my view while sitting on a bench in the Boston Public Garden this morning
Posts Tagged ‘nature’
light through the white willow
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blue, Boston Public Garden, Inspiration, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
a true watering hole
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Boston Public Garden, nature, Photography, urban landscape, waterfowl on May 27, 2016| 3 Comments »
All are welcome to gather by the water and rest awhile, the mallards and geese, and this colorful fellow, all I expect accept a hawk.
down
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged Boston Public Garden, green, Inspiration, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape, willow on May 25, 2016| 3 Comments »
Just light raining down through the leaves of a willow tree in the Boston Public Garden.
up
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged green, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
One of the cool things about waiting for the street light to change in the city of Boston is that you get to pause and look up and all around, and sometimes you see the sunlight fall in special ways, like on this ivy climbing the walls of a church tower.
beautiful decay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, decay, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
and later along marlborough street
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Back Bay, beauty, colors, Inspiration, Japanese maple, Marlborough Street, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape on May 21, 2016| 1 Comment »
wag the duckling
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged baby animals, Boston Public Garden, colors, ducks, Inspiration, mallard ducks, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 21, 2016| 2 Comments »
sensual nature
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, beauty, collaboration, collage, colors, creativity, drawing, fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sensuality, Valentino, Zoe Langosy on May 16, 2016| 1 Comment »
illustration by zoe langosy
Pencil has met paper. Lines have been drawn. Soon images will be cut and painstakingly applied to a sensuous form. An original concept has evolved with the core idea the same — figures clothed by nature. My photography as the “fabric” in the hands of fashion illustrator Zoe Langosy. Here’s a sneak peek at her current work in progress, a rendering of a Valentino dress to be collaged with three of my photos.
creative swatch by zoe langosy
In her own words: What has surprised me about the evolution of this work is that the initial drawing was classical in its rendering in part because Valentino is so classical, his fashion prim and romantic.
illustration by zoe langosy
But after the initial drawing which echoed that romantic sentiment, I lost interest and began a new drawing, one more dynamic and sensual. The wonderful challenge for me is to use the Valentino dress in a different way, to take this beautiful classical garment by a master designer, and render it with a darker edge that’s more inline with my own artistic style.
photo courtesy of zoe langosy
The artist is at work, ladies and gentlemen. Stay tuned for future updates. New to this story of a unique collaboration? Read more here: a new year and new collaborations and here fashion plus nature equals
simplicity
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography on May 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »
in response to nature’s chaos
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged curiosity, Eliot Porter, imagination, Inspiration, James Gleick, landscapes, nature, Nature's Chaos, Photography, storytelling on May 4, 2016| 4 Comments »
It can be hard to read a coffee table sized book while sitting on a Boston subway during rush hour. But that’s what I was trying to do after a visit to the library to retrieve the book Nature’s Chaos, a collaboration between photographer Eliot Porter and writer James Gleick. I sat snugly between, on my left, an older African fellow wearing a very puffy and, I’m sure, warm coat. On my right sat a young Chinese boy wearing a very puffy and, I’m sure, warm coat. The little boy kept getting in trouble with his dad because he was a bit hyper.
I’d been waiting a long time for this book. Carefully, very carefully, trying to respect the space of my neighbors, I opened up the book into a narrow V-shape. I figured the text I could read later, but I wanted a peek at Porter’s vast landscapes. I could see a little but not enough. Wider I opened the book. I peered closely at the sweeping patterns in cracked mud and lava flows. There were leaves on water and sunset clouds. As I lost myself in these scenes, perhaps the book fell open wider still because all of a sudden I noticed something.
Now the African gentleman was a bit more subtle but I could tell he was looking at the book with me. He’d adjust his glasses as I turned a page and every now and then he’d bend over slightly, trying to see the cover to find out what in the world I was looking at. The little boy hadn’t learned how to be subtle. He just peered right over my arm. I didn’t bother looking at his dad. I just began pointing out features on the page to the boy. Occasionally I’d drag my finger along a seemingly mundane scene, like orange flowers in a green field or vines on a tree trunk. I’d say softly, “That’s pretty cool, hunh?” His eyes never leaving the page, he’d nod and say softly, “Yeah.”
On the last page, I made a dramatic show of closing the book and saying in a little louder voice, “And that’s it!” The little boy (and the gentleman too I suppose) slid back into his chair. His father whispered to him. The little boy looked up at me.
“Thank you,” he said.
I smiled. “You’re welcome.”
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