In a Piscean World, Marico Fayre

Artist Statement: "I search for serenity in the midst of confusion. I want to capture a fleeting moment, turn a thought into something tangible, something understandable. In an idealized moment I find a glimpse of the essence of life, the truth of my experience, and a record of the transient beauty of nature."

Photographer Marico Fayre believes viewers look to artists for an insight into the world, the psyche, and human relationships; she endeavors to communicate something of her world, real and imagined, through the shared experience of creating and viewing artwork. Using photography as her medium provides the opportunity to show actual places and moments, colored by her interpretation and experiences.

Marico began falling in love with photography while using a pink plastic point-and-shoot in the woods surrounding her childhood home. Moving up to an old Honeywell Pentax with black & white film in high school helped define her vision and personal style, based on natural light and strong compositions. She made the switch from traditional film to digital photography in 2005 and the digital realm provided Marico with the opportunity to begin making self-portraits. Inspired by the power she has as both the artist and the model, Marico is mindful that historically a female artist depicting herself or other women was a subversion of the traditional role of women in art: a subject to be passively viewed. Marico continues to explore the connotations of this role reversal in both portraits and self-portraits.

She can be found on the web at www.mfayrephotography.com, www.adelinealice.etsy.com, www.mfayrephotography.etsy.com

Used by permission. Please contact the artist directly for all enquiries regarding reproduction rights, purchase of this artwork and/or reproductions thereof, and any and all information pertaining to other works of art created by this artist, who retains the copyright and those moral rights granted by the Berne Convention and applicable law.

Art selected by Lillian Cohen-Moore