b'Harper\'sWeekly DuringhighschoolandcollegemyinterestinphotographylessenedasIwasintroducedtomid-18thcenturylithographbyWinslow Americanartists.IcouldnotgetenoughofthegenreartworksofWilliamSydneyMount,FitzHenryLane,Homer,"TheSharp WinslowHomerandsomanyothers.IdontknowwhichIlikedbetter,thebeautifulimagesorthenarrativesShooter" thoseartistscreatedinthem.Ofallthoseartists,theoneswhomIlikedthemostalsothoughtofthemselvesasvisualstory-tellerssuchasWinslowHomer,andHenryFarny.BothoftheseartistsalsoservedasfamousillustratorsforHarper\'sWeekly.ThetwoHomerlithographsontheleftareincludedinmypersonalcollectionofantiqueprints.TheengravingaboveisofWinslowHomersstudioinMaineasitlookedin1900.IhavebeentravelingtoMaineforthepast10yearstoattendaminiatureworkshopinCastineandfellinlovewithMaine.AsaresultitwasnaturalthatIwasdrawntocreatearoomboxincorporatingboththeworkofmyfavoriteartistwithaplacethatIfindsoinspiring.During high school and college my interest in photography lessened as I was introduced to mid-18th century American artists. I could not get enough of the genre art works of William Sydney Mount, Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer and so many others. I dont know which I liked better, the beautiful images or the narratives those artists created in them.Of all those artists, the ones whom I liked the most also thought of themselves as visual story-tellers such as Winslow Homer and Henry Farny. Both of these artists also served as famous illustrators for Harpers Weekly. The two Homer lithographs on the left are included in my personal collection of antique prints.The engraving above is of Winslow Homers studio in Maine as it looked in 1900. I have been traveling to Maine for the past 10 years to attend a miniature workshop in Castine and fell in love with Maine. As a result, it was natural that I was drawn to create a roombox incorporating both the work of my favorite artist with a place thatI find so inspiring.35'