16 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
January 2020
‘REALITY THROUGH YOUR PRISM’
R
inging in 2020 in the featured artist gallery in the
Charbonneau Country Clubhouse, will be the
intuitive and artistic photography of long-time
resident, Elaine Swyt. She will be displaying her
work during the months of January and February, presenting
works from her landscape and nature collections on metal
and acrylic glass media.
Elaine likes to create photographs that draw you into the
experience — to evoke that past memory, to anticipate as you too
walk over that sand dune, to marvel in the miracle of a peony as it
opens in the morning or is bathed in the twilight, to totally be
absorbed by the colors of the seasons, or to simply want to
experience unique moments of creation. “Reality through your
prism” is captured through the lens of her DSLR camera.
Although Elaine’s passion for photography spans decades, it is
only in the last few years she has shared her art with us. As a
volunteer with Charbonneau Arts for several years, she was first
inspired and as she says, “summoned the courage” to show her
work at the annual art festival in 2015, where she received a red
ribbon for “Chapel in the Mist.” She continued to participate in the
Charbonneau Arts gallery show, honored with three “People’s
Choice” ribbons as she says, “to my total amazement.”
Elaine hopes to finally retire soon from her web and graphic
design business, which she founded and has managed since the
early ‘90s. Although, she will continue for now, as editor of
Charbonneaulive.com, and fulfill her board communication roles
with the Charbonneau Women’s Association, Boys & Girls Aid
Cypress Branch Auxiliary, and the Charbonneau Arts Association,
she is gradually freeing up more time to dedicate to her
photography.
This past year, for example, she was juried into “Basil & Art” in
Canby and “Art in the Burbs,” a large annual art show that benefits
the Tualatin schools. She has also been invited to show at the
“Portland Home & Garden Show” during the spring or fall of 2020.
Elaine is also a member of the Three River Art Guild (TRAG), based
in Oregon City, and affiliated with the Clackamas Art Alliance.
Elaine hopes you enjoy her gallery show and thanks the CCC
for the opportunity.
Her work can be viewed also on her online gallery where you
can purchase from her portfolio. Go to https://illusion.gallery to
find out more.
COURTESY PHOTOS
Elaine presents her work in 2019 at “Art in the Burbs,”
a two-day festival in Tualatin.
On a very windy coast of Phillip Island in Victoria,
Australia, Elaine anticipates her next stop, which is the
“March of the Penguins” at dusk.
Elaine joined her younger sister, Denise, earlier this year for a six-week tour of New Zealand and Australia. Here, with
her Canon in hand, she adds the Blue Mountains of New South Wales to her collection.
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