#FBF theme: Road Salt by Jennifer Weigel

Road Salt, digital photography, as photographed in Belmont, MA

​Artist’s Statement:
I have always photographed things that catch my eye, especially the more mundane or overlooked those things might be.  I am particularly drawn to views of nature, sky & ground, and abstracted details of objects found in urban settings.  This photograph was taken in winter waiting on a commuter train at the Belmont, MA station to get back into Boston.  I was struck by how beautiful the road salt became as it pooled and veined into crusty canals resembling marbled granite.

Jennifer Weigel is a multi-disciplinary mixed media conceptual artist.  Weigel utilizes a wide range of media to convey her ideas, including assemblage, drawing, fibers, installation, jewelry, painting, performance, photography, video and writing. Much of her work touches on themes of beauty, identity (especially gender identity), memory & forgetting, and institutional critique. Weigel’s art has been exhibited nationally in all 50 states and has won numerous awards.