This week my small photography challenge group word was Fruit. Simple beauty simple play As I pondered what I might create around this theme I envisioned a beautiful still life like the ones the old masters painted. I thought about playing with chiaroscuro lighting with simple elegant fruits like pears. Read more…
One day this week I bought a bunch of pretty pink and white tulips at Trader Joe’s. I put the tulips in a glass vase on the dining room table and enjoyed their cheerful reminder of spring in the middle of winter. With the bright sunshine of the afternoon the Read more…
Serendipity = Intention + Work + Connection A long time ago I dreamed that someday my photographs would be bought by the Minneapolis Art Institute or some other repository of art. I didn’t know how I might achieve that dream and in fact the dream receded quietly into the back Read more…
Where do creative ideas come from? I used to be one of those people who said, “I never have creative ideas for my art. I just photograph what I see.” That was a pretty true statement for my photography for a long time. While I captured beautiful scenes I didn’t Read more…
It’s okay to have an imperfect life—everyone does “Some days I wake up and all I feel are the fractures in the flesh that covers the only me I’ve ever known. Some days, it’s those exact fissures that let the light hiding inside me pour out and cover in Read more…