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New Art
These are some of the photographs that I am currently working on.
abstraction of a maple seed
Today I’m working with a small stem containing several seed pods from a maple tree – what my kids call “helicopters”. I love the intensity of the vascular system of… read more
the twists and turns of a vine
The past couple of days I have been working with a tiny fragment of wild vine that I found last fall, walking in the Great Swamp with my family. It’s… read more
Storm Front, an abstraction of a catcus
Right now I’m preparing my photographs for my booth at this year’s ArtExpo. This week, when I haven’t been interrupted by snow days, I’ve been working on Storm Front, an… read more
dryad – a new abstraction of a dried leaf
While preparing photographs for my upcoming show at ArtExpo, I discovered this long-lost photograph. I had created it eight years ago. At the time, I had seen a glimmer of… read more
two views of desert honeysuckle
I’ve been trying to photograph this cutting of a desert honeysuckle all summer, yet it kept evading me. Finally today, I think I found it. See more of my Miraval… read more
New photographs added to my site
I just added a number of new photographs to my website, including many that I created from the beautifully unique and complex desert plants I found during my stay at… read more
prayer – an abstraction of texas ebony
This is an abstraction of the seed pod from a texas ebony tree found on the grounds of the Miraval Resort. It evokes the classic image of two hands held… read more
desert marigolds
Even though they have been yielding great results, I decided I needed a break from working with mesquite seed pods. So I turned towards this desert marigold I collected on… read more
another perspective on a mesquite seed pod
All week I have continued to explore that wonderfully curly mesquite seed pod I found at the Miraval Resort. Just when I think I have done all I can with… read more
abstract of a mesquite seed pod
This is a photograph of a mesquite seed pod I found on the grounds of the Miraval Resort during my artist-in-residence there this summer. The mesquite trees are about all… read more
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