“Palimpsest” and “The Edge of Light" at Voices Studios -- April 3 through May 30.
Exhibit: Friday, April 3, through Saturday, May 30
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, 5:30 – 9 p.m.
Voices Studios, 1585 Central Avenue, Dubuque IA
Two gifted, thought-provoking Midwestern artists will showcase their most recent works in a pair of April 3 through May 30 exhibits at Dubuque's Voices Studios venue, with stunning examples of the power of photography on view in Randall Richmond's Palimpsest in the Voices Gallery and Amy May Laskye's The Edge of Light in the Joan Mulgrew Gallery.
Some stories are written once. Others are written again and again—layered, erased, resurfaced. In Palimpsest, photographic artist Richmond reveals the traces that linger beneath the visible. His images feel unearthed rather than made, shaped by the quiet tension between light and shadow, presence and absence, memory and material. Each photograph invites a second look, then a third, as if the truth of the image is slowly rising through the surface. Palimpsest uncovers the hidden strata of experience, merging still-life and landscape traditions into haunting visual narratives. Richmond creates work that feels both timeless and urgently present. These are images that remember, holding the past like a faint echo beneath the now.
Richmond is an American photographic artist whose practice explores the emotional and historical spaces embedded within objects, landscapes, and the human form. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in private and public collections. Richmond’s background includes decades of engagement with both traditional and alternative photographic processes, and he is known for printing each piece himself to preserve the integrity of his vision. His career spans fine art photography, teaching, and interdisciplinary creative work, with a portfolio that reflects a deep commitment to craft, materiality, and the evocative power of the photographic image. He balances his creative time with teaching photography as an adjunct instructor at St. Ambrose University in Davenport.
At the edge of illumination, the body becomes both form and landscape, and The Edge of Light: Bodyscapes by Amy May Laskye is a black-and-white study of the human form shaped by shadow and revealed through light. Each image honors line, contour, and quiet strength; where vulnerability and power coexist. Stripped of distraction, the work invites viewers to slow down and witness the beauty that emerges at the very edge of illumination.
Artist Laskye is a Certified Professional Photographer with a studio on Main Street in Galena, Illinois. As the owner of Amy May Photography and Reflections Boudoir Studio, her work spans weddings, portraiture, boudoir, and conceptual photography.
A First Fridays opening reception for both Palimpsest and The Edge of Light will take place in the Dubuque venue from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on April 3, and the exhibitions will be on display through May 30. Gallery admission is free, and more information is available by visiting VoicesStudios.org.
