Beach Stone by Robyn Barron

Details

Year: 2023
Medium: Ilford Galerie Fine Art Textured Silk 270gsm

• Retail price for the framed work is for pick-up from NERAM, Armidale. Shipping Australia-wide can be arranged and will be invoiced separately.
• Retail price for unframed prints already includes shipping Australia-wide

Description

Description: Sometimes life is just about clinging to the rock so the waves don't wash you away. An exploration into the balance found in nature. The nurturing, the symbiosis, the beauty of it all. A piece of treasure found at Flat Rock Beach, Ballina. Shot in my studio with natural light on my iPhone.

Biography

Robyn Barron is a botanical photographer and horticulturalist.

Barron values the intricacies seen in nature and strives to reveal the exceptional detail present in all her chosen subject matter. Barron believes that we all need to connect to our amazingly diverse natural world even more now than ever before: connection creates concern; concerns create action. She hopes that her art will inspire discussion and exploration of nature.

Through her work as a horticulturalist, namely as a consultant and garden designer, Barron has cultivated a unique insight into the natural environment. While walking the beaches of Ballina with her husband, she keeps a keen eye out for pieces of driftwood, coral, shells, and stones. 

Also up on the beach tracks she is constantly on the lookout for unusual leaves, flowers and seed pods. Her garden is not only a huge resource for her but also a place of joy and peace. The chosen methodology primarily focuses on utilising this insight when collecting specimens to photograph. She walks. She collects. She captures. She creates.

Deeply influenced by the photographers Leendert Blok, Karl Blossfeldt, Sarah Moon, and her husband and mentor Charles Barron, who taught her everything about still life: the art of great light and an eye for perfect detail.

Barron won a gold medal in the Tokyo International Photo Awards (TIFA) and a silver in the Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) in the Fine Arts Category.

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