or Distorted Memory or Free Spirit or When Ravens Dream or …… ? Coming up with a title is so much fun….
Untethered Reality
Wigwam Motel 2
The wigwams are not the only attraction at the Wigwam Motel- the grounds are filled with vintage cars. It’s like stepping back in time!
February Feelings
Just a little abstract expressing my mindset these days…
Blue Agave
I love blue, and after taking this multiple exposure of an agave, I was happy to see the blues come out as I played with it in Photoshop.
By the Shores of Willow Lake
We took a two hour walk at Willow Lake on Thursday- what a gorgeous Fall day! The grasses were golden, and the trees were starting to turn from green to yellow. At one point I did my favorite camera waving moves- and this was the result!
Prairie Castle
We will be heading to Kansas soon, which sent me back to images I have created in the past. I have a slight obsession with grain elevators and silos, and fantasize about taking a road trip through the midwest and Canada to see some of the old historic relics that are still standing. Sometimes referred to as Prairie Castles, these huge structures are visible for miles over the flat prairie. The image above started as a working grain elevator operation in Kansas, but with multiple exposure and the magic of Photoshop, I have reimagined it.
Fragments Exhibition
I realized that I have not yet posted a link to the Fragments Exhibition from Find Your Voice! Above is “That Morning”- the image they selected from the three I submitted. We were told that they would not be choosing our “best” or “strongest” image, but one that would fit with others in a grouping on the virtual walls.
I guarantee you will be blown away by this virtual show! Abstract or expressionist art tends to evoke reactions from the viewers- ranging from “I don’t get” it to “That’s beautiful” to “I would/wouldn’t hang that in my living room” to just pure admiration! There are so many that inspire me- I hope you feel the same!
Here is the link. After you enter, just click on arrows to move around and click on the art pieces to view more information. Enjoy!
Wild Iris
Summer came late to Alaska this year. The usual fireweed was just getting ready to bloom while we were there last month, but we were consoled by the beautiful wild iris. This multiple exposure was taken along the shoreline of Crooked Lake, where my daughter’s family has a cabin.
Forest Lights
We have just returned from Alaska, where we had a delightful visit with our daughter’s family. Our grandsons are growing up- almost 13 and almost 16! Photography was not a focus of this trip, but I did manage to get some photos of the boys and some multiple exposure abstracts while we stayed at their lakeside cabin.
FYV Summer Exhibition
I am part of Find Your Voice (FYV), an online expressionist photography group created by the amazing and inspiring photographers, Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery. I say this with absolute humility, because the majority of the group are talented and accomplished artists who exhibit and sell their work in galleries, and I am one of the new kids on the block, learning as I go.
FYV’s summer exhibition opened today! We could submit up to three images in response to TS Eliot’s poem, Wait Without Hope (see below). Valda and Doug chose which of our images to include in the show.
Because the online group is spread out across the globe (mostly UK, Europe, and US, I think), the exhibition is virtual. You can view it here: https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/11861520/fyv-summer-exhibition
It takes a few minutes to get the hang of “walking” around the gallery. I recommend clicking NEXT rather than clicking and dragging; at least it worked best for me. Please visit when you have time to browse- there is some amazing art to see and inspire you!
Wait Without Hope
By: T.S. Eliot
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,
For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith
But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
Whisper of running streams, and winter lightning.
The wild thyme unseen and the wild strawberry,
The laughter in the garden, echoed ecstasy
Not lost, but requiring, pointing to the agony
Of death and birth.
T. S. Eliot, East Coker
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