“I was always an artist. It chose me,” says Isabelle, who lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens. Interested in the impermanence of things and transitional states, her work is about getting to the essence, “seeing more in less,” and “extracting beauty amongst distraction and clutter.” A self-proclaimed photographic artist—although her finished pieces rarely read like photographs— Schneider works digitally. Her photographs stand on their own or factor into collages and eventually transfer to resin panel. At times she’s worked on fabric and even made garments of her imagery. “I never go anywhere without my camera. Anything I discover in my daily life/daily encounters can become a piece,” says the artist. The featured image, for instance, is from a photograph of detritus on the ground with mud splashed all over it, which Schneider cropped and enlarged. The end result is often closer to painting than classic photography. A disassociation of the subject matter from its environment happens. Isabelle explains, “There’s a sense of peace in the subtle colors, the folds and textures, and in focusing on the details of something that otherwise gets lost in the superfluous mental and physical clutter in the world around us.” Currently she’s continuing to work on large resin panels, envisioning a series of panels that will create more of a nuanced and immersive installation experience. “I want to dive deeper into the subtle differences.”
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