In WATER SUITE NO.8, when we come across this scene of utterly simplicity - there are no clouds, the water is still, the light seamlessly revealing itself - we sense that gradually the day is beginning. and we are offered a few minutes of quiet contemplation and reflection.
Read MoreAgainst a deep blue sky WATER SUITE NO.6 captures an atmospheric drama of a lone seabird flying over an expanse of choppy water, while just ahead, rays of sun magically break through an isolated, long, thin white cloud casting light and warmth beneath.
Read MoreIn celebration of Halloween nights’ past , three very different favorite images - a BAT CLOUD mysteriously becomes visible in front of a full moon, TAKING HALLOWEEN DECORATING TO ANOTHER LEVEL with an elaborately decorated house and yard full of fantastic creatures, and a PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL iIN HER TOOTH FAIRY COSTUME.
Read MoreWATER SUITE NO. 5 -So gentle a breeze that the clouds seem to strike a pose, barely changing shape as clouds always do. A pastel color palette of pinks, greens, turquoise and blues, like a watercolor, inspires a sense of calm and peacefulness. Slow down, it says, and look upon what this day has given. Clearly, we sense it was a beautiful day and, even better, no hint of a storm to come. To see image larger…
Read MoreUsing a photograph of F1 cars taken during the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix to create AI image examples, this commentary puts Adobe’s new Photoshop (Beta) Generative AI under the microscope for whether it is serious or fun photoart.
Read MoreSo thrilled to announce receiving a 2nd Honorable Mention Winner Award in international fine art color photography competition, the prestigious 16th Annual International Color Awards, for OTGR. By composing elements of a dynamic, bold abstract pattern of red and yellow lines with the realism of a paint-splattered, dirty city sidewalk below where parallel wavy wet lines on the pavement seem to point to the eye-catching large red OTGR text, I sought to capture some of the duality of urban life and how disparate elements, when framed strategically in the viewfinder, can create an independent harmonious image... To see image large, as well as the reasons graffiti exists, click MORE.
Read MoreI am excited to share that this image of a fumarole venting volcanic gases while eerily distant figures appear shrouded in vapor received an Honorable Mention Winner Award in the prestigious International Color Awards 16th Annual international competition. among 6,573 entries from 72 countries.
Read MoreTHIS WEEK’S PICTURE OF THE WEEK, a solitary figure appears to be savouring solitude while walking along a windswept beach at low tide in early April. Taken from a very high perspective (not a drone) overlooking the wide expanse of beach on which the lone man is strolling, the line of wet sand where the tide has come in and receded until the next wave, the patterned foamy surf beyond, the waves breaking in the distance - each visual element seems to occur in sequential horizontal bands. That’s the visual side of what prompted me to capture the moment you see.
Read MoreThis big, bright, beautiful glowing full moon, THIS WEEK’S PICTURE OF THE WEEK, MOONRISE, became visible just above the trees at twilight. The still barren tree branches, almost like acolytes, seemed to rise up to the light of this strikingly luminous last full moon of the Northern Hemisphere’s winter. Why does the moon appear so yellow? Why is it called the Worm Moon? … click MORE.
Read MoreCurious, enigmatic image of mannequins’ legs clustered near one another outside a clothing store in Venice, Italy, STAND BY ME joins work by art luminaries Richard Serra, Hank Willis Thomas, Roni Horn, Nicole Eisenman and Alice Neel, along with other talented artists, offered in the Friends Seminary Contemporary Art Auction Preview at David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, NYC, February 23 and 24. Backstory of the image, and how to bid online, click MORE.
Read MoreWithout a doubt, the website’s most popular, most forwarded PICTURE OF THE WEEK for 2022, was this image of a majestic Northern Cardinal with his eye-catching red plumage, wide-open beak, and seeming attitude, perched on a snowy branch. He’s a come-to-life doppelgänger for Big Red Terence of the video game ANGRY BIRDS fame. To see him in all his glory, click MORE below.
Read MoreWhen an interior designer had a much traveled contemporary fine art collector client with a passion for all things Italian, she remembered a DC gallery’s solo exhibition of my work which featured a suite of images of water reflections on the canals in Venice. After reviewing the WATER IMAGES portfolio online and narrowing the choices, subsequently both the designer and her client came to my studio to view the work in person. I am delighted to announce the acquisition of UNTITLED #1, VENICE, an image of gently moving, sensuous water reflections creating an abstract composition with patterns, shapes and organic earth tones in ochre, brown, terracotta, white and blue. To see installation image, click “MORE.”
Read MoreOverjoyed when I heard the news that GOOD TIMES FOR SALE received an Honorable Mention winner award among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. This sixth NEWS item featuring awards received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in fine art color photography, celebrates the rural American scene.
GOOD TIMES ARE GONE! Everything in this somewhat nostalgic, but dispirited scene of the abandoned Good Times Restaurant & Bar on the side of a VA highway points to a no longer remembered place where . . .
Read MoreOverjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! is the fifth NEWS item featuring a Nominee Award (Abstract) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in color photography, I am deeply appreciative of this recognition for BASQUIAT! by the the International Color Awards distinguished jury.
MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! is actually a pendant image, meaning, it is intended to be paired with another image, in this instance, DOOR, ST. IVO (which also won a Nominee Award). Both are urban images from Rome. They are like old and new Rome, the past and the present. Both have layers that define their surface. In BASQUIAT!, a wall has been enriched by multiple episodes and layers of painted graffiti. You sense the passage of time here but it is a much more recent composition….
Read MoreOverjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. DOOR, ST. IVO is the fourth NEWS item featuring a Nominee Award (Still Life) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards. My sincere and deepest thanks to the 15th Annual International Color Awards distinguished jury for this recognition.
The haunting, watchful centuries-old gaze of a .guardian door knocker in a 17th century church courtyard in Rome seems unaffected by time unlike its weathered surroundings. DOOR, ST. IVO is actually a pendant image, meaning, it is intended to be paired with another image, in this instance, MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! (which also won a Nominee Award). Both are urban images from Rome. They are like old and new Rome, the past and the present.
Read MoreOverjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. 3 DOZEN FEMALES $30.00 is the third NEWS item featuring a Nominee Award (Americana) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in color photography, My deepest thanks to the 15th Annual International Color Awards jury for this valued recognition.
Parked on a grass strip on the side of a rural VA road, a white pickup truck with an eye-catching sign advertises 3 dozen females (crabs) for sale for $30.00. The clarity of the air, the deep blue sky, the perfectly formed and situated clouds, the very green grass, even the sunlight made this rural scene of a truck parked on the grass shoulder of a rural road seem like a sculptured art form.
Read MoreOverjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. GOLDEN DOOR TO ANTIQUITY is the second of the NEWS items featuring a Nominee Award (Fine Art) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in color photography,
In the jungle ruins of an ancient Buddhist Temple near Angkor Wat, Cambodia, a seemingly golden door in the middle distance invites a metaphorical passage from present time to glimpse antiquity in the distance.
Thank you to the 15th International Color Awards jury for this highly valued recognition!
Read MoreOverjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. THE EAGLE IS LANDING is the first of the NEWS items featuring a Nominee Award (Wildlife) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in color photography, A thousand thanks to the 15th International Color Awards jury for this highly valued recognition!
I was shooting the wonderful abstract pattern of striations of sandbars that formed in the lagoon by an unusually low tide during a supermoon, when an American Bald Eagle - wings, talons and tail fully outspread - landed, center stage, with infinite grace and beauty.
Read MoreUniquely urban abstract MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! joins work by art luminaries Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Misrach, Alice Neel and Richard Serra, among many other talented artists, offered in the Friends Seminary Contemporary Art Auction Preview at David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street, NYC, February 15 & 16, 2022.
Read MoreI am very, very happy to learn that the International Photography Awards 2021 jury, which “recognizes photography’s leading talents who are creating, shaping and defining the world of photography today,” has awarded MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! an Honorable Mention Award winner among “nearly 14,000 entries from 120 countries.”
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