Barb Vogel
Melinda Rosenberg & Barb Vogel, Two Hands Canoe, painted pine and cedar, 48x5x2 in
Barb Vogel, Gypsy Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax
Barb Vogel, Long Stem Zinnias, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax
Barb Vogel, Pink, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax
Barb Vogel, Crimson, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax
Barb Vogel, Violet, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Barb Vogel, Red Peace Lily, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Barb Vogel, Double Orange, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x12 in
Barb Vogel, Pink Orchid 1, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 10x8 in
Barb Vogel, Pink Orchid 2, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 10x8 in
Barb Vogel, Four Orange Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x9 in
Barb Vogel, Just Pink, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 8x8 in
Barb Vogel, Double White, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 8x8 in
Barb Vogel, Red Zinnias, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Barb Vogel, Single Orchid, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 24x12 in
Barb Vogel, White Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 10x8 in
Barb Vogel, Clematis, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in, SOLD
Barb Vogel, Cosmos with Bee, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Barb Vogel, Light Clematis, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Barb Vogel, White Peace Lily, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 30x40 in
Barb Vogel, Buds, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Barb Vogel, White & Magenta Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Barb Vogel, White Cascading Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Barb Vogel, Orange Orchids, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 36x24 in
Barb Vogel, Orchid 4, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 13x13 in
Barb Vogel, Orchid 6, hand held wand digital scan and print, mounted on board, fused with wax, 12x12 in
artist info
Barbara Vogel received her BFA and MFA from the Ohio State University. She creates images based in alternative photographic processes. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Ohio, the Southern Ohio Museum in Portsmouth, Ohio, and the Ross ArtMuseum in Delaware, Ohio. Locally, her work can be seen in the permanent collections of the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, the Hilton Columbus Downtown, and the Columbus Convention Center.
The imagery presented in this exhibition is “clickless” photography created with a hand-held wand scanner, an instrument designed to be used on books and flat materials. The scans take over five seconds, which develops an intimacy between the subject and the photographer, as well as a different kind of image. The ambient light and the light of the scanner create valleys of shadows and unusual luminosity. The soft focus gives both people and plants a sense of the historical or antique, while veils of light bathe each subject with serenity that elevates the imagery above the commonplace, decorative, or commercial. I cover these images with fused encaustic medium to add to their other-worldly, unattainable preserved quality.