Lots of bright sunlight shining through the kitchen windows and then through empty glasses sitting on a table. The result: beautiful shadows and flashes of color.
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day. 😉
Pink , a little book bursting with color. Check it out. There’s a full preview available online.
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A new article is available for viewing online at Creativity Portal on finding inspiration through collaboration. Enjoy!
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A mad day of rushing about, but every now and then, I could pull out my camera to snap a few abstract shots. It is bitterly cold up here in New England, but the sun sure is shining beautifully.
Birch branches in a courtyard.
A leaf submerged in a glass.
A dusty memento found.
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Well, one benefit of three major snowstorms in a row is that I’ve spent a lot of time indoors catching up on my reading.
One of my favorite finds is Seasons by French artist Blexbolex. The interior of the book is lovely, but it is in the exterior cover image that I lose myself.
It is categorized as a picture book for children, of silkscreen art depicting life and nature throughout the seasons, but I think many adults would find it fascinating as well. Given the pink font inside, and the pink on the cover, maybe Blexbolex’s book spurred my current interest in pink!
“The leaf has a song in it.” For that line alone, from the poem What Can I say, I am grateful to Mary Oliver.
Each poem in the slim volume is thought-provoking and insightful about Oliver as an individual, as well as about humanity. She inspires the writer in me as well as the photographer.
One day I’d like to do a series of photographs inspired by her poetry. This is what I wrote about my first encounter with Mary Oliver back in 2006.
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Pink has been on my mind of late. It is not a color I normally wear or buy in any form. But as I perused my photos as part of creating a new photo book, I noticed that in nature, I am drawn toward the color, from rosy clouds in the sky to pink petals, leaves and blossoms on earth.
Oddly enough, as I researched the color, I learned that Pantone has announced its 2011 Color of the Year as a Honeysuckle Pink. My pink book is still very much a work in progress. My goal: to produce a quality product ready in time for spring open studios. We’ll see!
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Yesterday, for a small friend, I drew the blueberry of happiness. It sat beneath an orange tree, at rest like a wise old sage. In the sky above an orange plane rose above orange clouds. Higher and higher into the sky it rose until night fell, and then the plane passed the moon. As you might imagine, it was no ordinary moon, but one with bright emerald eyes. My little friend had me add some fancy sneakers, and then it was her mom who suggested the wizard’s hat. Ah, teamwork. 😉 Next time she visits I’ll put out some strawberries and see what story we unveil.
Previous stories inspired by my little friend: In the Butterfly House.
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