exploring nature’s infinite connections
I spent some time photographing this morning pretty close to home, about as close as I can get actually - our front yard. My wife Lisa has done an amazing job with flowers around our house, and I often take advantage of having a lot of great subjects around. Today...
"Art is never finished, only abandoned." - Leonardo da Vinci (or Paul Valéry ?) Perhaps you have read this quote before, I certainly have. It is one of those quotes that state so much more than the simple words that it is composed of. I don't think about the...
Finally spring wildflowers are kicking into gear around here. Yesterday I ventured out with an idea in my head of doing something a bit different this year. It seems as if I go through this every year, wanting to create something a bit different than last season on...
A few years into selling prints, I began to ask myself this very question when it comes to my photographs. Provenance being basically a historical record of the origins of the image, and if printed, the media and process used to produce the print. If the...
There is something to be said for abstract photography... you are not confined by your own preconceptions about reality and known subjects. But to the contrary, you leave yourself open to the possibility that someone just may not "get it" as is often stated about...
I have this bluetooth gizmo for my car that allows me to use my iPhone hands-free. It acts as an FM transmitter so audio broadcasts through my car's speakers. It also allows me to play any music I have on my iPhone, use Pandora, or any other audio service through...
"My triumph as a counterfeiter was my defeat as a creative artist." - Han van Meergeren, artist and forger Han van Meergeren was a Dutch painter who became a famous forger during the early 1900s and especially during World War II. He refined his technical painting...
One key aspect of my approach to my nature subjects usually originates from a question, or series of them. While one may wish to be all knowing, it is quite hard to accomplish in actual practice. Shocking I know. This particularly applies to the interesting...
A robot certainly cannot create art, or can it? One definition of art is an interaction of experience of the artist, what they have learned and felt in relation to their artwork, and the experience of the viewer and all of their background that molds their...