The Contemporary Print Series - Dan Cleary

Faith is a Bird that Sings (in honor of Marie Aull)

2018
Digital print
Edition of 25, from the Portfolio Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) CSA 2018

ABOUT THE WORK
Dan Cleary focused his lens on Five Rivers MetroParks Aullwood Garden. He researched Marie and John Aull’s legacy through the archives at Wright State University Library to find historic photographs with which he interweaved images from present day. The two images will be united digitally and printed on photographic paper using a high-quality inkjet printer. This type of print, invented in the late 1980s, is known as a Giclée (zhee-KLAY).

“My photographs are built of layers of images that interweave the past with the present. In this limited edition series I will be focusing on Aullwood Garden. The garden was the personal home of Marie and John Aull. It was Marie’s interests in conservation and her love for the environment that led her to donate 70 acres of land to establish the Aullwood Audubon Society in 1957. In 1997 Marie donated her home and 30 acre garden to the park district to create Aullwood Garden where she lived until her death in 2002 at the age of 105.”

ABOUT THE ARITST
Dan, a professional photographer, established Cleary Creative Photography in 1988. Since 2006 he has been exhibiting work in local fine art exhibitions and was selected as one of DVAC’s Artists to Watch for 2017. His current work explores the historical, geographical, and emotional connections of Dayton’s past and present.

For The Co’s 2018 CSA he focused his lens on Five Rivers MetroParks Aullwood Garden. He researched Marie and John Aull’s legacy through the archives at Wright State University Library to find historic photographs with which he interweaved images from present day. The two images will be united digitally and printed on photographic paper using a high-quality inkjet printer. This type of print, invented in the late 1980s, is known as a Giclée (zhee-KLAY).