(LINCROFT, NJ) -- The Monmouth Museum’s New Jersey Emerging Artists Series will present Nature from a Different Angle by Daniel Sroka from April 28th through May 28th, 2017 in the Nilson Gallery at the Museum, located at 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ. Sroka creates immersive abstract photographs from the most familiar parts of nature — leaves, shells, ice, and seeds.
"I make art that recreates this feeling of holding a part of nature in your hands," explained Sroka. “I only photograph what I can hold in my hands, creating art that explores nature on a personal scale. I've always been more interested in a leaf that fell to the ground than the view in the distance. When I pick up a leaf and experience it first hand, nature becomes real for me: an integral and relevant part of my life.”
By working with abstraction, texture, and form, Sroka creates photographs that reveal the complexity buried within in the simplest parts of nature. His dream-like photographs balance a raw beauty with a striking sense of design. His art is sought after by distinctive resorts, spas, restaurants, and wellness offices around the world. Many of his pieces will be available in different sizes for sale at the Museum during his exhibition there.
The Monmouth Museum, founded in 1963 as a Museum of Ideas, presents changing art, history and science exhibitions to educate and entertain while providing a destination for creative expression and life-long learning to the diverse community it serves. Imaginative and informative changing exhibitions in the Main Gallery and Nilson Gallery present a wide variety of art in all media.
The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series, now in its tenth season at the Monmouth Museum, features six annual solo exhibitions in the Nilson Gallery which provide a unique and exciting opportunity for New Jersey artists to showcase their work. The artists selected for this series represent the diversity of new talent in the State, and demonstrate their creativity in a wide variety of media. Gallery talks scheduled during the exhibitions offer the New Jersey Emerging Artists the opportunity to share insights on their work.
The Opening Reception, April 28th, will be held from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Sroka’s Gallery Talk will be held on May 17th from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM, both the Opening Reception and the Gallery Talk are free and open to the public.
The Monmouth Museum, a private, non-profit organization, is located at 765 Newman Springs Road, in Lincroft, NJ. For hours and more information about the Monmouth Museum exhibits and programs visit the website at: www.monmouthmuseum.org
PHOTO: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Pensive, photography, by Daniel Sroka, 2016; Teardrop, photography, by Daniel Sroka, 2014; Inward, photography, by Daniel Sroka, 2013
