Kristi Kuder

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Here, in Minnesota, few things are more prominent than the expansiveness of sky and water and are manifested by a broad spectrum of blues. I consider blue to be analogous to distance and the unknown in which ambiguity often resides. Observing my rural surroundings has influenced how I perceive ambiguity. The elements within nature cause me to question points of liminality. Where does sky become earth when concealed by rain, snow, or fog? When does a fallen leaf become soil, or a caterpillar become a butterfly? At what p oint does an abandoned farmstead become nature’s ward? My photographs represent an exercise in seeing, honing perception of the ephemeral life of natural elements that are in a constant state of transformation. They also exist as a record of an intimate and sustained exchange between me and my surroundings, centered on forming a deeper relationship to place.

Image opposite : Belt of Venus