Colorful World

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It’s a colorful world out there! And some of my most colorful works are currently in shows. The three above are all in the “Small Works” show at the Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Many galleries host small works shows in the fall to make modestly priced art available to Christmas shoppers. My pieces are all 7×7 prints in a 12×12 frame. This is the second time the RI Watercolor Society has included my work in one of their occasional open-media shows. And I’m tickled pink! I have a great admiration for watercolor and would love to be able to do…

Creature Encounters

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I can’t think of much that is more gratifying than an up-close and personal encounter with one of the scores of amazing creatures with which we share this planet. I use hashtags to identify themes in my photography, so go online and search for #CreatureEncounters. You’ll find more of my fave works. Recognize, of course, that when I say “up close,” I am speaking relatively. I never was very close to the osprey and its prey in Angel of Death. But our encounter extended for a 15 to 20 minute period as I followed the bird clutching its prey from…

You can take the girl off the farm…

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Maybe the reason I have trouble driving past farm machinery working the fields, grain elevators, and grazing livestock without stopping to take pictures is because I grew up on an Iowa farm. Whatever the reason, I have been an intrigued observer of Louisiana agriculture since I moved here, and have intermittently, between other fascinations, photographed it. By now, I could do an entire show of Louisiana Agriculture, and indeed I would love to do that, but… where? What kind of venue would be interested in an agriculture show? If anyone has any ideas, let me know! In the meantime, I…

2 Fave Things

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Dragonflies and cypress trees! I did not know either until I moved to Louisiana some 20+ years ago. I’m sure we had dragonflies in Iowa, but I paid them no attention. Cypress trees? Nope. Of course not. Learning to appreciate the beauty of a swamp was one big adjustment for this yankee, and cypress trees sure helped. This exquisitely beautiful spot is at Black Bayou Lake NWR on the north side of Monroe, La. Slide your kayak (or canoe) between the cypress trees, get to this open area in the middle, lean back (carefully), and drink in the peace and…

Something Old, Something New

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Well, not that old! But Red Flags over Atlanta has been around since 2018 and has been in quite a few shows. If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know I love construction sites, and this is one of my first successful #HardHatArt #PerformanceArt images. I call them that out of great regard for the hard hats who stare at blueprints and wiring and plumbing diagrams and miraculously produce beautiful, functional buildings. It is an amazing feat. Visually, I am fascinated by the highly transitory patterns, textures and colors that change daily as the hard hats work. That…