Chatham Artists Guild
Contact: Maggie Zwilling at magz@emji.net
http://www.chathamartistsguild.org/

ART THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY

At the Opening Show for the 2008 Chatham Studio Tour, renowned painter Jane Filer presented the first prize to Roy Lindholm for his photograph "Myrtle Beach II". "You can just imagine so many stories when you look at this wonderful photo, she exclaimed. Many of Lindholm’s photographic stories will be on display at the February/March Chatham Artists Guild Show at the Carolina Brewery Show. The Carolina Brewery and Grill is located in Pittsboro on Highway 15/501, near Lowe’s Home Improvement store.

Meet Roy Lindholm at a free artists reception on Sunday, March 1st from 4:00 to 6:00PM.

Dr. Roy Lindholm learned photography as a useful tool in his former life as a geologist. “I’ve always loved photography and used it extensively to spice up my geology lectures at the George Washington University,” he explains. The Lindholms moved to Chatham County in 1996, after he retired, just a few months before Hurricane Fran arrived. “My photo epiphany came in late 2002 when I bought my first digital camera and a month later a massive ice storm hit Chapel Hill," he remembers. “I was engulfed by /Kodak Moments/”.

Lindholm’s favorite subjects include dragonflies, butterflies, flowers, medieval European towns and any other interesting scene that strikes his fancy. “I rarely photograph people other than daughters, granddaughters and the UNC women’s soccer team” he notes.

With the digital camera and computer Lindholm creates art in the form of /art photos/. “Unlike some of my artist friends, I use the computer with /Photoshop/ to enhance digital images”, he stresses. “Some are so completely changed that I call them /fantasy photos /while others are pretty much as they came from the camera.”

Lindholm has had one-man shows at the Governors Club, the North Carolina Garden’s Totten Center and the Chapel Hill Library, and has displayed photos in the ChathamArts Gallery.

The Chatham Artists Guild (http://www.chathamartistsguild.org/) is a non-profit organization of regionally and nationally recognized visual artists. Each year, Guild members open their studios to the public each December through the Chatham Open Studio Tour. Visitors travel throughout lovely rural Chatham County to meet artists in their own work spaces, and share their ideas on art and the creative process.

Caption: Myrtle Beach, a photograph by Roy Lindholm