HORSES AS LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE AS HORSE, HORSE AS DANCE

The subject of horses as landscape, as abstracted forms and by the flow of their movement as dance, resonates with me.  From the Paleolithic cave paintings of Lascaux to Degas’ Dancers, Muybridge’s horses in motion, and my living in the American West inspired this series of Horses. 

I intend my photographs to be places that one's spirit can rest or recklessly fall into.       

The work is inspired by illuminated forms, driven by "writing" with light, coupled with a constant close observation of my environment and the desire to communicate this imagery with the viewer.         
Jenny Gummersall©2011

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Jenny Gummersall’s images of horses, natural objects and landscapes present an enduring and iconic vision of the West. But while the subject matter is familiar, Jenny’s photographs abstract the shapes into unfamiliar forms. This is seen clearly in her horse abstract series where the extreme close-up view of the manes, backs and faces of these animals are transformed to suggest landscapes, dance, or other purely natural scenes.  Theresa Murray 2009

“My favorite image is “Dust,” a photo of a pair of hooves on the ground, which appears to be surrounded in a mist, or smoke, or something mysterious in nature, but is simply a dust cloud captured on film.

The artist states: “I intend my photographs to be places that one’s spirit can rest or recklessly fall into,” and it’s easy to agree with Gummersall as her photographs are pleasantly composed.
-Sarah DaCorta     Omahype Feb 2011