Sept. 27th - Nov. 11th
Reception: Sat. Oct. 5th, 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Sat. Nov. 2, Time TBA
ECOLOGY
“Ecology” is an exploration of the interconnectedness amongst living organisms, humankind and their environments. The exhibition features works by Ben Depp, Ida Floreak and Heather ‘Bird’ Harris.
“Ecology” will be on view Sept. 27 to Nov. 11, 2024 with an opening reception Sat. Oct. 5th from 5-8pm and all are invited to attend.
Above: “Queen Bess” by Ben Depp, archival pigment print, 22 5 x 30 in
BEN DEPP
Moonrise
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 40 x 30 in., image size; Ed. of 10, #4 of 10, 42 x 32 in., framed, $4550
Note: Also available as 22.5 x 30 in., image, Ed. of 10, $3,000/unmounted & unframed ; $3450/mounted & framed
42 x 56 in., image, Ed. of 5, starting at $10,750/mounted & framed
BEN DEPP
QueenBess
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 22.5 x 30 in., image size; 24 x 31.5 in., framed; Ed. of 10, #1 of 10, $3450.
Note: Also available as 22.5 x 30 in., image, Ed. of 10, $3000/unmounted & unframed
30 x 40 in., image, Ed. of 10, $4000/unmounted & unframed
42 x 56 in., image, Ed. of 5, starting at $10750/mounted & framed
BEN DEPP
DelacroixMorning
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 22.5 x 30 in., image size; 24 x 31.5 in., framed; Ed. of 10, #7 of 10, $3450.
Note: Also available as 22.5 x 30 in., image, Ed. of 10, $3000/unmounted & unframed
30 x 40 in., image, Ed. of 10, $4000/unmounted & unframed
42 x 56 in., image, Ed. of 5, starting at $10750/mounted & framed
BEN DEPP
MorningFog
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 22.5 x 30 in., image size; 24 x 31.5 in., framed; Ed. of 10, #1 of 10, $3450.
Note: Also available as 22.5 x 30 in., image, Ed. of 10, $3000/unmounted & unframed
30 x 40 in., image, Ed. of 10, $4000/unmounted & unframed
42 x 56 in., image, Ed. of 5, starting at $10750/mounted & framed
BEN DEPP
Mayflies
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 22.5 x 30 in., image size; 24 x 31.5 in., framed; Ed. of 10, #8 of 10, $3450.
Note: Also available as 22.5 x 30 in., image, Ed. of 10, $3000/unmounted & unframed
30 x 40 in., image, Ed. of 10, $4000/unmounted & unframed
42 x 56 in., image, Ed. of 5, starting at $10750/mounted & framed
BEN DEPP
LowTide
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 30 x 40 in., image size; Ed. of 10, #1 of 10, 32 x 42 in., framed, $4550
Note: Also available as 22.5 x 30 in., image, Ed. of 10, $3,000/unmounted & unframed ; $3450/mounted & framed 42 x 56 in., image, Ed. of 5, starting at $10,750/mounted & framed
BEN DEPP
Montegut
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond and float framed in natural wood, 42 x 56 in., image size; 44 x 58 in., framed; Ed. of 5, #4 of 5, $15750
Note: Not available in another size or edition.
Altar/Pomegranate Oil on panel, 48 x 48 in., $6550
IDA FLOREAK
Tondo/Pomegranate Oil on panel, dia. 14 in., $1900
Float/Censer Oil on board, 12 x 9 in., framed, $1625
Float/Beetle Oil on board, 12 x 9 in., framed, $1625
Resurrect(Diptych)
Altar/Wasp Oil on panel, 10 x 8 in., $1200
IDA FLOREAK
Altar/Censer Oil on panel, 10 x 8 in., $1200
IDA FLOREAK
Egg,V Oil on panel, 4 x 4 in., $540
IDA FLOREAK
Egg,III Oil on panel, 4 x 4 in., $540
HEATHER ‘BIRD’ HARRIS
AffordancesofWater(AtchafalayaBasin)
Clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre, gouache, and water on Saunders 640 gsm paper
60 x 40 in., sheet ; 63.5 x 43.5 in., framed $7200
UntilIt’sAllGone(VultureGlobalLNG) Clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre, water & watercolor on Mylar on Saunders 640 gsm paper
60 x 40 in., sheet ; 63.5 x 43.5 in., framed $7200
After300MillionYearsofPressureandFire watercolor made with coal from a shipwrecked coal-burning vessel, crushed & reanimated in water on Saunders 640 gsm paper 30 x 22 in., sheet ; 33.25 x 25.25 in., framed $2300
AncientTreesandHumanFolly watercolor made with coal from a shipwrecked coal-burning vessel, crushed & reanimated in water on Saunders 640 gsm paper 30 x 22 in., sheet ; 33.25 x 25.25 in., framed $2300
TributaryMother
Watercolor & gouache made with clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre and water on Arches 640 gsm paper
20 x 16 in., sheet, framed
$1,100
Tributary,I
Watercolor & gouache made with clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre and water on Arches 640 gsm paper 17 x 11 in., sheet, framed
$700
Tributary,II
Watercolor & gouache made with clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre and water on Arches 640 gsm paper 17 x 11 in., sheet, framed
$700
Tributary,III
Watercolor & gouache made with clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre and water on Arches 640 gsm paper 17 x 11 in., sheet, framed
$700
Tributary,IV
Watercolor & gouache made with clay found in a tributary of the Mississippi River, red ochre and water on Arches 640 gsm paper 17 x 11 in., sheet, framed
$700
BEN DEPP
Ben Depp is a photographer and National Geographic Society Explorer, who lives and works in New Orleans. Depp makes aerial images flying over Louisiana’s coastline and wetlands in a powered paraglider. This mode of aerial transport allows him hours of exploration, a low flight path and the time-intensive search for surprising compositions. Depp’s imagery, a balance between environmental awareness and appreciation for the beauty of nature, is intended to honor the vanishing landscape
In the artist’s own words:
In my photographs, one can make out varieties of plants, see the weather and seasonal changes - from the shifting high-water line, color temperature and softness of light, to what is in bloom, distinguish living cypress trees from those that have been killed by saltwater intrusion, or see the patterns made by wave energy on barrier island beaches.
This intimate view of Louisiana from a birds-eye perspective prompts me – and I hope, others – to see and understand its landscape in new ways and to reexamine my [our] relationship to the environment...
Depp’s photographs have been exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Louisiana State Museum and the Southeastern Center for Photography. In 2017, he received a Communication Arts Annual Award and has received grants from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, the Ford Foundation, and the National Geographic Society. Depp’s work has been published in National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, The Sierra Club, Audubon Magazine, Cross Country Magazine and Louisiana Cultural Vistas. Depp’s first book, Tide Lines: A Photographic Record of Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast, was published in early 2023 and is available for purchase online and in bookstores
Portrait of the artist in flight
IDA FLOREAK
Ida Floreak is a New Orleans-based artist originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design where she studied painting and scientific illustration. Floreak spent time in Rome with RISD’s European Honors Program and worked as an archaeological illustrator on the Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project in Vescovado di Murlo, which greatly influenced her creative practice.
Floreak’s work deals with ecological anxieties paired with reverence for the natural world. She explores what it means to be human in a time of ecological disaster, where to find hope and our place in the recovery, as well as the universal human trait of worship Humanity is an ancient and vital part of the planets ecology - our belief systems and rituals are an integral facet of nature. Drawing from a classical tradition with influences in the Italian Renaissance and medieval reliquaries, she examines the importance of acknowledging a world and systems greater than oneself, and finding the sacred in the smallest artifacts of nature.
In addition to Louisiana, Floreak has shown her work in Massachusetts, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin. In 2016, she was selected for the juried exhibition “Louisiana Contemporary” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and in 2019, she had a solo exhibition, “Punctuated Evolution” at the Staniar Gallery of Washington & Lee University. Floreak’s work was also included in the group exhibition, “The Dandelion: A Symbol of Resistance” at the Longue Vue House & Gardens (2023).
Floreak’s work is included in a number of private and public collections. She was profiled by national publication Garden & Gun in 2022 and has also been featured in New Orleans Magazine and Apartment Therapy. In 2023, she was interviewed for a segment aired on the Public Broadcasting Station titled “Art Rocks!”
Portrait of the artist in her studio
HEATHER ‘BIRD’ HARRIS
Heather ‘Bird’ Harris is visual artist, curator and educator who recently moved to Atlanta from New Orleans. Harris received her B.S. in Art History and Studio Art from Skidmore College and Master’s Degree in Education Leadership from Columbia University. She is currently pursuing a MFA in Painting at Georgia State University.
Harris’s work explores the throughlines between history and ecological crises, engaging with communities, scientists, and site- specific materials to investigate memory, systems of complicity, and possibilities for emergence. he works with ethically gathered handfuls of site-specific natural materials that allow her to observe natural relationships, like white oak tree ink rooting through clay watercolor, crushed beach coal reanimating in sea water, or oak gall ink darkening with oxygen.
Harris has exhibited her work in galleries, museums and cultural organizations throughout the country. She has had solo exhibitions at the Salon Gallery (Arts Council of New Orleans), Science Gallery Atlanta and Emory University (Atlanta). Her art has also been exhibited at Art Fields (South Carolina), Stove Works (Tennessee), New Mexico State University Museum, Bristol Art Museum (Rhode Island) and the Barnes Ogden Gallery at Louisiana State University. In 2023, she was one of seven artists selected for the Arts & Social Justice Fellowship at Emory University. She has also been featured nationally on NPR, Sea Change, Artist/Mother Podcast, and All We Can Save Project.
In addition to the numerous private collectors who have acquired her work, Harris’s work is also included in the public collections of Ochsner Health (New Orleans), Emory University (Atlanta) and Brechtel Hospitality/Coppervine (New Orleans). Prior to pursuing art full-time, Harris worked in education and was the principal of a charter school in New Orleans where she focused on arts integration, leading her school to become 1 of 50 “Turnaround Arts Schools” nationwide through President Obama’s Committee on the Arts. Harris is the proud mother of two and lives in Atlanta with her husband Josh.
Portrait of the artist in her studio
