About
the Artist
Roxann Graber
"I am a self-taught photographer
and began my involvement in the visual arts when I
became the partner in my husband’s art career in 1985.
At that time I grew into the roles of framer, shipper,
and business manager for our art company. Three years
later the demand for my husband’s artwork took us
into the world of printmaking and I taught myself
stone lithography. We had much success with our lithographs,
but we wanted to return our focus back to the watercolor
and charcoal drawings and being able to have multiple
images of that particular technique. Fortunately,
modern technology afforded the opportunity to work
with the digital imagery and gicleé printing. Soon
I found that with the background that I had developed
over the years of exposure to various techniques through,
exhibits, outdoor festivals, gallery receptions, books
and manuals, etc. there were images in my mind that
I wanted to capture to express what I felt as “my
art”. The digital camera is the perfect instrument
for me. It is a forgiving tool with my style of photography
and lets me maintain an open mind. I love coming upon
ordinary objects in unusual settings and I rarely
rearrange a scene. The instant gratification and being
able to have my darkroom in my computer meshes well
with my attitude and temperament toward a final image."
“Roxann Graber’s work possesses an
enigmatic fascination. While very simple in its source,
the work is very complex on the level of meaning.
Her work demonstrates the subtle power of a very discriminating
veil of ambiguity in her vision. Her opalescent and
often shimmering light is set against a background
of essential mystery. Her imaginative eye produces
work rich in textures, middle-tones, and darks, which
beautifully contain transcendent dream-like obliqueness.
Her imagery is similarly oblique and indirect, often
seeking out the most common objects seen in surprising
and puzzling ways. This work is unique and demanding
of the imaginative participation of the viewer.” -Robert
Julius Brawley, University of Kansas
