ArtPrize September 19 - October 7, 2012 | Grand Rapids, MI
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Ron Porritt
Hudsonville, Michigan
Education
BA
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The Final Collage
The Final Collage
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Ron Porritt

Artist bio

I am a photographer and writer, and have been participating in West Michigan art shows for the last five years. All of my photography is of Michigan, and all of my writing (short prose and poetry) is inspired by the photography. I have a book cover to my credit and ten pages in the Pure Michigan "Spring" book put out by the State of Michigan. Some of the pictures taken for "Pure Michigan" are on the Pure Michigan web site and some are used by the Kalamazoo County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
About the work
Title: This Is Michigan

Art form: 2-D

Medium: Photography and Writing

Year created: Work not created yet

Description of work: The underlying theme of my work is always Michigan. We may not have mountains, but that's OK. We have woods, water, wild places, and a heritage that is uniquely our own. I am offering a photographic collage of images representing Michigan and who we are. The focal point of each image is something of age. Something to admire, touched by the scrapes and dents of time. It may be a lighthouse that has stood for a hundred years, an old car rusting in a field, a cabin in the woods, or a unique building in town. Look beyond the surface to the life and story inside. Yesterday can be an inspiration. Most of the individual pictures can be seen at http://thisismichigan.500px.com/

Height: 6 feet
Width: 9 feet
Depth: 1 feet

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Ron Porritt is showing at:

Cornerstone Building Cornerstone Building
89 Ionia NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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