Stills

Artist Laurinda Stockwell moved from New Jersey to New Mexico last year and now has a wonderful studio and gallery/showroom with her husband, Mark Sharrock. This talented lady has worked in many mediums and exhibited in numerous galleries here in the states as well as internationally. Growing up on a hog farm in Ohio, like most rural kids, she spent lots of time outdoors and observing nature. That has informed her work throughout her career, and wildlife plays a large role in all of her art.

A wonderful grouping of owls on her gallery wall.

A detail of a beautifully drafted owl in mixed media.

Laurinda has worked in painting, sculpture, and jewelry.

Part of Laurinda’s current work in photography on metal.

In Laurinda’s Artist’s Statement about her series, Stills, she says, “I collect and photograph objects that suggest a narrative. By arranging these objects together they become landscapes to me. Chosen objects evoke an emotional power and I arrange and photograph them to suggest a story. I’m particularly interested in the push and pull between humans and the natural world. It’s always a power struggle between the desire to make our own destiny and the overwhelming power of climate and other natural forces.

I print these images on a metallic surface to suggest the 19^th century historic processes such as tintypes and daguerreotypes. My prints become objects themselves with this luminous material and are informed by early photography as well as 19^th century interests in natural history and Darwin.”

Laurinda is one of those artists who continues to explore new mediums and finds excitement and passion in the very act of exploration. To see more of her work, go to laurindastockwell.artspan.com.

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