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Philip Coleman — photography

The Arts Center Exhibits:

• Philip Coleman and Kat Sloma, Corrine Woodman Galleries, April/May 2012
• 'Finger Licking Good: Art About Food,' April/May 2012
• 'Peggy Sharrow and Phil Coleman' Nov 8 - Dec 3, 2011
• 'Joey Azul and Philip Coleman,' Jun 8 to Jul 3, 2010

Artist's Statement for 'Peggy Sharrow and Phil Coleman,' Corrine Woodman Gallery November 8 – Dec 3, 2011:

Rainbows, the refraction of light by water drops, are nature's way of showing us some of light's lovely complexity.  Happily, wonderful arrays of color are common in the world even if they are not real rainbows.  My photographs in this series show some examples of nature's palette.

Artist's Statement for his "Broken Symmetry" series, Corrine Woodman Gallery June 2010:

The inspiration for these images comes from my background as a scientist. In the world of physics, symmetry, perfect and almost perfect, is a key idea. For example, the fact that the sun glowed in the same way yesterday as today, a symmetry in time, is really another way of expressing the conversation of energy. Yet the history of science is full of examples where that conservation of energy, that symmetry in time, seemed wrong. In each case, a closer look let us understand the universe in new ways and see the underlying symmetry intact but with a fresh vision.

The idea behind these images is "broken symmetry." But the images are not about science. They are about things and places seen in two ways, things and places that are at their core the same yet imperfectly symmetric. My intent is to show you a common subject bit from two perspectives such as winter versus summer, or at night versus in daylight, or fast versus slow. My hope is that these alternative views, seen in contrast, seen as almost symmetric, will let you see something new - an unscientific idea that

1 + 1 can be more than 2.

Resume: A physicist by training (B.S. Cal Tec 1966; Ph.D., Univ. of Wisconsin 1971), I began film photography in 1964 and digital photography in 2002. Now semi-retired, my wife and I moved to Philomath in 2002. Since 2008, a few of my images have been shown at The Arts Center, the LaSells Stuart Center, the Corvallis Pegasus and Insight Galleries, and the Emerald Art Center in Springfield.

Affiliated orgs and galleries:

• Photo Arts Guild, Corvallis

Visit Philip Coleman's website.