The nature prints in my Herbarium series are incredibly simple. You coat a sheet of watercolor paper – I use Fabriano Artistico – with a salt solution and let it dry. Then when it is time to make the print you paint silver nitrate on your specimen – mine are leaves – with a foam …
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Happy Holidays 2021
In these crazy times so disrupted by the Covid pandemic it feels strange to celebrate. It is hard to look ahead and think of the future when the present is so full of uncertainty. But we must keep moving ahead and the future will get better, it always does. So it is time to send …
What are you doing?
What we’ve been doing…. Lisa and I presented our work for the Peters Valley Artist Talk Series on May 5th, 2021. I love to talk about my art but talking about myself is excruciating. It was a wonderful opportunity to explain how my various projects relate to each other and fit into the context of …
Maintaining a clear view
The Camera Obscura that Charles Schwartz and I used for our New York Camera Obscura project was built on his roof overlooking New York City’s Central Park was built by George Keene, a brilliant man who was a scientist, engineer, craftsman and man of all ages. The Camera Obscura was beautifully designed, engineered, and built …
Vanishing Worlds
Five of my Anthropocene sculptures will be in the show “Vanishing Worlds” at the Gallery at 14 Maple in Morristown NJ from March 12 to August 19, 2020. Because of the COVID-19 virus the opening has been postponed – date to be determined. Curated by Yvette Lucas the show also features Susan Ahlstrom, Janet Boltax, …
Lenscratch features Borderlands
A wonderful feature on the Lenscratch.com website and Lenscratch Daily about Borderlands! It was exciting to get the attention and amazing how many people emailed, called, texted.. and got in touch. Old friends and new, we have a great community in the photo world! Thanks to Aline Smithson for the thoughtful write-up. – article below …
PhotoLA 2020 with Imlay Gallery
Imlay Gallery will be showing my Borderlands prints and Anthropocene sculptures in their booth at Photo LA January 30 to February 2 at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica CA. The Anthropocene and Borderlands work can be seen here on my website and also on the Imlay Gallery’s Artsy site.
The Big Picture
I love seeing art escape the galleries to infiltrate and enhance everyday life. Every couple of years Denver is festooned with photography in the unlikeliest places in addition to a multitude of galleries and museums for the Month of Photography. Thanks to Mark Sink, lots of volunteers, and the bi-annual Month of Photography that he …
Exhibition Lab
How do I get there from here? You might wonder where is here? and there? Good questions! First – The Exhibition Lab run by Michael Foley of the Foley Gallery helps participants get from here to there. The Exhibition Lab is a monthly critique group which helps participants refine their work to be exhibition ready. …