PTOP: Rosey Glow

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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart. That seems to be Camp Hardtner’s motto! The more time I spend there, the more I see how over-the-top wonderful that 160 acres in Central Louisiana is. Earlier this year, I made trips down to see the mother lode of jack-in-the-pulpit flowers and the mother lode of rose pogonia orchids. This week it was the mother lode of pinewoods rosepinks, also known as rose gentian (Sabatia gentianoides). What I love most about these wildflowers is the precision of the petals. They look to me like they are carved by laser from…

#6 from Costa Rica

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This magnificent tree–a kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)–standing head and shoulders above the rain forest, is the sixth of my images from last summer’s trip to Costa Rica to be invited into a juried art show. From the moment we piled out of our Land Rover along a rutted, pot-holed mountain road, I was deeply moved by this tree. I have questions for this tree. Read them here in the blog post I wrote the night after encountering it. Why “Hyperion”? In Greek mythology, Hyperion was one of the 12 Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). Moreover, Hyperion is…

PTOP: Lavender Hope

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A quarter would cover each of these sets of leaflets of three. The flower that rises on a leafless stalk nearby is even smaller: Cover it with a dime! And the dark background of these two images? That’s scorched earth. It’s called “prescribed burning” of forest lands–a replacement of the natural forest fires that once cleared away the thick grasses, vines and shrubs that choke out tiny flowering plants like these. In this morning of mourning on the heels of a heartbreaking week of choked out life and scorched earth, it is all I can do to cling to a…

The Way of Light

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“That’s what a son is for.” That’s the punch line. Here’s the story. I was texting my son this morning to thank him. Last week I emailed him two images I was struggling to choose between for my submission to a show I really wanted in. His feedback has been helpful before and so I asked him which image he found most interesting to look at. He responded immediately with a simple statement: “The one where the stick is more prominent.” Well, it’s a vine, not a stick, but… I knew instantly that he was right. The zig-zag vine being…

June Group Show

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The Jones Gallery is located in the heart of the Kansas City, Mo., Crossroads Arts District. It is a huge, 100-year-old historically registered warehouse building, and David Jones fills all 9000 square feet with art for a monthly group show. I have been pleased to have my work selected to be a part of these large, eclectic shows multiple times, and I’ll have two pieces in the June 2020 Group Show: Gone Global and Untitled (Union Station). Each monthly group show opens with a “First Fridays” reception–a popular event in Kansas City area. I went in January, and when I…