Awhile ago, a friend called me from a local yard sale. She’d found a trunk of old scrapbooks, with magazine cuttings from the Silent and Golden Eras of Old Hollywood. Looking at the lustrous photos of glamorous movie stars, I was intrigued by the idea of attempting to duplicate that look. So, I strong-armed The […]
Hey, there! No, I haven’t disappeared off the face of the earth. LOL I’ve been working and haven’t had a ton of time for my art. Plus, I started off 2016 with seemingly endless circle of The Plague invading my house. But, this weekend, there was an incredible fog over the Mississippi River and I […]
(Ugh! I did it again! Had this all set up but forgot to schedule it! I was in an all-day seminar and certification testing yesterday, ended up with a pounding headache, and The Hubs very sweetly decided to take me out to dinner when he got home. All my norms were disregarded. LOL Sorry about that!) […]
I didn’t have anything prepared for today and I ran across this one, stuck at the back of my workflow and, of course, I had to do it, because it’s got curved lines, which is almost as good as shapes. LOL Being a gritty old track, it called for a gritty old finish. So I […]
I’m on a new kick – to take portraits of hands performing their work or talents. I, of course, started with The Hubs‘ hands, playing the guitar… I took a bunch of different angles and finished some in black and white. I can’t decide if I prefer the desat color or the black and […]
My, doesn’t that sound posh? Personality Portraiture It’s actually not, as you can see. But, this picture did serve to remind of a very important point – that some of my favorite portraits haven’t been the soft and smooth perfect shots, but these types, where the real personality of the subject shines through. Like this one […]
I know that railroad tracks are cliche. I know it. But, there’s a reason they are cliche – it’s because they are inherently cool. Everyone does them, because everyone likes them. And for someone with my love of shapes and lines and abstracts, they are hard for me to avoid. It’s not so much the […]
Like magpies with shiny objects, I once again am distracted by shapes in abstracts. LOLThis is actually the open structure of the roof of the train shed at St. Louis’ Union Station. I was completely distracted by the lines and shapes, however, and I couldn’t resist playing with them. Which, if you follow along here, […]
Well, I did warn you yesterday that I wasn’t quite finished with the black and whites. LOL I really liked the picture The Hubs took of me last week in this post, but I wanted just the train station, without the model. *wink* So, I got my grainy, urban, train station shot. (I would love for […]
This is an outtake from my time spent at Union Station last week. I’ve messed around with it quite a bit and I can’t make up my mind on it. Part of me likes it, part of me isn’t sure anyone else will. LOL Care to weigh in with your thoughts? (I would love for […]
