Catherine Lottes

Catherine Lottes

Born in Denver, Co

Lives & works in Milwaukee, WI

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The camera captures light, and color that is reflected on forms in nature and the environment. However, our personal internal lenses can also add more layers of meaning and emotive value to the images.

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I have been creating photographic fine art images for over 43 years, but about 7 years ago I inadvertently discovered the fascinating multi-dimensional world of patterns that are created by mirroring images together to create symmetrical images from single source images taken in nature.

I believe the attraction to symmetry is innate as we and many of life’s creatures are essentially bilaterally symmetrical.  Symmetry seems to give us a sense of balance and harmony as well as evoke a more spiritual or transcendent response within us.  The “spirits” or “totems” often do not reveal themselves in the image until after it has been mirrored to itself

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 Art has often been called a mirror to nature – in this case nature is mirroring itself to create (or reveal) a more mystical spiritual presence that is already there, but unseen without the mirror.  However, much like Rorschach tests (which were later found to not actually be a valid test to determine mental illness), they can be interpreted differently by every viewer, depending on their personal experiences and inclinations.