tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60699114086427023422024-03-05T21:24:46.187-05:00Artwork by Rebekah YoungerMusings on artUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-80970256988301439142015-09-28T17:27:00.000-04:002015-09-28T17:58:49.068-04:00One sheet of paperI have been interested and posting in a Facebook group, Minimalist Photography lately. The most recent challenge was food for some creative work today. The challenge was to photograph one sheet of plain paper, keeping it simple. How to do that and keep the subject of paper without gimmicks or artifice, in the Miksang way was my own added twist. Here are some of the resultsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-66528706505025572982015-01-02T19:43:00.000-05:002015-01-02T19:56:17.635-05:00What makes a compelling photograph?
Recently I have been pondering what makes a compelling photograph. Perhaps it is because I have been rummaging through the more than 10,000 images on my hard drive for a select few to submit to shows, realizing that while occasionally a few may resonate with me, so many fall short.
Or maybe it is because of the many more images I see regularly by my digital photography students or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-30468133389066680822013-07-21T22:57:00.000-04:002013-07-21T22:59:05.229-04:00Confronting the Impact of Profiling with Art
Frat Brother - 1994 by Rebekah Younger
acrylic and mirror on plywood
Do you feel threatened by this image? If so, why? This weekend I was showing my work as part of Bath Artwalk's Open Studios. Part of my display was placing my painted cutout figures in the hallway to draw attention to the entrance to my exhibit. As I stated in my last post, these images are about how we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-12594176508308204822013-07-06T16:41:00.000-04:002013-07-06T16:41:04.853-04:00The Painted Figure - Inner & Outer
What does it mean to be human? To live both the inner and outer life? The spiritual and secular? Through my paintings and drawings I explore this subject. "Soul Painter" (above) is a life size cutout in plywood, painted with acrylic. One side expresses how we define ourselves by our clothing, our consumerism, putting on an identity like paper dolls. As Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-27834318590792812352012-10-17T18:30:00.001-04:002012-10-17T18:58:29.766-04:00Contemplating Water
Aryaloka Buddhist Center, Newmarket, NH
The Earth, Water, Fire Exhibit of my contemplative photography is on display at Aryaloka Buddhist Center from Oct. 5 - Nov. 14, 2012. I will be speaking about my work at the center on Nov. 11 at 6 pm. This post is part of a series of musings on the elements as I have expressed them in my art.
Ripple - 2007
The element water has always Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-46649962120443354012012-09-18T17:31:00.000-04:002012-09-18T17:32:27.107-04:00Contemplating earth
Yellow Triangle - c. 2006
I awoke this morning musing on the elemental qualities of earth. To skillfully work with this world a clear understanding of the elements and how they work helps. So it is not surprising that so many contemplatives have spent time observing and reflecting on the qualities of earth, water, fire, wind and space. Indeed cultures as diverse as Chinese, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-27775429185716574892012-09-17T21:28:00.003-04:002012-09-18T17:40:53.966-04:00Upcoming Earth, Water and Fire Exhibit
Exhibit at Aryaloka Buddhist Center
October 5 - November 14, 2012
I will be exhibiting a series of photographic prints on paper and canvas, centered around the theme of earth, water and fire. Most of these were taken as part of my graduate work in 2006-2007. My masters portfolio centered on contemplative arts practices, and more specifically photography as a tool for contemplative Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-66344615052401555682011-09-18T17:01:00.000-04:002011-09-20T15:24:09.465-04:00Light Moves - new work
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I am fascinated by the capacity of photography to capture light in motion. There is something so evocative of unseen forces and energy alive in our world that these images express to me. From the start, several people have commented that my approach to this medium is more as a painter than a photographer.&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-55812820105665876352011-01-02T23:49:00.001-05:002011-01-03T00:02:44.465-05:00Self Portrait for the New Year
In the realm of space which is unborn, unobstructed mind
Forms arise through the dynamic play of creativity;
Though these may come and go with the passage of time,
To join in the artistic dance is magic unceasing!
From Gega Lama; great thangka parinter (1931-1996)
Darjeeling, India
September, 1981May your year be filled with the dance of creation!
This image was created from a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-21032688008956738542010-01-03T01:03:00.003-05:002010-01-03T10:33:34.330-05:00A Glut of ImagesIt's tough being an artist these days. Everyone is an artist, we all have access to cameras, software that paints for us and new imagery is uploaded by the millions to personal computers and the internet daily. Why would anyone invest in another's artwork when we are so inundated with free imagery? It's particularly tough for those of us who are making digital photographic Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-60115831644313030662009-12-18T17:56:00.060-05:002010-01-02T07:58:16.857-05:00The Onli InfluenceI've been thinking a bit about lineage and how interactions with specific people can shape and change the course of our lives and art. One such connection has been instrumental in shaping my life on so many levels that it bears long overdue acknowledgment.
30 years ago through the doors of my frame shop in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood came the artist, Turtel Onli. Onli had Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-14052228501820409122009-10-21T23:21:00.002-04:002009-10-21T23:35:37.293-04:00Flash of Perception - Preview of my upcoming book
Here is a teaser of my upcoming book called, "Flash of Perception." The book features my photographs and mixed media artwork from the past 3 years, divided into five sections relating to the elemental energies of Water, Earth, Fire, Wind and Space.
These energies are active archetypal forces at work in all aspects of life and can be manifested in our own behaviors as either enlightened Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-51275164875571177142009-09-23T19:20:00.005-04:002009-09-23T22:25:04.619-04:00Cover Image for Goddard College Clockworks Magazine
"Released" by Rebekah Younger cover image for Fall 2009 Goddard College Alumni Magazine
I just got my copy in the mail of the Goddard College Alumni magazine which features one of my photographs on the cover. While my clothing images have been published on the covers of national magazines in the past, this is my first cover featuring my own photography and artwork. My Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-22329989193866618402009-09-12T20:12:00.001-04:002009-09-12T20:36:45.731-04:002nd Annual 10 x10 Benefit for Arts are Elementary in Brunswick, MEHeart of Gold - watercolor - Rebekah Younger - 3" x 3"Yesterday I dropped off three watercolors for the 2nd Annual 10 x 10 Exhibit & Sale.
The Sale is on:
Friday, October 9, 2009, 5 - 8 p. m. Opening Reception
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10 a. m. - 2 p. m.
at 3 locations in Downtown Brunswick, Maine
The Curtis Memorial Library - Morrell Meeting Room - 23 Pleasant St.
Points of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-59575134197015017792008-10-19T10:06:00.008-04:002008-10-19T10:36:35.521-04:00Extracts Show Review in Maine Sunday TelegramThe day after my show opened at Addison Woolley Gallery, the owner, Susan, called me, saying excitedly that Philip Isaacson, the art critic from the Maine Sunday Telegram, had stopped by the show and was quite taken with my work. He asked for a picture to be included with a review he would write about the work. We waited a couple weeks and today the review is finally in the paper! Jim Kelly's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-9523078696875978972008-10-15T13:00:00.006-04:002008-10-16T17:52:33.068-04:00Addison Woolley Gallery Opening and New Web Show siteFor those of you who couldn't join us in Portland on Oct. 3 for the opening of my show at the Addison-Woolley Gallery here are a few pictures of the scene. The show is up until Nov. 1, so if you are in Portland, ME visit the gallery at 87 Market St. Check out the gallery website for show hours. All of these images were taken by my husband, Guy Marsden.The gallery was brightly lit and ready for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-20879424328006278142008-10-01T23:28:00.010-04:002008-10-02T10:24:26.311-04:00Camera as Artist's Tool: Artwork by Rebekah Younger, Jim Kelly, Paul Brahms and Arunas BukauskasWell it is happening! I am exhibiting a whole collection of my photographs at a gallery in Portland, ME along with 3 other artists. The show is entitled, "Camera as Artist's Tool" and opens on Friday, October 3 - November 1 at the Addison-Woolley Gallery at 87 Market St. The opening is from 5-8 pm on October 3 and there will be an artist talk on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 2pm. Come see the show if Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-33630872452745091702008-06-06T15:03:00.003-04:002008-06-06T15:24:13.529-04:00Canoe Ride RefinedThis is a temporary solution for presenting the video, "Canoe Ride" with titles and credits. I am thoroughly frustrated by the technology glitches of different video file formats and compatibility with viewers, between Mac's and PC's. While Quicktime will allow me to convert a file from .mov to .avi and Windows Movie Maker will read .avi files (but not. mov files) I am hitting a wall in trying Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-65440587645021002532008-06-01T21:07:00.003-04:002008-06-01T21:28:39.062-04:00My entry in the "My Piece of Maine" contestThis has been a weekend spent at the computer, as I learned how to edit and upload my video entry in the "My Piece of Maine" contest on YouTube. As I have been working on video editing my various clips of light and water movements referenced in the previous posts, I thought I would kick it up a notch and enter this contest. The prizes are great! $20,000 for the 1st prize, $5,000 for the 2nd Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-44339891529004364192008-05-17T08:49:00.018-04:002008-06-01T19:43:59.712-04:00An Act of GenerosityI have been reading, The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura, a classic text on both the Tea Ceremony and Japanese aesthetics written in 1906. I have always been drawn to Japanese culture since I was a small child. Something about the aesthetics of that culture has always resonated as familiar and true to me. This has grown over the years, showing up as imagery in my paintings.It has influenced my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-72729284223530784002008-05-13T00:11:00.009-04:002008-05-13T21:09:31.613-04:00The Act of SeeingIt has occurred to me that having presented this array of images for your enjoyment it might be nice to talk a bit about the why and how of my photographic process. I picked up the camera again, after only cursory use for travel and art documentation, in 2006 when I was recovering from heart bypass surgery. As a lifelong artist, I was looking for a way to express myself in my weakened state and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-62300158182536045212008-05-06T13:09:00.005-04:002008-05-06T14:37:52.291-04:00First Canoe Ride of the YearSpring is finally here! This video was taken on our first canoe ride of the year. Now with my trusty digital audio recorder I am adding more sounds to my videos. The soundtrack for this video is of peepers who rule the evening airwaves around our house in the spring. Night Ripple is the title of this video short. Enjoy! The water levels have been particularly high ( just short of flood stageUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-610524495929220372008-05-01T21:37:00.001-04:002008-05-01T21:46:32.371-04:00Spring flower arrangements for Brunswick Shambhala Center Today was spent arranging flowers at my local Shambhala Buddhist Center.This was the first arrangement of the year using collected material from gardens rather than greenhouse flowers from the grocer. It is always a treat to have native plants to work with. I am still very much a beginner at Ikebana arranging. However, I do enjoy and get lost in the hours of practice. I worked with another Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-46759039667231061172008-04-13T09:38:00.010-04:002008-04-20T00:29:51.490-04:00Bodhisattva Light VideoIt is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. Franz Kafka from AphorismsThis moment of light refraction one morning begged to be recorded. Then came the question of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069911408642702342.post-15289672995530172032008-03-05T08:32:00.009-05:002008-05-07T22:56:36.449-04:00Snow ProjectionsDuring the winter residency at Goddard I wanted to play with my new digital projector. I had the brilliant idea (if I do say so myself) of using the snow as a screen. I gave a couple showings of my videos on that surface to great effect. I particularly like the waterfall or memories of spring in the harsh wintry weather. Enjoy! This video was shot by my fellow student/friend Mark Andrews. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0