In the frame at Flowerfield

FOLLOWING ON from their successful exhibition in 2007, Tyrone artists Norma Burrowes and Susan Glass are once again displaying their unique photographic prints at the Bi:Focal joint exhibition at Flowerfield Arts Centre.

Both photographers delight in extracting the abstract from the mundane, and their distinctly different styles and subject matter are somehow united by their eye for the unusual detail that can sometimes pass others by.

Norma Burrowes says: "I am still drawn by the beauty and magic of a fleeting moment - and the power of truly being present within it. And through my photography I try to preserve the fleeting, the transient, the serendipitous moment, where light and colour and perhaps a raindrop all converge to transform and reveal a visual celebration within our daily existence.

"The images have been captured digitally, though I still approach photography as I did when using film. Photoshop has been used just as the traditional darkroom would be employed, to crop, adjust contrast and create multi images."

Norma, a creative photographer and community artist, is a native of County Antrim but is now based in Omagh.  She graduated with a degree in Contemporary Arts from Nottingham Trent University in 1995 and a PGCE in Art & Design in 2000. She has been exhibiting in group and solo exhibitions since 1995. She has taught Art & Design in England, Tanzania and throughout Northern Ireland.

Contemporary photographers have pushed the boundaries of what can be considered as likely visual subjects. Bland, mundane and even ugly spaces and objects can be transformed through the lens, creating a different point of view.

The visual impact of the images in this exhibition will encourage the spectator to question how they see everyday objects and rural landscapes, a factor which has influenced the work of Susan, a native of Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Susan has worked in project management and arts development for several years and graduated in 2006 with a degree in History of Art from The Open University.

"This exhibition has enabled me to reflect on developing my artistic practice and the prints I have selected are representative of a body of work from the past two years. Although I take my inspiration from the rural landscape, I am often drawn to unconventional subject matter, becoming completely absorbed by abandoned spaces and rural decay," says Susan.

"The visual possibilities become apparent through their unnatural juxtaposition in the landscape and I am continually fascinated by colour, form and texture.  Digital photography has given me the opportunity to explore my creativity in a way that I did not think was possible."

The exhibition remains on show in the galleries until August 29th. The galleries are open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and from 12noon to 4pm on Saturdays. For more information, get in touch with the centre on (028) 7083 1400.