eleanor owen kerr
heaven and earth
ARTIST STATEMENT
“HEAVEN and EARTH explores spaces where the material world meets the unseen.
The prints, made by directly exposing botanical elements to the sun, record rapid changes in the materials and capture ephemeral suggestions rather than literal depictions. For me, the blue of the cyanotypes conjures associations with the infinite. It becomes a field where earthly forms appear, dissolve and reconfigure - a space where emotion and imagination can take hold. Gold leaf, a counterpoint to the ephemeral, marks thresholds or passages. Together, the elemental and organic materials explore a dialogue between the transient and the timeless, the tactile and the luminous.
Probing a dialogue between earth and sky, material and spiritual, the images are grounded in the space where seen and unseen meet.” - Kerr
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photographer Eleanor Owen Kerr is the recipient of three 2008 LUCIE International Photography Awards and a 2006 finalist in the Black and White Spider International Photography Awards. Her work is exhibited annually in galleries in New York, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, as well as in juried shows around the country. Her photographs were on view by invitation to the U.S. State Department’s ART loan program from 2006-2009 to the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
In 2005, Eleanor completed a Professional Certificate in photography at Rockport College. She also studied privately with internationally renowned photographer, Paul Caponigro.
This exhibition is presented alongside the latest works from Jacqueline Dee Parker and Herb Roe. All works from these artists are on view, free of charge, during regular gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) from February 27 - March 22, 2026.