As part of an altered book project I did a few years back, I glued pages together and then cut away the center of them so that I could make them into ‘frames’ for some of my photographs. It was an attempt to illustrate the book ‘Two Years Before the Mast’ by Richard Henry Dana ...
This is the view across the inlet at Tofino (Clayoquot Sound). It’s Opitsaht, spelled also as Opitsat and Opitsitah, a Tla-o-qui-aht community in the southwest area of Meares Island (I’d love to know the traditional name of Meares Island but I can’t find it at the moment; if you know leave me a comment). ...
Well, July is proving to be THE month for severe storms in Ontario this year. The month isn’t over yet and we already have fourteen confirmed tornadoes*. June and July of last year (2020) saw fourteen and twelve respectively, as well. Some big numbers for a single month in Ontario. Before the Northern Tornadoes Project ...
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half light,I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my ...
Excited to have some of my nocturnal car wash imagery included in this exhibition. https://dasxhibitions.ca/Seeking-the-Periphery-Intro-1
The virtue of waiting,patience the moral good.A most cherished weigh –transient and illegitimate.Cadence given pause,under merit of delay.A nuptial of deception.A meek inheritance.Resource ticking away.A face bears the gaugeDial in merit,and disregard the day.
Welcome to 2021! Can you handle it? The beauty in photography, or one of them for me at least, is that it provides an outlet. It also occupies the mind and can go a long way toward staying in the moment. When my wife was dealing with her cancers, I’d lean on photography as a ...
I like the snow. Winter storms hold almost as much allure as the warm weather variety. Upon close inspection, the individual precipitation pieces are more intricate and visually appealing in the frozen rendering. The snow also puts a hush over things that I find calming. As a visual construct, all the white that accompanies ...