Experimentation
Experiments that succeed are not the most important ones, for they confirm what we already suspect to be true. (more…)
I’ve been remiss
Apologies for the long pause in posting. I’ve been working through some ideas artistically. Some of the experiments have been successful. Others well, not so much. But I learn as much from the gems as from the kerblewys! (more…)
Edges
I just got back from a weeklong photographic workshop with Connie Imboden up a the Maine Media Workshops. It was an amazing experience and I’ll write more about it later, but one thing in particular stuck with me. Connie repeatedly emphasized paying attention to the edges of the frame. The constrictions of the photographic form force us into a defined compositional shape, but the form can be a source of creative seeing as well. (more…)
Inevitability of Change
It had been a long day, one neither of them wanted to end. Light had faded to night hours ago and dawn threatened to come all to soon and with the dawn, she had to leave. They had savored every moment, trying to hold something of each other- some sight, some smell, some taste-that would last beyond their parting. In the darkness they promised each other they would stay in touch, but both knew things would never be the same. They would never be the same person who laid there that evening. Not even when the dawn came. (more…)
Ending or Evolution?
How do you know when a project has ended?
I have been working on the metal mirror series of art nudes for nearly two years. (more…)
Memories of camping
How do I show you a memory?
We could hear the storm rolling up the valley, slowly rumbling in its ascent of our ridge line. (more…)