Hands of Darkness in Clear Daylight is from an ongoing, untitled series. It is a study of what becomes of an image when visual information is omitted or obstructed. The work visually revolves around beech trees; an organism whose bark is thin and unable to heal itself from the carvings of lovers’ initials and human made glyphs. In particular, beech trees are a species that speak to history, geological time, and the intersection of humans and nature within their often-long life. The particular tree depicted in Hands of Darkness in Clear Daylight is nearly 400 years old.

 

Jill Bemis is an interdisciplinary artist with a past in traditional oil painting and a current fixation on the slow, meandering processes of analog photography. Having grown up along the rural marshes north of Boston, her work deals heavily with how we interact and exchange with the landscape. Bemis received her BFA in 2016 from Endicott College where she was nominated for the thesis exhibition award. She is currently a second-year MFA candidate at Lesley University’s College of Art and Design in the Photography and Integrated Media program.

 

For more work and contact information, please visit Jill’s website www.jillianbemis.com.