Fine Art Photography/Poetry Card & Poster Series
by Hope Harris & Susan Grace Lawton

Photography by Hope Harris
Her work has been described as dream-like, gentle, sensitive, uplifting and revealing. It embraces a sense of wonder and respect and extends beyond the borders of photography into fine art. From lighting, background and precise development of the final application of photo oils, each carefully tended photograph is the product of Hope’s critical eye, skill, keen sense of beauty and appreciation for life. www.hopeimages.com

Poetry by Susan Grace Lawton
Of Susan’s work, George Myers, Jr., book critic for the Columbus Dispatch writes “Her storytelling is tender, heady, luxuriant and sensuous. Her works rings true, lived and fully experienced, as undercurrents of soul satisfaction waver through her reverent grammar. To pay attention is to adore the present and Lawton attends to it like no other.”

HopeCards — A Collaboration
In November of 1992, Hope asked Susan to create poems and/or titles for her show at Paragary’s, a popular Sacramento restaurant. Developing the HopeCards was a natural next step of the successful show, for the combination of the images with the language seemed to bring the observer further into both. Susan writes of the collaboration: “With a moment of careful observation of the images along with reading the accompanying poem or title, a small ritual is made that makes one stop, look, and listen to the voice within that yearns to work in harmony and live at our fullest creative potential.”