Visions of Eagle Bluffs
On display in the South Gallery at the Columbia Art League
January 30 - February 24, 2024
Artist Statement
I feel privileged each time I venture into the land called Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area. The collected photographic works entitled "Visions of Eagle Bluffs" was a project that has taken about five years to reach this stage. I am drawn to its painterly countenance and made certain the photos reflected that romanticism. The wetland, famous for becoming one due to the Great Flood of 1993, changes not only with the seasons but with the amount of water it contains at any given point. Sometimes rich with reflections, at others merely mud, it is an ever-changing landscape. But always, there are migratory birds and the American Bald Eagles, who gave their name to the area. Each print is offered here on solid body archival canvas created with pigment inks to last a lifetime. To print this natural area on canvas feels very natural and authentic to the place -- a place where nature reigns supreme.
Artist Bio
Deni Cary Phillips has had a camera in her hands since childhood. Unable to develop prints in the darkroom, she was thrilled when digital photography gave her creative control of processing. Deni shoots outdoors and the natural environment almost exclusively. Travel photography, landscapes ancient architecture, and intimate landscapes are her favorite subjects. Self-taught for many years, she is also a graduate of The Arcanum, a now-defunct online school where she studied under several well-known photographers, as well as a student of Don Giannatti's commercial photography classes.
Her work is on permanent display in several local residences and commercial buildings in Columbia Missouri. She is happy to work with clients to create the right-sized photographs from her collection.
Contact Deni through Columbia Art League for more engagement with the "Visions of Eagle Bluffs" collection.
