Barb Vogel
Twists, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Peace Lillies, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Aunt Irene, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Red Peace Lily, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
White Peace Lily, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Echinaceas and Black Eyed Susans, Hasselblad negative scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax
Orchid 1, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x12 in
Orchid 2, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 13x13 in
Orchid 3, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x12 in
Orchid 4, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 13x13 in
Orchid 5, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x12 in
Orchid 6, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x12 in
The Messenger, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Kojo, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 18x12 in
Michael, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 18x12 in
Laura, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 18x12 in
AJ, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 18x12 in
Portraits available for commission.
artist info
Barbara Vogel received her BFA and MFA from the Ohio State University. She creates images based in alternative photographic processes. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Ohio, the Southern Ohio Museum in Portsmouth, Ohio, and the Ross ArtMuseum in Delaware, Ohio. Locally, her work can be seen in the permanent collections of the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, the Hilton Columbus Downtown, and the Columbus Convention Center.
The imagery presented in this exhibition is “clickless” photography created with a hand-held wand scanner, an instrument designed to be used on books and flat materials. The scans take over five seconds, which develops an intimacy between the subject and the photographer, as well as a different kind of image. The ambient light and the light of the scanner create valleys of shadows and unusual luminosity. The soft focus gives both people and plants a sense of the historical or antique, while veils of light bathe each subject with serenity that elevates the imagery above the commonplace, decorative, or commercial. I cover these images with fused encaustic medium to add to their other-worldly, unattainable preserved quality.