Tylar Young - “Tether”
(22x15 photographic print)

About her art Tyler says, "I love photography because it allows people to see what I see through my lens and how I’m able to bring ideas to life. It is a source of creativity and it is my safe space. There are many ways to tell a story, and photography is how I choose to tell mine."

In addition to “Tether,” Tylar is auctioning a series of three photos documenting various Black Lives Matter protests.

Rebecca Lippiat – “My Sacred Heart”
(8x12 print on canvas)

Rebecca Lippiat is a self-taught photographer. Influenced by the photojournalistic style of National Geographic, by the clarity and introspection of Frida Kahlo, and the clean simplicity of Georgia O’Keefe’s work, she refers to her work as visual storytelling. Rebecca works as a portrait and commercial photographer and seeks authenticity through her lens. Her work is executed from a desire to serve her subjects and her audience with an open heart.

 “Everything in this portrait is symbolic both as a metaphor and as lived experience. After I had surgery for breast cancer, the wound became infected and opened up. It is surreal seeing inside of your body and I felt as if I could see into the heart of myself. In that moment, I saw this picture. We are all sacred. Each one of us carries divine light within us. We are all valuable. All necessary. The heart I am holding is that of a deer - I have often been accused of being too sensitive, but I now know that that sensitivity saved my life. The pink roses are life and motherhood. The deer/stag behind me was my protector as a child when we lived on the estate at Hatch Court, near Hatch Beauchamp. The globe shows both my birthplace and the birthplace of humanity, and the journal, my journey.”