David Liles: Abstracts and Patterns in Nature

January 5-26, 2024
David Liles: Abstracts and Patterns in Nature
Opening reception: Friday, January 5, 5:00-9:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. Additional viewing hours: Tue Jan 9, 16, and 23, 6-9 PM. The Emporium will be closed on Mon Jan 15 for the holiday.

David Liles: Abstracts and Patterns in Nature in the Atrium
All photography is in fact an abstraction! I go beyond that. I seek to create Art through photographic imagery. Inspiration often comes from the natural world. Great material is everywhere, and seeing it is limited only by opportunity and imagination. My eyes are trained to look for textures, patterns, contrasts, plays of light and color in everything I experience daily. My artistic journey often involves a departure from the initial photograph through manipulation of color, pattern, shape, and use of detail (or lack thereof). I want the viewer to see contrast and color… I seek an emotional reaction, a view of ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

David G. Liles was born in South Carolina and has lived in Knoxville since 1962. His career path included accounting and finance; however, he has always been creative with a lifelong interest in natural sciences, especially rocks and plants – and photography has been the perfect complement. In the 1970s while a high school student, he chose photography as his preferred creative outlet and learned how to take pictures, develop film, and print photographs both in black & white and color. After retirement, he has re-discovered this artistic passion of his younger days.