Artist's Statement
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This artwork is about a particular way of viewing the world, that is, through a series of photo assemblages that have their beginnings in a small slice of the Texas Hill Country, the place I know as Thursday Mountain. Nature is on vivid display there if you bother to look. I began collecting some of the more unusual objects I came across: bird’s eggs, hummingbird nests, deer antlers. As the collection grew, I decided to preserve these fragile pieces of nature in photographs, individually and then in arrangements that evolved into something akin to abstract painting.
I consider the assemblages a modern form of printmaking. After photographing whatever I find, I cut up the images and reassemble them in various combinations of form and color. Then I scan the resulting assemblage and print in a variety of sizes.
Bio
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Richard Poe attended the University of Houston and the University of Texas, obtaining an art degree with an emphasis in ceramics and printmaking. His work has been exhibited internationally, and in Driftwood, Denton, Wimberley, Austin, Laredo and Houston. His photo assemblage Treelalia (Sapling Dream) was a finalist in the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards, and another, Blues Flow, was chosen for the 63/93: Generations in Conversation juried show at the Greater Denton Arts Council Meadows Gallery. His work was also profiled in the April 2023 issue of Voyage Austin. His assemblage Shadowland was recently selected for the Texas Photographic Society show The Shape of Light at the Arlington Museum of Art, one of 40 out of 1,000 entries, and another Fall Migration was chosen for the 2025 Borderlands show at Texas A&M International University. He is a recent recipient of the 2025 Jones Artists Award.
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