Suite 225: Harriet Blum
I grew up in Miami, Florida, and graduated from the University of
Florida. I then moved to New Orleans, and that is where my interest in photography blossomed. In the late 80's, I started hand-tinting black and white infrared photographs using transparent oils. That technique became my recognizable style. I worked as a photojournalist, portrait photographer, and commercial photographer before 2003, but since then, have concentrated exclusively on fine art photography. My main subjects are trees and landscapes, and my style is often described as romantic peacefulness, dreamy and ethereal.
My photographs are displayed in many commercial and private collections across the country and internationally, including numerous hospitals and other medical settings, where they have a "healing art" quality.
Suite 325: Katie Kut
I am a self-taught artist that mostly focuses on oil painting. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and have been residing in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2008. My work is colorful and eclectic, brought to life through various techniques, media, and thematic explorations.
Plants are silent witnesses to our lives. They exist seemingly without consciousness, as passive decor, adding beauty to the background of our daily dramas. Though this is how they may be initially perceived, we know that, biologically, our existence is completely intertwined with and dependent on theirs. We eat their nutrients, drink their nectar, take their medicine, breathe their oxygen, as well as feel at peace in their presence. In times where nothing is certain, I look to New Orleans nature for solace. The land is fertile, the sun is ever-present, and verdant growth is inevitable. Nothing is known, but the land is a blessing
Suite 425: Roz LeCompte
If art allows you to see through the eyes of the artist, my eyes are kaleidoscopes. The world looks back at you in bright hues - there is no fear of color here - and in shapes both abstract and universally recognizable. My work brings sharp focus to the world at-large, distilling human experience into symbols and stories that are sometimes ancient and always familiar. The art of South Louisiana has its own vocabulary of moss-draped oaks, alligators, blue dogs, and stilted houses. I confidently add to this Southern lexicon with symbols no less familiar - handheld fans, keyholes, candles, snakes, the swamp lotus. I am inspired by my mysterious swampy homeland and the stories its nature and people carry, and my work deftly explores the Southerner's infatuation with adornments and rituals. I'm selftaught, a boon for anyone looking for art that is intuitive and elicits a sense
of play.
The femininity and fragility in my art impart serious whimsy, the kind of play that breaks you open and makes you free again. It has been featured
in Vogue, Country Roads, and Acadiana magazines, and at the Hilliard University Art Museum, the Masur Museum of Art, the Acadiana Center for the Arts, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.