The Celebration of Fine Art celebrates a diverse range of artists and artwork including photography. And there are a few artists at the show taking the medium to the next level through fine art. Two of which, have not only mastered the keen ability to find beauty in things most of us overlook, but also the challenging technique of photo transfer.

Tiffany Mulherin, who has worked as a professional photographer in Los Angeles and Denver, specializing in high-fashion and fine art photography for more than five years, found her way into fine art through a unique process – Polaroid emulsion and image transfers.

Tiffany Mulherin

“I taught myself how to do the Polaroid transfers in school for a project,” Tiffany said. From there a passion was born.

“What drives my passion is the final outcome, but it’s also being able to go out and shoot then turn the photography into something completely different through this process.”

Tiffany’s art is created using a dwindling and rare process of Polaroid emulsion and image transfer, a time-consuming technique that requires an adept touch because of the fragility of the medium. One misstep can mean the difference between a failed work and a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

“Collectors are drawn to my work because of the soft peaceful feeling that it gives,” she said. “I think it fits really nice in a home environment because it gives that soft feeling.”

Sondra Wampler, a 4-year-show veteran, is more than a storied professional photographer. As she sees it, and her collectors would agree, she is an artist who simply uses photography as her medium like a painter who uses oil or acrylic.

Sondra Wampler

“It’s the making of art, the process of creating original pieces that makes me excited about this,” Sondra said. “The process of photography can be a very technical thing, but I’m more about what can I create using photography as my tool?”

So Sondra began photographing botanicals and taking the time to study each of her subjects individually.

“I photograph them in black and white, because without the color you are left with the architecture of the plant,” she said. “I’m also looking for the personality in each plant, so they’re a lot like portraits. I spend a lot of time trying to find that personality and if it comes through then I photograph it. If not, I don’t.”

Sondra also recently began creating photomontages, using her original photographs and the photo transfer process to create the pieces.

“These montages are more in the realm of surrealism,” she said. “I’m able to create these fantasy-like places. A lot of these are inspired by my own dreams, fantasies or thoughts. I dream very vividly and I always have had very surreal dreams.”

“For my collectors, there is an emotional response to the work. They say the work has a lot of feeling in it. It stirs an emotional response in them.”

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Things to Note for Celebration of Fine Art

Tiffany Mulherin has chosen a medium of Polaroid type 669 to produce her Fine Art Photography.
Polaroid went out of business a few years ago, however there is a group (The Polaroid Project) still making certain types of Polaroid film, but not the kind that produces emulsion and image transfers.  A few years ago Tiffany bought a few cases of Polaroid type 669 film (about 100 boxes).  She still has plenty of boxes, but every piece of type 669 film in existence today is now expired.  She can still produce her beautiful art work, but the film is less reliable, and takes more film to produce her images.

One really cool fact is that they no longer sell this type of film for transfers, so this art show that Tiffany would be putting on, would be one of the last times anyone would ever see this type of art being done with Polaroid film (Fuji Film makes a similar product but it does not have the exact same outcome).  It would be like if the world somehow ran out of paint, and a painter bought a bunch of tubes of paint; and they were painting one of the last paintings that would ever be produced!!!!  This would be a very special show not only for Tiffany, but the art lovers that show up for the show.

Another great fact to note is, the overall process that it takes to produce the image and emulsion transfers. This process does not take a few hours to produce, it takes days of hard work, meaning that if someone showed up to the show one day, they might see Tiffany lifting the emulsion off the Polaroid, and if they showed up the next day she would be working on that same lifted transfer, but would be in a new step of the production. This means that for someone who may show up to the art show 5 days in a row, would see a new step of the process each and everyday.  This means a few great things for your art show…. One of a kind emulsion and image transfers, a real mix of steps, meaning a lot for viewers to watch and see, and most likely one of the last times EVER of watching someone produce art using this medium.

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Tiffany Mulherin Featured at FatTail Art Gallery in Denver, Colorado

Hilton Bora Bora Bungalows

Hilton Bora Bora Dock to Bungalows

Hilton Bora Bora Bungalows

While visiting the Island of Tahiti in The French Polynesia, we had an amazing view of the island of Moorea from our hotel balcony, at Manava Hotel. I photographed the beautiful sunsets over the island of Moorea just about every night we were in Tahiti. Each setting sun, brought new colors and new clouds, leading to a beautiful new view each evening. The clouds seem to hang over Moorea, creating a very beautiful sight with the setting sun.  Moorea is about a 30 minute ferry ride from Tahiti, and very worth seeing if you are in Tahiti for a while.

Sunset Over Moorea

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Mouaputa is a beautiful mountain peak on the island of Moorea, in Cooks Bay. The mountain is known for looking like a woman gazing with her head pointed up to the heavens (seen below). Mouaputa means shark tooth in the Polynesian language and if viewed from the North (not seen in these photos)  it looks like a jagged sharks tooth.

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Booth #853 at Art Expo New York Featuring theArt Work of

Tiffany Mulherin

We just finished up with the second day at the Art Expo New York and I am really tired. Its been a lot of fun and we have met many great people who are in the art industry who sell art throughout the world. Tiffany has had some great offers, and it looks as though she might be selling work In a few galleries around the country.

Another quick item to mention is that Tiffany Mulherin was the Featured Artist of the day on March 16th 2010 for the Art Expo New York.

Tiffany Mulherin Featured Artist of the Day Art Expo New York

Here are a few quick shots of Tiffany Mulherin’s booth at the Art Expo

Original
3×4 Polaroid Image Transfer on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper.

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