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This portfolio contains the work for the Riverside Hospital commission (2011).
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“commission pieces from
the local artist”
- Christopher Shoup
The Riverside Hospital Portfolio
“By trade
I am a
visual artist,
not a
fine arts
photographer.
I use the camera
to capture
visual material
for later use.
I do not use
Photoshop or any
other means of
digital manipulation.
I tile
what comes
from the field.”
“Thank you for the opportunity to fulfill the Riverside commission. I have four goals for this work.
I want it to inspire questions from the viewer. I want it to encourage discussion. I want it to
highlight the native plants of Illinois. And I want it to serve the hospital’s core goal of healing people.”
Christopher Shoup
Bradley, Illinois
www.chrisshoup.com
“black-eyed susans, in and out of
local the garden”
This piece features local and
regionally native black-eyed susans.
It is a comfortable image that
highlights a local wildflower garden
and details a native prairie flower
found living there within.
“study of black-eyed susans”
This piece features native black-eyed susans. It achieves the remarkable.
We are able to see underneath the flowers, we are able to see the flowers, and when we step back,
we can see the subtly bold colors and patterns of the work.
“illinois prairie eyelashes”
This piece features native purple coneflowers. The telephoto lens
used to compose the image drew the flowers into sharp focus and created an
impressionistic background of the field grasses. This is the sole piece in this portfolio
shot with my Canon AE1 35mm camera, which directly links this work to my earlier work.
“black-eyed susans against August bluestem”
This piece features native black-eyed susans against native bluestem grasses. Its four
complimentary circles match the four complimentary circles made with the purple coneflowers,
thus making each “Above Bench” piece comfortable and non-competitive.
I hope the highlighting of two native flowers encourages the viewer’s further interest in each.
View of L5 and L6.
View of L3 and L4.
“additional pieces”
As is always the case, the construction of this portfolio resulted in additional pieces. These additional works are
included here because I found each having strong merits, and thought each was worthy of being shown.
“black-eyed susans, softly”
“study of orange and yellow”
“black-eyed susans with Russian sage border”
“beginning a bluestem basket”
This piece features native
bluestem grasses set against a
pure blue sky.
It is a minimalistic yet
comfortable image that
hints at the fiber arts, as the
simple gathering of grasses seem
to be spinning into baskets.
“native bluestem blanket”
This piece features local and regionally native big bluestem grasses. Its solid edges frame a
view of a pale sky and help the image evoke the pattern and dimension of a native rug.