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On View in Milwaukee

Mark Weller

Capturing Time

August 13—October 25

MOWA on the Lake inside Saint John's On The Lake

About the Exhibition

This exhibition is open to the public at MOWA on the Lake, located inside the retirement campus of Saint John’s On The Lake in downtown Milwaukee. Learn more

Opening Party | August 13 | 5:00–7:00

Artist Talk | August 13 | 6:00

Turbulent weather fronts excite Mark Weller. Always looking upward as storms build and clouds roil, he finds that clouds “are never the same, never in reruns. Dramatic or friendly, I consider clouds to be the anchor of the Upper Midwest.” To adequately capture the majesty of the ever-changing sky, his photographs are “timestacked,” a term coined by Weller. Each image is comprised of multiple exposures—sometimes up to 100—captured over several minutes that are then stacked and intermingled into a single composite image. This layering technique allows Weller to better depict movement, transcending the limitations of conventional photography. Capturing nature at its most spectacular, his compositions acquire an almost painterly-like quality that “seek to alter the way one looks and experiences the familiar.”

Born in Wisconsin, Weller holds a BA in Mass Communications from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.