of painting and photography

by | Nov 7, 2009 | Fine Art, inspiration | 0 comments

A comment from a friend has encouraged me to write about my deep belief in the connection that painting has to my photography.  Though I am not a painter I am a lover and longtime collector of paintings.  Decades before I had any thought of creating a life in...
Grace and creative inspiration

Grace and creative inspiration

by | Nov 5, 2009 | inspiration, Uncategorized | 8 comments

Ephemeral, yet the impression is lasting and grows in strength as time passes; this is how I recall moments of Grace.  The experience of having recognized an extraordinary moment, and then created an image that communicates the essence of what I saw, fills me with the...

thinking of gifts today

by | Oct 26, 2009 | inspiration, Uncategorized | 4 comments

Many early birthday wishes today (thank you!) have caused me to think about gifts.  This past summer, while enjoying a visit from my mother, we went to the Olympic coastline. I wanted to show my Mom the gorgeous reflections that wet sand can offer at sunset. The...
Early lesson

Early lesson

by | Oct 22, 2009 | inspiration, Uncategorized | 5 comments

Alain Briot, noted Southwest photographer and founder of www.beautiful-landscape.com said to me “sometimes you can make a beautiful image in this bright sunlight”.  We had been walking all over Chaco Culture National Park, in JULY, and we stopped by this...