I’m retreading some old ground, but I needed a better family photo and while this is (obviously? – because it’s cats; the wall really is 2 shades) stitched together it’s all real shots (about 8 I think).

Faith, Rocky (who was NOT feeling it), Jack, Charlie, Shadow (who undoubtedly would have left right away).

I can’t remember the last time I made a blog post.

I’m not sure anyone does blog posts anymore.

But since my page here is a big outdated and neglected I thought a little note might be in order.

This was my original page back when I first made one…6 years ago? 7? I’d have to go look. But since then I’ve gotten behind on…everything. It’s been my intention for some time to update the page and try to make it easier to navigate and such, but life happens and big projects can fall aside when it seems more like maintenance than progress.

However…given that my 10 year anniversary of following this little hobby of mine is in July/August, I REALLY want to get caught up on my archives, my curation, and presentation.

So…it is my sincere hope that in the coming 10 months I will finally get this little page of mine updated and cleaned up. For anyone who comes to see what I do have, thank you. Hopefully I’ll be able to focus on the bigger picture (ugh, two puns in one sentence) and by the end of August 2025 this will be a cleaned up page with more of my recent work.

Thank you for looking and reading : )

Go create and share with the world.

I first became aware of Margaret Bourke-White from the 1982 film “Gandhi” directed by Sir Richard Attenborough where she was portrayed by Candice Bergen. I don’t recall at this point what prompted me to go looking for this particular book, or if I was even looking for it. I suspect I was just looking for collections of her work, and stumbled upon this 1943 third printing edition SIGNED by the woman herself.

It’s taken me a couple of years to actually open the book, but once I got rolling I read though the bulk of it in a week. She and her at the time husband Erskine Caldwell were permitted to travel to Soviet Russia in the Spring of 1941 though October of the same year. It’s her first hand account of her time there, what she saw, and what she photographed as the Soviets fought to hold the Nazi invasion. I have become more fascinated by history as I’ve gotten older, especially 20th century history, and I treasure this artifact from 80 years ago.

I think it’s out of print, but there are likely used copies that can be found. It’s only about 280 pages of reading, standard hardcover narrative book size, and there are several full page printings of her black and white photographs. Highly recommended if you like history and photography.

The online Contemporary Art Room Gallery posted their show “Artist’s Choice” recently and this portrait of Selah from February received a merit award.

You can try to see the entire show here. I say try because I have trouble loading their past contests, but that may just be my browsers.

The Grey Cube Gallery has monthly and sometimes twice a month themed online contests. They recently released the winners of their “Yellow” contest and I’m pleased that both of my entries received Merit Awards (First, Second, Third, Merits, Honorable Mentions, Finalists).

Both of these have an Italian flavor. “The Model of Burano” was made in Burano, Italy in September of 2018. The model was actually posing for a photographer and I just cropped him out and left her as the subject of this “street” shot.

The Lady in Yellow was made in my studio, but the glass and flask were from the Moreno Glass Factory in Venice with my model friend Gazelle Powers.

You can see the entire show here.

Monovisions announced their awards for the 2024 contest.

An image I made a few years ago and have rarely used because it’s not part of my grander body of underwater work received an honorable mention in the people category.

You can see all the winners here.

The Grey Cube Gallery posted an online show of landscapes, and my photos of Mt. Fuji and 2 Camels in Cairo both are part of the show and received a Merit Award (jointly I suppose; they’re both there but I got one certificate). Not my usual schtick, but I like the images from my travels and I’m happy to have them accepted and awarded, naturally.

You can see the whole show here.

One of the many online galleries I’ve found this year had an open art show posted in early May 2024. This little used gem from 2017 is on display online in the show. It’s always been a favorite but I’ve been told doesn’t really fit in my overall collection of work. Maybe true, but it deserves love too.

I was going to my friend Becky’s to do some portraits while she painted, and we had this magnificent overcast sky as I arrived. I told her to grab her pallet and brush and assume a painter’s pose. I over-edited the sky to bring out the clouds and left the rest unedited as if she hadn’t painted it yet. Fun!

I need to do more stuff like that again.

You can see the entire show here.

The Art Room Gallery online’s March show “Yellow” is live.

A photo I made in 2018 in Burano, Italy is part of the honorable mentions. It’s a very colorful town and as we were walking along I saw this woman posing for a photographer; they were obviously out for a shoot.

You can see the entire show here.

April 11th Art Fluent posted their online show “Face to Face,” a collection of portraits in various mediums.
I’m pleased to announce that this lesser seen portrait of mine is part of the show.

You can see the entire show here.