Thanks to Black Box Gallery‘s blog, I spotted these beautiful minimalized landscape photographs by Todd Hido. His site doesn’t have pinnable images, so I encourage you to explore it yourself.
Category: Thoughts
Process, technique, and other thoughts that permeate my art
Emerging as an Artist
On a lovely Sunday afternoon, my critique group was comparing notes on how our art was progressing. While we’re all emerging artists, from a professional point of view, we are at very different points on the spectrum, and have lived through other careers and life events. Our lives are redefined, evolving as our art emerges. What came…
Trees as the Passage of Time
Simple, beautiful woodcut prints. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/19/woodcut-bryan-nash-gill/
Gathering Spring Flowers
A trip to the tulip fields near Mount Vernon, WA, on a rainy day. A little too wet and cold to feel like spring was here, but these blooms made up for it. This set of images was one of my first successful passes with Lightroom. The organizing features helped me narrow in on the…
Julia Hensley’s Installation: Heighten
I saw this last week and loved it! Go see for yourself at University Heights Center in Seattle until April 20th, or after that, as it slowly disappears. http://www.juliahensley.com/journal/2012/3/15/a-giant-u-heighten-second-opening.html.
Goals? Or No Goals?
I’m seeing lots of year-end reviews and goal-setting articles, all very inspiring. Carolyn Edlund at ArtsyShark has this one, for example: 10 Resolutions for Artists The folks at Creative Nerds recommend this post from 1st Web Designers: 20 New Year’s Resolutions for your Career I even found a list of things NOT to do, from…
Get to a Gallery!
I’d been telling myself that ALL last year, and just now, finally made it to First Thursday! Friends and I saw beautiful work at Foster/White, lovely landscapes at Gallery 110, a delightful collaboration between Jesse LeDoux and Robert Hardgrave, Middle Footprint, in a Seattle Storefronts popup, and stunning new work (Within/Without) from June Sekiguchi at…
The Year in Review
Thank you for looking, visiting, commenting, and supporting me this year. I’m full of gratitude for the ability to pursue this delightful career, and for your interest in same. I hope your year ahead holds much promise and joy.