The Barn Series, photo emulsion transfer on panel, 8"x10", SOLD

Mr. Wilde writes, "I started to photograph these places with the idea that I would use the photos for the paintings or drawings, but I never could get away from my interest in the captured image.  I started to realize that through exploring some alternative photo processes, I might be able to use a photograph instead of a painting or drawing to convey a story.  So I started using the photographic images, mixing them with the other old photos and documents that I had found to form collages."

Orchid Sprig, 22"x28", Private Collection
photo emulsion on white gold in a handcrafted GLD frame
with 12KT white gold over black clay and a black waxed finish

"As I started photographing pathways with bare trees or heavy fog laden over growth, and deteriorating barns choked with vines and growth, I found that one of my primary themes was the intersection of man and nature.  The fringes, out of the cities and suburbs is where you find nature slowly taking back what man has built, like grass growing through cracks in the sidewalk.  This exploration of structure and nature led me to find a second main subject, botanical photographs.  Shot in the studio under controlled lighting, they are somewhat opposite of my outdoor work, yet they are also about seeing the shape and form of nature and truly observing the things that we pass by all the time: 'old building,' 'pretty flower,' etc.  In these flowers, I try to find a balance between beauty and mystery."

Night Blooms, photo emulsion transfers, 10"x8"ea.
SOLD

“Cornel Wilde is a preservationist; through his vision and his painterly images, we are reminded of a truth-abandoned and decaying houses, farms, bridges, factories, and monuments all make clear our dying South.  Juxtaposing this truth, and perhaps as a breath of life, Cornel illustrates the texture and tonal dance of light and shadow with his flower images.”
~Alan P. Shuptrine

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