrying the phenomena of photography with the magic and manipulative qualities of instant film, as well as employing my drawing and painting skills.
Working from the precise, start images photography offers, transfer art has the ability to render a surreal, dream-like and vintage feel to current images, providing unlimited creative possibilities. These transfers can be created in the field by in-camera method, or in the studio through the use of an enlarger. Give the manipulative qualities of the process, it is possible to produce numerous hand worked, unique originals from a single slide or negative. These images lend themselves naturally to both striking artistic interpretation and to effective commercial use.
Resume / bio
Education
- East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN, BFA studio art
Exhibitions
- Artstravaganza 13, Association of Visual Artists, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga TN, 2000
- 22nd Annual First Tennessee Bank Show, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City TN, 2000
- Three Views, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN, 2000 joint exhibit at
Collections and Commissions
- Polaroid Corporation
- Mamiya Camera Corporation
Awards and Achievements
- Mayor and City Council Purchase Award, Inaugural Regional Exhibit, Renaissance Center, Dickson TN, 1999
- Award of Merit, Crossville Arts Council Depot Days, 1999
Professional Affiliations
- Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
(Information last updated: 28 May 2004)
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