"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to who this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein

Friday, February 27, 2009

3 Colors of One

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I will have two pieces displayed at two different galleries the month of March. 

"Portrait of One" will be displayed for first Thursday at the Ultrecht Gallery, downtown Portland.
1122 NW Everett St.

"Birds" will be displayed at the Sixth Street Gallery downtown Vancouver, WA
105 West Sixth Street, Vancouver, WA 98660

If you are around this area you should check out my art work at either of these venues. 

Reminder! In June I will have a photograph published in a magazine. More details to come.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Random buildings

Titles



Incipient Door 



I see titles as a way to help the audience make a leap into the experience of the piece. Unfortunately I see more and more art pieces being title "Untitled 2008" or "Untitled 356", while their statement is so strong their title lacks and I leave feeling that the work is all bullshit.
WORDS TO LIVE BY;
Jump, it's worth the risk.

From the Inside out (they're watching)



Saturday, February 21, 2009

Painting with Light

Painting with light can be very hard if you have a preset outcome in your head. Or it can be fun, this is the route I choose. This is just a simple fun project, with a long exposure. I took the fire and painted with it. Already now we've been subject to these images in commercials, but none the less it's still fun. As photographers we are completely different. We see and understand things differently, we are artist of the light. Wether it be strobes, flashes, car light, or form the stars. We use light as our brush and color (or lack of). These images have not been photoshoped except to place my name in them, other than that they are in original form. This is natural photography. As an artist we use photoshop to brighten our palette, but it is not a crutch and we don't need it.
WORDS TO LIVE BY;
Use the smoke screen. They'll never know.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

A Lighting Storm in Las Vegas



In 2008 there was beautiful weather that I really loved, a lighting storm.  I was out without my camera, and I was arriving home soon. When I came home I quickly grabbed my camera and went out and waited for lighting. I took several shot, but this was the one that actually captured a nice lighting bolt. I love weather, and the beauty that it causes in nature. Capturing light is not always as easy as it seems.
Words to Live By;
Paint, draw, photograph, dance, sing, or write. Do what moves you and your heart will sing.

Nihon Monkey

Monday, February 16, 2009

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Today

The sun shines
The clouds appear 
Light is let through
Light is my brush
The world a canvas
With variant endings and beginnings
Step inside my reality

Words to live by:
It's a mystery this life, but enjoy what you have.

We may not enjoy living together, but dying together isn't going to solve anything.