Our February Art Wall exhibit, “Two Photographers Inspired by Buddhist Teachings,” opens with a reception at 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 2, and runs through February 27. All the works are for sale, with part of the proceeds

benefiting UUCCSM.

 

Photographer Karen Redding is showing selected works from “Travels Through Humanity,” her social documentary of indigenous people she has met in many parts of the world. UUCCSM member, Carol Ring, is showing works created by combining three evocative photos with a brief, superimposed “loving-kindness” phrase.

 

Karen became a professional photographer in 2008. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with a private practice and runs a mindfulness meditation practice. This background, combined with her passion for travel, inspires her relationship to her subjects and how she interprets what she sees. The work embraces the human landscape of diversity while highlighting what it means to be human: our need for connection; a quest for safety and a sense of belonging; our innate desire to be seen and accepted deeply. These photos from her travels have received favorable reviews in several art exhibitions in Southern California. Read more about her work at www.karenkredding.com

 

Carol always carries her camera, often stopping to shoot whatever captures her eye: reflections  clouds, graffiti, land and cityscapes, or just interesting abstractions of shapes and colors. She recently retired from a career as a graphic artist, and is becoming an ardent meditator and student of Buddhism and neuropsychology.

 

Each piece in this show features one photo that serves as a visual frame for two other images and a mindfulness or metta (loving-kindness) phrase superimposed. The works are meant to “re-mind” the viewer to be more  present, to relax more deeply into a felt-sense of our true nature. These prints are made by infusing dyes onto coated brushed aluminum. See this show and all of Carol’s artwork at http://www.yessy.com/carolring

 

Admission to this show is free, all works are for sale. Opening Reception: Sunday, February 2, 2014 at  1:00. Meet Karen K. Redding and Carol Ring. Light refreshments. Closing Reception:  Sunday, February 22, 2014 at 12:00 - 1:30. Open Sundays in February from 9AM - 1 PM.  Open by appointment Monday through Friday.  Contact: Nancy assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436, ext. 102 

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