Mary Kocol - The Garden Ephemeral

On View: September 5 – 30, 2024
Reception: Friday, September 8, 6 – 8pm

“Time is marked by a garden as the seasons change; the fragility and ephemerality of blossoms are a metaphor for the brevity of life. The garden is a sensuous place. I look for passing moments of light, color, and weather coming together in a garden. It can be a place of respite, contemplation, wonder, a reminder of hope and revival. As the gardener tends it, the garden returns and revives. These photographs are tales from the sublime—places to seek beauty, fragrance, weather drama, peace, nourishment for the soul, and mystery.” - Mary Kocol

Roses, Table, Sky (from the Ghost Garden Series)

2014, archival inkjet print (edition of 12), 23×34.5”

Sunset Clouds, June 3

2013, archival inkjet print (edition of 12), 23×34.5”

Rose Plate Variety (from the Ghost Garden Series)

2013, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 23×34.5”

Peacock Hiding, Parc-De-Bagatelle, Paris

2016, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 23×34.5”

French Vase with Roses and Peonies

2016, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 23×34.5”

Yellow Garden Ice Plate Melting in the Lake (from the Ghost Garden Series)

2014, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 34.5×23”

Tulips, Monet's Garden, Giverny

2016, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 23×23”

Circle of Roses (from the Ghost Garden Series)

2013, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 34.5×23”

Girl and Peacock, Parc de Bagatelle, Paris

2016, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 23×23”

Lilacs Before the Storm, Arnold Arboretum

2015, archival inkjet print (edition of 12) 23×34.5”

Mary kocol

Kocol's photography has received acclaim for its transformation of ordinary domestic and street scenes, located often in her resident Somerville, Massachusetts, into dramatic, richly colored compositions that convey an uncanny sense of both day and night. By photographing at dusk, with prolonged exposures, Kocol creates a melding of daytime and evening that transforms the mundane into the fantastic.