And another for the trey

This is the close edge of some color and geometry field stuff I have done. It was after taking a class in which I was hit by the power of Bauhaus and DeStijl. This one has more recognizable subject matter. As a large print, it has that whole intensity of scale thing going. Thanks to Andy for that. Not a soup can, but you see what I mean?

Probably mid 80s. Nice and sharp, good balance and tone. Not really rule of thirds, because that does not have enough tension for me. Not that this is tense. But the large, oversized image of rural looking building detail is interesting for me. The why.

So why? Well, it struck me, and I took the pic. The texture is great, the color is that recognizable barn red. As a southerner, it is a recognized hue. And to get too close is an attempt to abstract it a bit. Look at this thing, this arrangement, this art in commerce. Well, not really. It is probably more of an homage to my roots and locale. I am a southerner, I know Warhol and Bauhaus and Destijl, but I am a redneck. Not really, but a southerner still.

And it is a door after all, an entry, portal. It happens to be the door to a friends cabin. A wonderful place with ghosts and memories and so much fun. That evocation is strictly personal. I would be amazed if anyone else, even the participants recognized the locale of the actual door. The hinge is the working part of the entry, the screen a less permeable barrier. And it is closed.

Beautiful light! Chiarascuro (sp?!?!) and wear in the paint. It gives the solid a delicate, worn quality. Hmmm, this is more than I thought about the pic when I made it. But as I said, it is the most accesible of some pics in a series that become more and more removed from content. Some of those will likely follow.

Or how about this one?

Oh how I love this image. I have it cleaned up a wee bit as a large (20x30) in my office. The print had a nice selenium purple cast to it. This is so 1940s for me. I took it in the 80s, used Rodinal, a sharp but GRAINY developer to get the negative. It gives the out of focus portions a wonderful gran that you can't see here. These are TOO small. I may have to move or cross list somewhere else.

A wild rose or a lackberry? I think the former but I don't sweat it. I like this version with the black line of the negative edge, it gives it a sense of more patina. It is decorative, but there is a good feel to it. Do you get that too? Wistful, kinda corny, thorny? Two blooms and a bud. Threes populate my photos. Not much more to say, but I love the way this photo feels, it is a favorite of my patients. Well it was, I have not used it in my new office. There are no pics up in my new office yet.

So here we go

I was tempted to think a lot about which pic to publish first, then I decided that it was not the way to go. I want this to be fresh and easy, so I will publish the first pic I find that I like. Deep.

Taken on our recent vacation with a Nikon D50 or something. Prime lens, maybe a 24 which is really a 36 on this camera. It is of a friend from our church who came down to help with the child care and get a free vacation.

About the pic. For me it has some mystery, why is she running, where is she running too? Photos with motion have always been difficult for me to catch in a way that I like, this one works pretty well. Just enough to show the dynamism. It adds some mystery. The blue/gray day helps as well. Not a happy sunny beach pic, though I bet some of those follow.

I also really enjoy the way that the reflection stops at the legs emphasizing the motion. It is a still after all, but the motion is still there. I would like this as a large print, but it would also work as a nice small one. I will have to experiment with both.

The point of it all

You don't have to have a point to have a point. The point is just to share art from my family, which is to say my father, my self, and my daughter. I will comment a bit too. Nothing pretentious, but I hope someone notices and enjoys or thinks.

Trey