ABOUT JESSICA AHRENS

Jessica Ahrens has explored themes of emptiness, loneliness and darkness in her work as a contemporary artist from an early age. Drawing inspiration from decay in the natural world, things that were and are no longer, Jessica uses her camera to beautify the twisting scarred fingers of dead tree limbs, dusty wings of moths, reflections and intersections in darkened waters and intricate layers of bones. She uses in-camera multiple exposures and the use of glass and mirrors, to create both defined geometric images as well as more chaotic and haphazard ones, attempting to create worlds and impressions more interesting than reality.