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"In every dimension of
life, photography gives me inspiration." That is how
Marv introduces the personal importance of
photography. Photography represents both work and joy
for Marv. The energy he derives from every aspect of
the photographic process, fills much of his thought
and drives his creative fervor. "I strive to engage
the emotions evoked by the natural realm, especially
the mystery or magical essence of light-play in the
world. My pictures emerge through imagination and
experience with the interaction between light and
subject." -- Marv Poulson
"A work of art which
did not begin in emotion is not art"
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At the Wedge |
"Photography provides
me an expressive channel that transcends language.
Creating natural images fulfills a core need to
share my creative response to what I see. I strive
to engage the emotions evoked by the natural realm,
especially the mystery or magical essence of
light-play in the world. I believe in the meeting of
father sky and mother earth under the grace of light
for me to see some of the visual essence of nature
in making personally satisfying images. My pictures
emerge through imagination and experience with the
interaction between light and subject supported by a
keen interest in natural history.
Using the print as a record of growth and a means of
sharing, I pursue greater connection with my medium
and how light graces each subject. The advent of
digital print making enables a level of control and
quality long exclusive to black and white wet
darkroom processes. I find digital color pigment
prints increasingly satisfying with truly archival
quality, luminescence, accurate color quality, and
full natural tonal depth. Fulfilling my goal of
sharing the results of photographic imagery remains
my 40 year passion through fine, archival prints".
Recent work includes
a series of images I like to call: 'Passages'. This collection includes images of
natural abstracts and surreal expressions of light
interacting with natural landforms, and is the
subject of my one-man show 'Passages' at the Durango
Art Center, Durango, Colorado; at the Art Barn, Park
Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah; and in the
historic Chapman Library gallery in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Now I am pursuing a new
suite of images concentrating on 'Reflections'.
Part of this collection will show in my one-man-show
at the Gallery at Library Square in downtown Salt
Lake City.
Expanding the
creative process and the potential of new print media,
Marv remains very interested in optical photography,
digital printmaking and the computer as an additional
creative tool. Speaking of his commitment to his craft
Marv says, "Fulfilling my goal of sharing the results
of photographic imagery remains a 42-year priority
through archival fine art prints, publishing, and computer-based
imagery."
Currant & Up-coming Events:
► January 20 to February
17, 2007, ‘Reflection’ one-man show Library Gallery,
Main Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
► August 1 to September 5,
2006, ‘Passages’ one-man show Durango Art Center
Gallery, Colorado
► March 4 to April 14,
2006, ‘Ways & Passages' one-man show Art Barn, Park
Gallery, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Utah
Collections/Representation:
Hogan Gallery, Moab, Utah
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Selected Recent Individual Exhibitions &
Festivals:
► 2006, ‘Sedona Arts
Festival’, Sedona, Arizona
► 2006, ‘Marin Fine Arts
Festival’, San Rafael, California
► 2006, ‘Lake Oswego Fine
Arts Festival’, Lake Oswego, Oregon
► 2006, ‘Park City Arts
Festival’, Park City, Utah – Best In Show
Award
► 2006, Palo Alto Fine
Arts Festival’, Palo Alto, California
► 2006, ‘Ways & Passages'
one-man show Art Barn, Park Gallery, Salt Lake City
Arts Council, Utah
► 2005, ‘Passages’ one-man
show Chapman Library Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Recent Group Exhibitions:
► 2006, Springville Art
Museum '21st Annual Religious and Spiritual Art of
Utah' juried exhibition, located at 126 East 400
South Springville, Utah
► 2006, The Mill at Tracy
Aviary 'Changing Nature: Ebb & Flow', Juried
Exhibition 589 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
► 2006, Alpan
International 2006 group exhibition, Alpan Gallery,
2 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY.
► 2006 Annual Juried Art
Competition, June 29 - July 28, South Arkansas Art
Center, at 110 East 5th Street, El Dorado, AR. –
Second Place Award
► 2006, Springville Art
Museum '82nd Spring Salon', located at 126 East 400
South Springville, Utah
► 2006, Cambridge Art
Association's 'National Prize Show', Kathryn Schultz
Gallery and University Place, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, May & June, Juried group exhibition
juried by: Cheryl Brutvan, Robert L., Enid L. and
Bruce A. Beal Curator of Contemporary Art Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston.
► 2006, Presidents Art
Show - A Juried Exhibition of Utah Artists, Museum
of Utah Art and History, Salt Lake Community
College, Salt Lake City, Utah January, 2006
► 2005, ‘Award of Artistic
Excellence’, National Juried Art Exhibition,
Regional Artists Consortium, San Antonio, TX July,
2005.
► 2005, Cambridge Art
Association's National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz
Gallery and University Place, Cambridge,
Massachusetts – juried by: Joseph C. Thompson
Director, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
(MASS MoCA).
► 2005, Nature Photography
Exhibition, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum,
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
► 2005, State Wide
Competition and Exhibition, Bountiful-Davis Art
Center, Bountiful, Utah.
► 2004, "A Season of
Non-violence" New Vision Gallery, Salt Lake City,
Utah, February, 'First Purchase Award'.
► 2003, Honorable Mention,
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Online Exhibits:
Imagedancer WEB Site:
www.imagedancer.com/print_gallery.html
ArtistsofUtah.org WEB
Site:
http://www.artistsofutah.org/artists/artdir45.html
UtahArtist.com WEB Site:
http://www.utahartists.com/marv_poulson.htm
Art Exchange WEB Site:
www.art-exchange.com Please go to Search
and enter Marv Poulson to go to my pages.
Project 30 WEB Site:
http://marvpoulson.30art.com/siteviewer_frameset.php?site=marvpoulson.30art.com&return_to=memlist.html
Pbase WEB Site:
www.pbase.com/imagedancer
Educational & Study
Background:
Graduate of the University of Utah, 1971 with a B.S.
in Humanities and special study in photography.
Studied commercial photography under Borge Andersen
and Brent Herridge as well as independent study in
darkroom manipulation and gelatin print technique.
Gained proficiency in color darkroom techniques
which now extend into the virtual darkroom of
digital color pigment printing. On going interest in
developing digital imaging and print technique with
more than 25 years of increasingly intense
utilization of digital technology.
Professional Associations/Memberships:
Member of NAIA the National Association of
Independent Artists
Salt Lake City Art Center
Denver Museum of Modern Art
Artists of Utah
Utah Artists Intermountain Association of Artists
Member of PPA, Professional Photographers of America
Member of PDIA, Professional Digital Imaging
Association
Publications:
My work has appeared variously in magazines, books,
calendars, stationary, and exhibitions, including:
National Geographic publications, National Wildlife
publications, Canoe Magazine, Nature Conservancy
publications, North American Rock Garden Society
Bulletin, American Horticultural Society
publications, World Wildlife Fund publications,
Peavine Productions products, Backpacker Magazine,
Kendal Hunt Publishing science books, World Wildlife
Fund books, Franklin Watts Publishing, Grosvenor
Publishing, Macmillan Publishing, and The Utah
Travel Council. Guild Source Book 18 participation with a portfolio
published in September, 2003, page 249.
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"The
question is not what you look at but what you see."
--Henry David Thoreau |
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"Society must set the artist free
to follow his vision, wherever it takes him. We must
never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is
a form of truth. The highest duty of the artist is to
remain true to himself."
--John F. Kennedy,
1963 |
"Skill to do comes of doing."
--Ralph
Waldo Emerson |
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Marv making close-ups.
Marv making photographs in the Anza Borego Desert, California
Marv shooting at sunset with a large format field camera and competing
with millions of mosquitoes. |
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"I look
forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace
and beauty....I look forward to an America that will
reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement
in business or statecraft."
--John F. Kennedy, 1963 |
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