Artist Statement
Current project reflects an interest in landscape from the imagination. Works evolve by combining elements from rural and suburban environments.
Process Statement
"Terrain II" works are digitally captured and processed. Contact the photographer for additional information.
Wiese's involvement with photography spans more than four decades. He has conducted field and darkroom workshops and continues to lecture and conduct seminars on subjects relative to the creative aspects of photography. From 1998 through early 2003, he was Curator/Director of "Gallery Two-Fifteen", Santa Ana, California.
Widely exhibited, his photographs are found in numerous private and corporate collections throughout North America and Europe, including: Tommy Hilfiger - Los Angeles, Intrawest Corporation - Canada, The Lincoln House, "The Village", Mammoth Mountain, CA, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. "The Joy of Giving Something", Inc. and the South East Museum of Photography.
Articles and portfolios of his work have been Published in "LensWork Quarterly", Issue #22, August-October 1998 and Issue #37, September-October 2001. Additionally work has been featured in "Black and White" magazine, Issue #15, September-October 2001 and "Color" magazine, Issue #3, July 2009
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