It could be said that Wabi-Sabi art is the experience of finding something extraordinary in the ordinary.Cracks on a sidewalk: the scars of a past collision. The fluid shapes of water, vanishing on the pavement. Blisters rising from a streak of scorched ink. Sunlight, spreading a sliver of radiance beneath a darkened curtain.These are the moments of transitory beauty that surround us, yet we rarely have time to pause and contemplate them in our hurried, modern world. But Pamela Kirk Zieburtz says, “When I find those moments, I’m pulled to capture them photographically to sustain the visual experience.”During her artistic process she revisits these "painterly photographs" time and again to understand more deeply what it is that captivated her visual imagination. She loves seeing people respond instinctively to her work, even when they don’t necessarily understand where it started or what it initially represented.From humble materials to the glorious natural realm, beauty can be found in simplicity, texture, mystery, impermanence, and patina. There is joy in discovering, exploring and sharing the beauty of the elusive Wabi-Sabi world that surrounds us. Kirk Zieburtz has begun exploring the unconscious and mysterious underworld of the digital realm in addition to the natural world. You are invited to view the works of Wabi-Sabi Artspace . May you find beauty in unexpected places.The Gallery: The abstract photographs are micro-to-macro views within devolving digital images . These imaginative and fleeting images bear no visual reference to their technological origins. Some photos are micro-to-macro images of nature, light, and distressed elements. The encaustic paintings were inspired by images of ordinary materials such as cracked asphalt . The pastel paintings were inspired by enlarged tree bark patterns.
