A walk around downtown Olympia on a drizzly spring Friday night inspires this post. Viewers who are familiar with my approach know that I’m a creature of habit, returning to locations time and again, to see and record changes that occur over time. I’ve shared some of those experiences in previous posts and add a few new images.
Among the excellent shows we saw recently, there are two that stand out and are on view for a while longer at the Art Institute:
Ivan Albright Flesh through August 5, 2018 features several of his well-known works, many of which I remember seeing in his retrospective here in the late 1970s. Included in this current show Continue reading →
Site of former pulp mill, Bellingham, Washington
At the outset I’d like to say that this post isn’t specifically about art, but it may provide some insight in to how my thought processes, combined with history, experience, and environment, inform my process of making pictures.
One of the first things I ever heard about Bellingham Continue reading →
Saturday Night
Playing with the light on a Saturday night while the solo guitarist waits Continue reading →
One never knows what will be found when walking around an urban environment, especially at night. On some nights the streets are empty and it seems no one is around. On other nights the crowded streets are filled with a wide variety of people walking, talking, weaving in and out of the shadows. Walking around downtown Olympia, shooting images with DavidF on a hot summer night in August 2013, we found ourselves in an alley by the freewall of the Olympia Film Society. Thanks to MM.
Presenting this slideshow as an introduction. Click on the individual images for a larger scale gallery view.
