Hidden Grace

Scott Offen

Hidden Grace is a semi-fictional portrait of an elusive older woman who inhabits an unfamiliar world. She exists in fragments, shadows, and patterns. The mysterious wilderness, of which she is a part, is as inscrutable as she. Neither are fully accessible to the viewer. She has ventured from the ordinary world to live in ways unavailable here. We cannot follow her idiosyncratic path. We can only admire her courage. This collaborative body of work was created over seven years, during an ongoing forty-three-year relationship. While performative, these images reflect the wildernesses, quests we have traveled together, and the eccentricities between narrative, location and our personal relationship.