Selling a great signed and dated photograph print by Louisiana artist Dean Dablow Actual Print image measures 10 1/2" x 9" Here is what Dean stated to me about this wonderful photograph that would make a great addition to any collection! Hi Dan I was somewhere around Cedar Rapids during the winter. Snow, water, sun, shadows, light, dark, all that stuff. I was using a 120 cam, square format, maybe a Mamiya. Don?t remember. One of the first pics that made me think about the abstraction of reality. Dean About Dean Dablow Lives in Ruston, LA Born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1946, he spent his early childhood in North Dakota before moving to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin where he graduated high school in 1964. At 17, he worked several months in Washington, DC not knowing what his future path would be. Visits to The National Gallery of Art after work were pivotal in his decision to pursue the life of an artist. He began study at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point as a painter/sculptor but the camera became increasingly intriguing as a tool to make art. Upon graduation he began graduate studies in photography under John Schulze at the University of Iowa where he received his MFA in 1974 with a minor in sculpture under Julius Schmidt. Dablow retired from Louisiana Tech University after 31 years of service, first as head of the Photography Program and then taking the reins of the School of Art (renamed The School of Design) as the Director. During his tenure as Director, Dablow was instrumental in establishing the School of Art's study abroad program in Paris. Presently he holds the rank of Professor Emeritus at Louisiana Tech. He kept his interest in other media alive throughout his career also working in drawing and sculpture. Since his retirement he has returned to painting as his medium of choice. CV abbreviated Education 1974 Univ. of Iowa, MFA Photography 1969 Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, BS Sec Ed ? Employment 2007 Professor Emeritus, Louisiana Tech University School of Art 1997-2006 Director, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University 1976-2006 Head, Photography Program, Louisiana Tech University ? Grants Awards 2011 Artist Residence, Colorado Art Ranch 2007 Artist Residence, Jentel, Banner WY 1987 Artist Fellowship, Southern Arts Federation / NEA 1982 Artist Fellowship, Louisiana Division of the Arts ? Permanent Collections Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth Baltimore Museum of Art American University, Washington, DC Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA Masur Museum, Monroe, LA Ten photographs in American embassies Consolidated Paper Company, Port Edwards, WI Sentry Insurance, Stevens Point, WI Marine Banks Art Collection, Milwaukee, WI ? Solo Exhibitions 2017 ?Everything is Abstract,? Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, Nov. 28, 2016 -March 11, 2017 installations/paintings/photographs/sculpture 2009 ?A Way of Seeing,? South Arkansas Arts Center, Eldorado, AR paintings/photographs/ sculpture 1999 Photographs, Camera Cases, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville 1998 Prints/Photographs, Levee Gallery, Monroe, LA 1991 "Rocks on a Flat Plane", Southeast Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 1990 Photographs, Light Fantastic Gallery, Michigan State University,East Lansing, MI 1990 Photographs, SUNY College at New Paltz, New York 1989 "Rocks on a Flat Plane", University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1987 "Ritual Sites", Stoner Art Center, Shreveport, LA 1987 The Photograph Gallery, Tarrant County Community College,Dallas, TX 1984 Photographs, Austin College, Sherman, TX 1984 Photographs, Carol Lowenstern Gallery, Houston, TX 1984 Photographs, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 1983 Photographs, Bry Gallery, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA 1982 Photographs, Project Art Center, Cambridge, MA 1982 "Recent Color," The Craft Alliance, Shreveport, LA 1981 Photographs, Camera Cases, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 1980 Photographs, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College,Amarillo, TX 1980 Photographs, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1979 Photographs, Talley Gallery, Bemidji State Univ., Bemidji, MN 1979 Photographs, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA 1977 Photographs, Sarah Reynolds Gallery, Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 1975 Photographs, Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar Rapids, IA 1975 Photographs, Nexus Gallery, Lexington, KY 1974 Photographs, Bergstrom Art Center, Neenah, WI ? Publications / Reviews 2013 American Art Collector: Juried National Competition, 2013 Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA, October, 2012 one painting 2008 Studio Visit, two paintings published in juried national magazine, Carl Belz juror, Open Studios Press, Boston 2001 Author, The rain are fallin: A Search for the People and Places Photographed by the Farm Security Administration in Louisiana, 1935-1943, Scrub Jay Press, Tollhouse, CA,185pp. 1998 Review, St. Louis Post?Dispatch, September 20, by Jeff Daniel, p. C3 1993 Photograph ?Sunstone? shown on "CBS Sunday Morning" news program as segue, New York 1988 Louisiana Photographers: Landscapes, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA 1986 A Century of Vision: Louisiana Photography 1884?1984, edited by Herman Mhire, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA 1983 Photographic Artists and Innovators, Turner Browne and Elaine Partnow, MacMillan, New York, 1983 1981 ?Camera?, (September) C.J. Bucher, Ltd., Lucerne, Switzerland 1977 Creative Camera International Yearbook, Coo Press, London, England, (four photographs)