As a painter and trained artist, I apply the principles of composition, perspective and color theory to the art of photography. My personal work consists of photographic illustrations using hand painting and drawings superimposed on archival sepia tone prints. As a former sculptor and trained artist, I apply the principles of composition, perspective and color to the art of photography. My persona
l work consists of photographic illustrations using hand painting and superimposed drawing on archival sepia tone prints. I learned photography independently, first as a photo assistant at the Florida State University Fine Arts photography lab, then as an architectural and documentary photography with the Florida Department of Historical Resources. I also used photographic skills and techniques as a museum exhibits designer and illustrator, a promotional photographer for historical sites and museums in the Southeast and a photojournalist at the Pensacola News Journal, a Gannet publication. My last formal training in photography was under John Scaffiti, the late professor of B&W photography at Appalachian State University, with whom I took two classes in large format photography and black and white development processes. John reawakened my ability to see the many patterns that surround us and can be translated into photographic images. Most of all, the many art history classes that I attended and my numerous eight-hour visits to the museums of Washington DC and New York City made me consider an image as I might view a fine painting at the Metropolitan, with an eye towards lighting, composition and color. I received my training in art at Florida State University, Ringling School of Art and Design, the Art Students League of New York City and Appalachian State University. I learned photography first out of love for the medium of B&W photography, and later, as a matter of necessity for my life’s work of conserving and documenting cultural events, musical performances, museums and historic sites throughout the Southeastern United States, the Four Corners region, Puerto Rico and Spain. Deanna Jarvis
Bear Holler, Boone, NC