Denise Schellmann begins by delving into the often-overlooked beauty of the small: rendering the invisible visible through light-microscopic photographs drawn from the everyday environment.
With these organic structures, forms, and tissues, she enters into a delicate dialogue in drawing. Her dots, lines, and shapes speak of wonder, a reverent joy in synthesis with the microcosm.
Nature itself provides the framework, guiding the choice of colors and forms, while art, in turn, opens and expands upon nature with spontaneous gesture.
Each motif appears in an edition of three pigment prints. She reworks every print individually by hand, so that within an edition no impression resembles another and each one remains unique.