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  • “Element” opens at Brick Row Gallery

    “Element” opens at Brick Row Gallery

    I have a piece tonight at “Element,” Brick Row Gallery’s latest show. It should be a fantastic mix of local artists and their works. I’d taken a bit of a sabbatical from showing, and I’m happy to be back! There’s also an article in The Herald Weekly, where I was given a chance to talk… Read more

  • Nighttime Playground

    Nighttime Playground

    I’ve been a little behind in posting the images from the iPhone Eternal Childhood series to the blog. Here’s one I did a couple months ago: “Nighttime Playground.” Each night, the Moon kisses secretly the lover who counts the stars. ~~Rumi Read more

  • Caught

    Caught

    This piece originally began with what I thought would be a series (and it may still be). I was working on two different pieces dealing with our relationship as humans with the “natural world.” I was unhappy with where I had gotten with both of them and on a whim I decided to try them… Read more

  • Light Present and Past

    Light Present and Past

    Last week my uncle was baling hay and I couldn’t resist taking my phone and getting a few shots of the farm and bales one evening. I grew up going to his and my grandparents’ farm, staying weekends and weeks at a time over the years. Those were hot halcyon days filled with hazy, diffused… Read more

  • At a Rest Stop on Mother’s Day

    At a Rest Stop on Mother’s Day

    I don’t know why I’d never stopped at this rest area before. It’s the first one, right inside the South Carolina line coming from Georgia. It’s not like I haven’t driven that stretch of road dozens of times over the years. But today, I stopped. I’m glad I did. The rest stop sits on Lake… Read more

  • Eternal Childhood: Looking Forward, Looking Back

    Eternal Childhood: Looking Forward, Looking Back

    Another iPhone creation for the Eternal Childhood series. Looking into the past for its own promises, fulfilled–or maybe not quite fulfilled–can be an endless process, an endless regress that may not reveal any new wisdom–and we might miss the promise right in front of us, smaller at the moment, but glowing brightly, ready to lead… Read more