Veronica Moloney ~ Sapphires & Darkness II
I’ve been doing P1xels for three years and four months. I have published nineteen thousand images; I have looked at, conservatively, seventy thousand submissions during that time (I really have no way of knowing at this point). I am aware of every artist who posts here, has posted in the past, who is new, who has hit a new level, who is over-producing, who is pushing, working, failing and growing, all that. Each artist has his or her own presence on P1xels: some are loud, some are quiet and forthright, some fly under the sun, some seduce, some are thinkers, some sing, some break suddenly in a whole new direction, some are bold experimenters, some refine and polish a very personal vision, some are cool jazz and some are hip-hop, some are serious, some are funny, and some are simply mysterious.
I wrote this about Veronica Moloney the last time she had a Daily Pic: “Veronica is relatively new to P1xels and I don’t know anything about her beyond her beautiful, mysterious moody images.”
And this is still the case, except that Veronica isn’t so new P1xels anymore. She doesn’t submit often, but her works all share the same dreamy, sensual, moody qualities we find here.
So here is to no answers and to uncertainty: to mystery, surprise, delight, and dreaming.
Here is a song and a video that is as strange and mysterious and beautiful as Veronica’s picture.
Retrograde by James Blake
After wandering thru a small valley town on this fine day, I return home to visit your community Knox and find my photo featured here. I find it so interesting how artists are thought of in their work. Especially since you view so many different venues Knox. I was amazed and influenced by the work of Sally Mann as a younger girl studying photography, and in the last 5 years, have followed Lori Vrba’s work and her process of creating what she sees into the most breathtaking ethereal pieces I have seen. I spent my summers as a child wandering my grandmothers farm, climbing the trees in her orchard and walking along country roads alone that a young girl these days parent’s would never allow her to do. My mother painted, I never held that talent. So, I recreate feelings and ideas and conversations thru my art. I feel my art is still in an evolution phase and has been for the last few years. I myself am always an unfinished piece so to speak. Thank you for this feature Knox, it’s an honor, truly.
Thank you, Veronica. Yes, I see the influence of both women on your work, especially Lori Vrba, but you are definitely your own person. On the path …
Thank you for sharing on P1xels.