The Journey Into Art (Projects)
August 2021 project Pictures Within Pictures - Abstract Walls And Triptychs open house and reception
August 20, 2021
Today I had an open house and reception for the presentation of this project.
It was very well received and gratifying to talk to so many people about my work and its evolution over the last 12 years...
Four years of Prints of the Month
July 16, 2021 | various
On a whim I decided to see when I started the Print of the Month series. I was astounded to see that it was over four years ago (four years and four months to be precise)!! Alain Briot had encouraged me years ago to make that artistic commitment...
Moments of Creativity and Spontaneity
July 10. 2021
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something...
The Playa
June 6, 2021
The true wilderness experience is one, not of escaping but of finding one’s self by seeking the wilderness.
- Howard Zahniser
A playa is a dried-up lake bed within a desert basin...
Joys of the Path of Photography – My Recent Years
April 20, 2021 | various
(This is the full text accepted for publication on petapixel.com and photopxl.com.)
I am a technical professional who wanted to become an artist in his middle years...
Before and After #7
December 3, 2020 | southwest US
It has been more than a year from the last one in this series, so I thought I would carry on with a review of one from my most recent project "Walls in Motion".
This project will be the first exhibit after the COVID restrictions ease, probably late next summer or fall...
San Juans in the fall - day 3 Hovenweep Pueblo
November 27, 2020
Hovenweep Pueblo was occupied from around 1200-1300 CE. All signs of occupation were really gone by 1280 CE. The site has not been fully excavated, so we only know some generalities about the area.
The architecture is similar to archeological ruins in Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico...
San Juans in the fall - day 3 Holly Group Pueblo
November 20, 2020
What in the world were they doing building something so beautiful on a rock???
They say it was for a structure to retreat to in the event of an attack. That sounds very plausible to me, given the description of the times...