New Year Still Life

New Year Still Life #1087, 2017

"Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream."                                                                                                       Josephine Nuese  

My husband and I often talk about winter dreams and summer wishes, or vice versa.  In fact today's gardening topic was about composting. Not an exciting topic for the new year but typical of January dreams of warm summer days working in the gardens.

Dreams

Dreams, 2015

 What would you do if someone invited you to create your own still life from their supplied elements?  Would this be a dream come true, or a nightmare?

This portrait was created November 2015 during the annual Vine Arts Center member show. I set up elements of a still life and invited exhibition attendees to move things around, make it feel like their own and then create a portrait using the mobile device of their choice. 

This blue tint, cyanotype, was my creation with the added touch of my earring on the ring finger of the hand statute.

I apologize for the big gap between postings this past fall, 2015 when I was working toward curating the group art exhibit, The Space Between The Words, at the Vine Arts Center and late January 2016.

As time and energy allows, I'll go back in and fill in some art and stories about the exhibition process.

Thank you for understanding.

Patience, kind reader

Patience, Kind Reader.

My goal initially  is to work in two time frames simultaneously. If you've read some of my recent posts you might get an idea of what I'm up to.  If not, read on.

THE PAST:
I am going to fill in stories during the last nine months when I made the commitment to curate a group art show which has now evolved into "The Space Between The Words"  hosted by the Vine Arts Center September 3 - 26, 2015.   http://vineartscenter.org/spacebetweenwords/index.htm

Today, August 1st is where we draw the time line of current stories versus "catch up" posts on the past.  Older stories will be filled in somewhat chronologically so I'll be building the blog from two time frames because I always seem to do things 110% but with some added work thrown in. LOL

 

 THE FUTURE:

Going forward, I feel prompted  to share

** select images of emotive moments that I wish to photograph

** the "How To's" of photo products I make,

** the experience of curating a group art exhibit and, longer term,

** work/life balance stories of being a business professional as well as a passionate photographer.

I invite you to "Follow," ask photography questions, or any others, that I can help you with.

Thank you for your support and friendship.