Art and Photography Blog

Still Life Painting of Potatos, Onions, and Garlic with Cumin

Here is a 18" x 24" painting done from life of potatoes, onions, garlic with cumin. After the work as done I cooked the scene.

Painting of Coffee and Beignets at Cafe Du Monde New Orleans

The is a 24" x 30" acrylic done from a photo taken at Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans in 2007.

Alpinist Film Festival 2008

If you like film and the outdoors here is a great event In 2006 I attended the Alpinist Film Festival in jackson Wyoming. Alpinist is a quarterly publication with great photos devoted to serious mountain climbing. The office is in Jackson, Wyoming. My daughter is the senior editor and I was lucky to visit her on the festival nights. In 2006 we went to the climbing night. There was one film about a trip with Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, and friends in the 60s. They drive to the tip of South America to climb Fitz Roy, a very difficult stone tower. Along the way they surfed and skied. It reminded me of the Endless Summer meets Motorcycle Diaries with an emphasis on the former. The most gripping film was Odwurt (retreat in Polish) about a climb out by one man to find rescuers for his injured partner. It was shot in grainy black and white and was intense. I highly recommend going this year.

This year they again focus on snow, surf, and stone, January 17-20. If you go here is a review of Cowboy Dance Bars in Jackson, Wyoming and an Update on Jackson, Wyoming Restaurants. We especially liked the Old Yellowstone Garage.

There is a Jackson Hole Blog that provides daily reporting on conditions, events, and happenings in Jackson. It is sponsored by Jackson Hole central Reservations. The Planet Jackson events site and newspaper also has a Planet Jackson blog.

Photos of First Snow of 2007 in Boston

These pictures were taken in twilight in early December in the Boston area during the first significant snow fall of the season.

Mick Mather Transforms Another Photo from this Blog

Here is another great transformation of one of my photographs by Mick Mather, artist and blogger. The original is a study of a row of plastic chairs down on the beach at Point Independence Inn, Onset, Massachusetts that appeared in this Art and Photography Blog. Mick takes a photo and does a process of cropping, filtering and layering. I agree with Mick about the nice way the way the cubist forms repeat, relate and resolve themselves within the whole piece. Mick has a wonderful art blog and gets a lot of comments.

Photos of Quebec City in the Fall - October 2007 - Three

Here is the third part of a three part series on fall in Quebec City.
   

Photos of Quebec City in the Fall - October 2007 - Two

Here is the second in a three part series on Quebec City in the fall of 2007.
 

Photos of Quebec City in the Fall October 2007 - One

Here is the first in a three part series on the Fall in Quebec City.

   

Great Transformed Fall Leaves Photo

Here is a wonderful transformed photo by Jeff Clow. Thanks to Mick Mather for proving the link. The artist used a "posterize filter embedded within Photoshop Elements 5.0 to remove some of the detail and to focus on the primary colors within the medley.”

Photos of a New England Country Road in the Fall

Here is a road cover by leaves, completely at times, in the Boston area in late November.