GREEN and GABBARD 4/6-5/23

Simplicity, consists of photographs and original haiku by the co-artists, Jim Gabbard, Director of Garrett Museum of Art, and Angela Green, Gallery Coordinator/Curator at Garrett Museum of Art. Jim’s recent personal photographic work has been centered with the idea of finding beauty in everything around us. “I have been especially drawn to the very simple elements that I find when I slow down and look at scenes from a different perspective. I have been trying to explore the combination of the visual image and the written word. The haiku I wrote for each of my photos expresses my views of the scene and how the image relates to my personal views and thoughts.” Angela comments, “ Simplicity to me implies a purity of beauty in an object or a scene. I know when I find this contentment within after thinking about the setting in which the photo was taken. The stillness of a photo I have taken and its subject, is nuanced by the sounds and light around it. Writing haiku to accompany the photos I took was challenging but certainly a journey into the photograph and into the words and how to make them flow but have meaning. The haiku brings the photo to life and gives it a story of its own.