Artist Highlight

Trish Zimbalatti's true passion is photography, especially black and white photography. With a BFA in graphic design 

and a minor in photography, Trish pursued

a career as a graphic artist in advertising agencies and marketing firms.   She combined her love of design and nature 

and started her own landscape business, 

Zimbo Landscaping.  

As a landscape designer, landscapes became 

her palette and played a part in influencing 

her to create the fine art she produces today.

Two important influences in her life were

Uncle Steve, and Aunt Millie. Her Aunt was a 

china painter and fine artist herself.

Trish was in awe of the detail on her pieces.

Her Uncle Steve was a black and white

photo enthusiast.

Trish spent many hours experimenting 

and developing black and white photography 

during her college years and beyond. 

Being very precise and detail oriented, 

Trish developed a meticulous technique

and can apply it to any photograph.

From major cities, historical sites, nature,

landmarks, family photos, etc. 

Her ambition is to create unusual pieces 

that are awe-inspiring. Her techniques applied to photographs bring her images to

life in a two dimensional format.

Hand cut precision, coloring, and texturizing 

each cut piece by hand and/or tool is what

gives each Photo Sculpture a unique quality.

The same photo is printed several times

with minor variations with exposure and filtering effects focusing on different details

of the image. As each layer is added, the images become more detailed to the point where there are layers within layers giving the

Photo Sculpture that 3D effect. 

The photos are printed and presented

using archival materials. 

Trish believes there is beauty in the simplest

of forms, and believes that the devil is

in the details in any photo.