Harrington Gallery Building – Never Not, Always

Never Not, Always

Ashley and Richard Marot

The artistic process is a constant cycle. What ends up in a frame or printed is a product of a tenacious act of creating. A continuous investigation of a theme, a subject, a composition. It’s a process that’s never finished, and always evolving. The work is Never Not finished, Always more to come.

Ashley Marot

“My work explores the relationship between systems and structures that format our society and the natural world. Systems create and deconstruct environments and in contrast, disrupt a sense of order or structure. I use visuals like grids, the triangle composition, and repeating patterns as devices to establish a foundation in reliable, predictable, and compliant structure. I then use familiar imagery (personal and general) to disrupt the quiet order of those structures.

I strive to make the visual connections apparent in my work through the pairings of subject matter, such as cicada wings and treacy arches. The hierarchy of these pairings alternate throughout the series, questioning the order of relevance but also importance within an environment. The inclusion of architecture and house plants symbolize the illusion of a controlled environment. The presence of the succulents themselves credits the resilience of nature and its ability to endure despite the inconsistencies and neglect of any given environment. The juxtaposition of gothic, cathedral architecture and dragon fly and cicada wings are intended to demonstrate the mirror of humanity and nature and its influences and impact on one another.

Natural elements exist in architectural environments but are not restricted by them.Many times it’s about interrupting and disrupting forms that are usually predictable and reliable. Building relationships between these two entities is important to me. I create strong organic feminine elements opposite formal linear collaged text or pattern creating unexpected harmony as appropriate. My human figures often approach family structures, how they quite literally overlap compositionally but also repel and contrast against one another for tension thus engaging the viewer.”

Richard Marot

“As a photographer, my work is always in front of me. Each image I create is a slice of time etched in my memory, I can usually remember every photo I take and the feeling I had while taking it.

I am always searching for those fleeting moments seemingly so mundane to most. Having the feeling of where I am and where I want to be within the image itself. Most of my projects are life long and never ending. Always capturing and never finished.”