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Artist Statement:
Flowers have always intrigued
me.
I suppose I could just stop
with this one simple, defining
thought illustrating the theme
of Floral Spectra. To do so
would ignore an opportunity to
explain further questions,
such as why the title of this
Exhibition shares the name of
an image that happens to be
black and white.
Yes, flowers have always
intrigued me. The shape and
texture one can discover upon
closer inspection is amazing.
They have the power to express
emotions that some might not
be able to put into words to
one another. The extraordinary
role they play in the life of
the plant from which they grow
cannot be disregarded. Flowers
have driven me to spend hours
with my camera, oblivious to
everything else around me.
“Sunflower Study” and “Bouquet
1” come from just such an
inspired moment very early one
morning. I woke up with the
need to grab my camera and
take a bouquet I had given my
wife the day before outside in
the morning sun.
I have been asked why I would
create black and white images
of flowers, thus losing their
beautiful color. Quite often,
if we allow ourselves to
exclude the obvious we ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2004 24th Annual Juried
Photography Exhibition – Ocean
City Arts Center, Ocean City,
NJ
Received Merit Award for
“Sunflower Study”
2004 Jersey Shore Juried
Exhibition – Riverfront
Renaissance Center for the
Arts, Millville, NJ
2004 Glasstown Arts District
Fine Arts Festival (Juried) –
Millville, NJ
2005 “Floral Spectra”, Solo
Exhibition – Atlantic City Art
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Scott Mahrer Biography:
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47
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Male
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Married
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3
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Born in Battlecreek, Michigan, Scott Mahrer was raised in the Midwest. He received a BA in Theatre
Arts with an emphasis in Lighting Design in 1983 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He moved
to the East Coast in1984 where he now resides with his wife, Nilda.
His background in Theatre and Design has helped give him an eye for photographic work. He is
attracted to details that others might dismiss: the texture of a rose petal, the contrast of highlight and
shadow, the detailed work of an older building or the visual compositions found all around us.
While his work spans over the past twenty-five years, he only recently began to offer his images to the
public. Several of his pieces have been accepted in Juried Exhibitions locally:
2004 24th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
Received Merit Award for “Sunflower Study”
2004 Jersey Shore Juried Exhibition – Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
2004 Glasstown Arts District Fine Arts Festival (Juried) – Millville, NJ
2005 “Floral Spectra”, Solo Exhibition – Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City, NJ
2005 Glasstown Arts District Fine Arts Festival (Juried) – Millville, NJ
2005 25th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
2006 26th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
2007 27th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
Received 2nd Place Award for “Monumental (B&W)”
2007 Artscape Baltimore ’07 Juried Fine Arts Festival – Baltimore, MD
2008 28th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
2008 Art Museum Area Arts Festival (Juried) – Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2009 29th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
Received Merit Award for "Behind The Scenes".
Plans are also in the making for many of his images to appear in the next book published by an
accomplished local poet.
Scott is always seeking out new photographs waiting to be captured, and is continually adding to his
collection. To see more of his work and to experience how he is “always looking for a different
perspective of the familiar”, visit his web site at: www.scottmahrer.com.
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