About the Artist

Andrew Wohl,   Bethesda, MD

BIO Though educated in the Sciences, I have always had an eye for the aesthetic. While working as a biologist in Biscayne Bay in South Florida, I appreciated the sights and sounds of a decrepit, but still functioning, deep water dredge churning the mud and swirling the green waters of Florida’s coast. Later, while studying mechanical engineering, I browsed the books in the college library’s art section while trying to master such topics as differential equations, strength of materials and fluid dynamics. Later still, as an engineer working for large aerospace firms, I never lost sight of the beauty evident in the machinery and materials common in that industry. Largely self taught, my early pursuits in fine art photography have garnered shows at the Kentlands Mansion, the Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts, Hickok Cole Art Night, and the Chastleton Ballroom within the greater Washington, DC area. I have also received awards from the Vienna, Virginia Photographic Society and my work has been acquired both commercially and privately. EXHIBITIONS Paul's Homewood Cafe - Annapolis, MD - August through December 2015 Hill Center Gallery Regional Juried Exhibition - Washington, DC - June through September 2015 Delaplaine National Juried Exhibit - Frederick, Maryland - May through June 2015 Garrett Park Invitational - Garrett Park, Maryland - April 2015 Emulsion - Gallery O on H - Washington DC - April through June 2015 New Beginnings - Sowebo Arts Festival - Baltimore, Maryland March 2015 The Guild - Lowe House Delegate Office Building, Annapolis, Maryland - January 2015 Nest Cafe - Bethesda, Maryland - December 2014 Strathmore Hall - Kensington, Maryland - January 2015 RTC Corporation Lobby - Reston, Virginia - November 2014 Montpelier Center for the Arts "All Hung" show - Laurel, Maryland November 2014 Prince George's County Sampler - Brentwood Arts Exchange October 2014 Bohrer Park Activity Center - Gaithersburg, Maryland - September 2014 Eden Restaurant - Rehoboth, Delaware - July 2013 Nest Cafe - Bethesda, Maryland - March 2013 Artini - Arlington, Virginia - February 2013 Chastleton Ballroom - Washington, DC - January 2013 Photographic Society Photography Show - Vienna, Virginia - March 2013, 2012 Washington Project for the Arts @ Hickok - Cole Art Night - Washington, DC - September 2012 Artomatic DC - Arlington, Virginia - May 2012 Strathmore Hall - Kensington, Maryland - May 2011 Kentland Mansion - Gaithersburg, Maryland - June 2010

"Capture the Moment." That is a common goal in photography. To capture the moment when the light is just right or moving objects align in a spectacular and interesting way. I try to do that with my photographs. But there is another moment I want to capture also. That is the moment of recognition within myself. The moment that I see clearly the photographic possibilities and composition inherent in a scene. Just as with natural light and shifting scenes, this moment is fleeting. The possibility springs out at me unexpectedly and I capture the scene. I have returned sometimes to the same place later and do not "see" the composition that was there earlier. The photo is proof that I once did. I try and apply the classic rules of composition to my photographs of common, mundane and even homely objects. I do not look for "beautiful" scenes; landscapes, flowers, animals but find more potential in the random and accidental arrangements of chairs in a courtyard or a pile of cardboard boxes. An alley or construction site are more appealing places for me to find that "moment". I hope you enjoy my photographs and I hope you can see what I saw too.

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