Heather Protz: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

VintageReview

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Inspired

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

inspired series:

These images were inspired by panoramic over lapping framed toy camera images. I found as I explored Las Vegas, Nevada I was able to depict my experience and understanding of this habitat through a controlled panoramic exploration. Cities are chaotic energetic places, by presenting the scape through the multi-image panoramic, life emerges from within the contained frame, revealing the energy found throughout the environment.

sky mountain

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Las Vegas

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

misc2007

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Lonnie

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

statues

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

summer 2007

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

neonpin 30x20

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

nevada

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

fairs, festivals & events

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

student work CSN

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

misc2003-04

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

student work YSU

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

dogs

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Las Vegas 2

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NeonPin

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NeonPin

Neon signs, pinball games, old toys, Vegas

Pinball: as a kid, I played game after game, but then the video game revolution seeped into my existence, altering my gaming experience, soon replacing the physical beauty of the pinball machine with an electronic glow that drew us all in. Today we walk by an unplugged video game and there is no draw, but when we walk by a pinball game and drop that quarter, we are living the experience, the artistry, the bells, music, voices. Even when a pinball game is unplugged, it is a gorgeous piece of art.

Neon: like a pinball game, neon is a visual experience. Unlike the LED screens today that tell us a story in moving images, neon was the movement running across a building facade, creating a logo. When an LED is off, there is black; when neon is off, you still have the movement, the color from the subsurface - there is evidence of its glory days.

Toys: you find old toys everywhere. Every adult has a memory of that toy they played with as a youth (some of us even have those old toys in a closet or on a shelf). A glimpse of a toy takes us back to our carefree days.

Vegas: an embrace of the new, with a nostalgia for the old.

This series has become a generational document of nostalgia - graphic, colorful, and bold.

Transport

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Transport:

The movement of humans, animals, machinery and even air and clouds is the basis of this work. You are looking at images of parking lots, landscape, skyscapes, cityscape, planes, trains, snakes and birds composited together into one canvas. Together these elements represent my daily observations. With these images I am interested in how the ground is not the ground yet is the ground. Playing with juxtaposition of ground and sky you are forced to deal with a familiar yet unfamiliar space. As the pieces get larger you are forced to move to explore the space, the ground becomes deceiving.

Transport2

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

inspired2

heather@theartphotographer.com (Heather Protz) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT