Fine Art.
Fresh Cut.
On view: June 2026, Coastal Coffee Roasters, Summerville, SC
Fresh Cut:
Fresh Cut explores the emotional language of flowers and the deeply human act of giving and receiving them. Each arrangement becomes more than a still life; it carries traces of celebration, comfort, love, and remembrance. These blooms, though fleeting, are often exchanged to mark moments we hope will last.
In the studio, I slow these passing gestures down, preserving what is temporary and easily overlooked. Each flower holds a story, passed from one hand to another, carrying meaning beyond its physical life. My work exists within this tension between impermanence and memory, where beauty lingers just long enough to be felt.
Through this series, flowers become vessels for connection, simple offerings that hold profound significance. Fresh Cut reflects the quiet power of these exchanges, revealing how even the most delicate moments can endure.
Fresh Cut explores the emotional language of flowers and the deeply human act of giving and receiving them. Each arrangement becomes more than a still life; it carries traces of celebration, comfort, love, and remembrance. These blooms, though fleeting, are often exchanged to mark moments we hope will last.
In the studio, I slow these passing gestures down, preserving what is temporary and easily overlooked. Each flower holds a story, passed from one hand to another, carrying meaning beyond its physical life. My work exists within this tension between impermanence and memory, where beauty lingers just long enough to be felt.
Through this series, flowers become vessels for connection, simple offerings that hold profound significance. Fresh Cut reflects the quiet power of these exchanges, revealing how even the most delicate moments can endure.
June.
June
Photographs by Stephanie J. Shank
As a photographer, I am fascinated with people, what they cherish throughout their lives, and the tangible remnants left behind when one leaves a place or passes away. Tangible remnants of life – clothing, photographs, books, personal belongings – can be pieced together to create a collective, surrogate portrait more moving than a traditional photograph of one’s visage.
As a young girl, my grandmother, June, seemed as if she reveled in another period in time, her home filled with storied treasures, her gardens continuously bursting with blooms, her creations beside her chair all while the delightful smells of cakes baking filled her home. Hazy at times, as I focus on the most meaningful details, each still memory shares a story through her belongings; the belongings that tie our family together as a whole.
June, a surrogate portrait of my grandmother’s domestic life; rich with tradition, southern craft, and feminine daily ritual is an exploration of her life while attempting to preserve part of my own history.
Photographs by Stephanie J. Shank
As a photographer, I am fascinated with people, what they cherish throughout their lives, and the tangible remnants left behind when one leaves a place or passes away. Tangible remnants of life – clothing, photographs, books, personal belongings – can be pieced together to create a collective, surrogate portrait more moving than a traditional photograph of one’s visage.
As a young girl, my grandmother, June, seemed as if she reveled in another period in time, her home filled with storied treasures, her gardens continuously bursting with blooms, her creations beside her chair all while the delightful smells of cakes baking filled her home. Hazy at times, as I focus on the most meaningful details, each still memory shares a story through her belongings; the belongings that tie our family together as a whole.
June, a surrogate portrait of my grandmother’s domestic life; rich with tradition, southern craft, and feminine daily ritual is an exploration of her life while attempting to preserve part of my own history.