Chet Morrison

My work was born of the frustration I felt at being bound by the confines of the traditional photographic process. I was inspired to break away from the recording of reality and shift into the realm of digital imaging. There I could have the freedom to create and materialize a fantasy world of my own design.
I combine my original photography with bits and pieces of black and white antique photographs, assemble them into a new and unique composition, and then color and shade them digitally. In a sense, I see my process as painting with photography. Though the images are composed solely of photographic elements, they are often mistaken for paintings.

BA in English Literature with a minor in fine art.
Graduated in 1970 from Windham College in Putney Vermont.

WPE awards 2019 2nd place Silver- award

February- May 2018  Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
"The Neo-Victorians: Contemporary Artists Revive Gilded-Age Glamour"
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December 2015 - March 2016: Texas Photographic Society 
"Members Only Show" 
Juror: Keith Carter, Chair of Visual Arts, Lamar University
 
"2015 Best of the Best Photographers"
One Eyeland
 
July-September 2015: The Small Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Abstract vs. Narrative"
 
October-November 2014: International Cultural Center of  Texas Tech University
 
October  2014: The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
"Dia de los Muertos"
 
November 2013: Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, Texas
 
October-November 2013: The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
"Dia de los Muertos"
 
September-October 2013: The Small Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Triplets"
 
September-October 2013: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
"Mountains and Sea" international juried exhibition
 
January 2013: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
"Birds: Real or Imagined" international juried exhibition
 
2012: The Best of One Eyeland Photography Book, Volume 2
 
August-September 2012: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
"Alternative Realities"...