The beauty is in the detail ...
Thirty years of photography have shown me that the closer you look at nature
a colorful world of abstract design and patterns captures our fascination.
Whether the subject be a sea shell, a rock, leaf, fruit or feather; magical images
appear even in the most mundane object.

Using new digital photography, scanning and printing techniques, I have been
able to capture and magnify these images of nature with wonderful clarity and
very large prints. My new Up Close series of work also marks the expanded
creativity of printing on different media such as canvas for a hand-painted appearance,
or on silk for the added depth of transparent illumination. All the prints are produced with
archival pigment inks, using advanced giclee ink-jet technology.

About the artist
Kirk Norlin has been involved with professional
photography and corporate communications since
receiving a degree in Journalism from the University of
Colorado in Boulder. While in Boulder, Kirk co-founded
Phlogiston Photographics Studios and started Group
Communications Advertising. In 1988, Kirk moved to
Northern California and worked with firms in Silicon Valley
and Sacramento specializing in computer graphics and
marketing. In 2002, he moved back to his home town of Denver and opened
a new studio and gallery.

Recently, his work was chosen for permanent display in the Museum and Art Gallery
of Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University and was also selected to be
shown at the Gallery of Artists, a part of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, the
largest event of its kind in the world.


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