PHOTOGRAPHS by Ruth Neubauer
I work with what already exists. I see significance and beauty in the ordinary. Without intention, I find myself unexpectedly captivated and compelled by texture, light, form, and surprising detail. I see mystery in nature, in the work of human beings, and in the relationship between them. Fixed in a moment in time, still-life photographs leave the viewer to wonder what came before and what may happen next which then becomes the dynamic - the conversation between the image and you.
My work as a psychotherapist for over thirty years has profoundly enhanced my appreciation for all things seen and unseen, known and unknown. Over time, my photographs have become more and more abstract becoming less attached to place or time.
Recent Work & Exhibitions
Juried Show - SPARK Gallery, Denver, 2 photographs - “Guilty Pleasures” Juried Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver. - “On Edge”, Denver, (2 photographs);
Published photographs in IFPE (International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education);
Published Cover photo of “Fundamental Concepts” Program, Washington School of Psychiatry;
Juried Show, Terri Bell Gallery, Denver; juried show, CORE Gallery, Denver; Anthology Gallery, Denver
Juried Show - CORE Gallery, Denver, Colorado - 2 juried into “Pink”
Juried Show - CORE Gallery, Denver, Colorado - 1 juried into: “The Road Show”
Juried Show - CORE Gallery, Denver, Colorado -2 juried into “Locally Grown”
Juried Show - CORE Gallery, Denver, Colorado - “Abstract” and “Blue”
Juried Show -Strathmore Hall, Rockville, Maryland
Juried Show - Gilpin Gallery, Central City, Colorado
Solo Show: Studio 2, Denver, Colorado
Solo Show: Grill Art Cafe, Baltimore, Maryland
Solo Show: “Christo’s Gates” - Cafe Gallery, Politics and Prose, Washington D.C.
Published photographs, The Permanente Journal, Kaiser Permanente
Published photograph, Potomac Review Journal, Montgomery College, Maryland
Published photographs, IFPE (Intl. Forum for Psychoanalytic Education)
Invitational - 1 person exhibit - National Institute for Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Invitational - Chevy Chase Village Art Exhibit, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Private Collections
Dr. Christine Erskine, Raleigh, North Carolina
James Blume, Berkeley, California
Dr. David Cooper, Bethesda, Maryland
Jayn Stewart, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dr. Martha Dupecher, McLean, Virginia
Karen Van Allen, Washington, DC
Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, DC
AWARDS
Ellipse Gallery, Arlington, VA Juror’s Certificate: judging photographic societies and clubs
Testimonials
““A modern camera can produce a good photograph....but art —now that is another matter. Your work is art... ...please quote me on your website. I would be honored.””
““Waiting rooms and consulting rooms are liminal spaces. Ruth’s photographs have made my psychotherapy office a place I experience as healing in its own right.””
““...Ruth is a distinguished psychotherapist, musician, and photographer. She has exhibited in Maryland, Virginia, and Colorado. Her work exudes emotion: sometimes soothing...mysterious, sometimes reminiscent of Buddhism.””
““ We have three of Ruth’s photographs...Her eye for natural beauty and quietude comes through in her work. Her photos are images of peace and tranquility. I love her use of color...Ruth’s photographs help me see what i might not otherwise see...familiar images in a whole new way.””