Pixel Perfect: The Digital Fine Art Exhibition

Samuel E. Burns

Exhibition At

Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery established in 1984, dedicated to the promotion of national and international artists, providing original fine art to established and emerging collectors and catering to special events in support of fine art organizations that foster social awareness and promote environmental issues. The gallery is also the publisher of ARTisSpectrum Magazine and the sponsor of ARTmine.Com.

 

Trained photographer Samuel E. Burns, channels the raw power of his imagination through the lens of his camera and metals he welds into serpentine abstraction. Finding through both media equally satisfying means of exploring sensory perception, Burns uses his hands to atomize matter and materialize ether. With a responsive eye and sensitive touch, Burns shapes invisible dimensions of reality into vortices of steel, while reducing solid phenomena to pixel values. Surveying the world largely through his camera, Burns captures and reproduces that which seizes his attention: sometimes true to life, other times reinterpreting or deconstructing life through digital manipulation. The multi-talented artist has earned recognition for his striking sculptural designs, with his photographs transforming what we believe to be sensible and concrete into something illusory and nebulous. Samuel E. Burns is a member of the Tri-State Sculptors Education Association. He currently resides in Southport, North Carolina. Pixel Perfect:The Digital Fine Art Exhibition Reception: Thursday February 1, 2007 6-8 PM Exhibition Dates: 1/26/2007 - 2/15/2007 Invitation to Samuel E. Burns's exhibition

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Goosenecks State Park

May 26, 2006

By Samuel E Burns

After leaving Hovenweep National Monument, our next destination on our travel list was Gooseneck State Park. Pulling into this park, there did not appear to be much in the way of scenery. As you look around all you saw was the parking lot, picnic tables and a low stonewall. With just just two other cars in the parking lot, we began to wonder if we were in the right place. The further we ventured into the park, the more it becomes apparent that there was indeed more to see.



Having parked our vehicle we walked over to this low stonewall. This wall was there to prevent you from walking over the edge and into the San Juan River Gorge. The river has carved out a deep canyon that drops some 1,000 feet below where we were now standing. Over a distance of one and a half miles, the San Juan River flows for more than six miles.
There was a mild breeze that day but if you listened real hard you could hear the river flowing below us.



Gazing out over this spectacular view of the Goosenecks, we could not help but wonder why there were so few people taking advantage of this vista. We did not complain. It would appear that most people just drive in, step out, take some photos, & are on their way in less than 15 minutes. I would recommend that you spend at least hour to really soak up such unique geology.

Please note that there is no drinking water available. The park does have picnic areas, primitive camping, vault toilets, and an observation shelter. There are no developed hiking trails in the park but the Honaker Trail, a few miles to the northwest, provides access to the San Juan River.

All photography by Samuel E Burns