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Donna Hamil Talman - Artist Statement In the past several years I have simultaneously felt an escalating curiosity about and connection to the past and have been drawn back through time, beyond my family and ancestors, beyond recorded Bones are what remain after we die, but they are, for me, an expression of longing to be identified with something beyond myself, something planetary. I feel mystery, reverence, and awe in the presence of these fossilized remains. What is ancient reminds me of our deep connection to nature and each other, a bond easily lost in our fast-paced, high tech lives. The series addresses concepts of time, wherein bones from a time in pre-history are in dialogue with the 21st century, though my manipulations of the base layer of digital images. In this series I have zoomed in so that only hints of the marine fossil bone structures remain, adding a sense of the unknown and inviting viewers to imagine and fantasize. Layers of wax, worked into the pieces, add richness, texture and depth. Primal images touch us humans. We register, at some level, that bones are composed of tissues and cells and DNA, and we know that we come from those fossils, that a piece of us is therefore in each image. I suspect viewers will experience, even if at an unconscious level, something of the power of the ancient source of the images and will experience a connection to them. Perhaps they will “feel it in their bones.” Resume Education
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