Between Day and Night From Here and There
Between daylight and dark, that magical time arriving twice a day no matter where you are around the world. Seemingly created especially for artists and romantics, lovers and dreamers, idealists…
Lines and Cleats
Lines and Cleats – Still Life
The foredeck of the wooden day sailer, "Egret," the patina of her brass fittings compliment the warm wood tones of the deck. There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so…
Molten Color
Recently we paid a visit to Pottery Express, a garden center that sells very beautiful, very large, very expensive outdoor decorative pottery. As I wandered around the thousands of pots hopeful…
Macro Monday – Abstract with Glass Rods
An assortment of glass rods such as glass blowers use. Some are transparent, some translucent, some opaque; all are colorful. Take two.
The Grainery
The Grainery, near downtown Raleigh, NC once made Purina dog food. Now it processes soybeans that are mostly shipped to Asia. The building thunderheads and impending storm added interest and…
From Lines to Patterns – From Here to There
Technically, a line connects two or more points. Visually, a line leads our eye across the image we are seeing. A series of lines, straight or curved, form a pattern.…
Macro Monday – Feather Line Pattern
A line is a line, but a series of parallel lines become a pattern. An example is this close up image of a primary feather from a White Ibis. Yes,…
At the Art Gallery: A Self-portrait
We went to a photography show at an art gallery recently. It was a solo show by a nationally known photographer. Some of the images I thought were quite good,…
Still Life: Mangoes
Sadly, mango season is about over in much of the more tropical regions of our world. I hear you, you in the more temperate climes muttering under your breath, "so…
Simplicity – A Rubber Band Abstract
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. ___ Henry David Thoreau,Simply an assortment of rubber bands of varying sizes arranged on a black surface.