Morristown, NJ–Colorific, an exhibit iof works from a dozen artists that explore the use of color in photography, will be on display at the Art Upstairs gallery, located at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown, from July 28-September 29.

An artists' reception will be held Saturday, Sept. 6 from 5 pm - 7 pm.

The twelve participating artists are:  Amy Becker of Madison, Umesh Bhatt of Clinton, Marv Kaminsky of Flanders, Jonathan Katz of Landing, James Liddle of Hewitt, Paul Marvuglio of Hillsborough, Ann Merten of Bridgewater, Nancy Ori of Berkeley Heights, J. J. Raia of Edison, Jane Rapp of Newton, Heidi Sussman of West Orange, and Joy Yagi of Maplewood.  

The exploration of color is what motivates and inspires many artists to wander the world, brave the elements and keep strange hours to capture the perfect light that reveals fantastic color.  For the color photographer, it is color combined with light that is essential to revealing form and texture, establishing composition and perspective, and creating atmosphere.  It affects mood and generates emotional responses in the viewer.  Physics, chemistry, physiology and psychology all combine to create the color experience.

The creative ingenuity of the professional fine art photographers in Colorific captures this wonderfully broad use of color.  By literally pulling names of colors out of a hat, each photographer selected a series of colors to zero in on for their pieces.

All of the exhibiting photographers are members of The New Jersey Photography Forum.  This not-for-profit group was started in 1995 by Nancy J. Ori of Berkeley Heights and Michael Creem of Summit as an opportunity for professional photographers, photo educators and serious amateurs to meet and discuss their work, share expertise, advance skills, learn how to curate exhibitions, and explore exhibit possibilities within the fine art community.

The group has grown over the years to become the one of largest and most recognized groups of fine art exhibiting photographers in the state.  The membership comes from all areas of the state and as a group they have tremendous variety in style and photographic technique.  There are several recurring themes in their work, such as: Nature, Environment, Architecture, Heritage, People, Abstracts and Culture. The group meets monthly at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit. For information about the New Jersey Photography Forum, contact Nancy Ori at nancyori@comcast.net or by calling 908-790-8820.