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As evidenced in nature, camouflage can trick the eye and make it hard to see what is right in front of the viewer. In this new photo-art piece, a small curled object is smack dab in the center; but hardly noticeable. There are photos of mud, grass, and drawings all superimposed on one another in varying degrees of transparency on most of the artwork. There was a certain delight in creating the camouflage; as the original forms take on different colors and different shades of light and dark. The lower piece shows a close up the center.

A new piece, titled "Goat Rock Haiku", is currently showing at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in the "Hidden" exhibition. This piece was given an Honorable Mention in the show, which is up until February 19. See https://www.marinmoca.org/See/CurrentExhibitions.aspx.
The haiku reads:

So much is hiding
underfoot at Goat Rock Beach-
endless worlds await.

What better way to start 2017 than by creating new art? This new mandala features a photo taken while at Goat Rock Beach. Here is my haiku that goes with it:
So much is hidden
underfoot at Goat Rock Beach-
endless worlds await.

I have some art at these two galleries:
Sebastopol Center for the Arts through December 31, 2016
Occidental Center for the Arts through January 15, 2017

This is the piece at Occidental, titled "Windfall Symmetry". It is 12" x 15", printed on aluminum.

One of my new pieces, "Three versions of the same story", was chosen to be in a national exhibit at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. The show was juried by Susan Snyder of San Francisco; only 51 out of 492 artists were chosen. See https://www.marinmoca.org/See/CurrentExhibitions.aspx for details on the show.
My piece is a triptych; three panels printed on aluminum. The set of prints all use the same basic imagery; each telling its own "version" of an imaginary tale. The exhibit runs through December 4, 2016. The triptych is shown here in a horizontal configuration; in the show it is hung vertically. As with many of my pieces, there are numerous ways to present them.

October 15 & 16 are the last days of this year's Sonoma County Art Trails. My studio is open from 10 to 5 on both of these days; come see my photo art printed on aluminum! I am #9 in the catalog at http://sonomacountyarttrails.org/.
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My Open Studio is soon; October 8-9 and 15-16, from 10 to 5. This is all part of the Sonoma County Art Trails. I am artist #9. The catalog can be viewed at http://sonomacountyarttrails.org/. The Sebastopol Center for the Arts will host a preview exhibit featuring a piece of each participating artist’s work. The Opening Reception is Friday, September 23, 6-8 pm.
Here is one of my latest digital photo-art pieces, printed on aluminum. It is called Golden Synergy, and is derived from an original collage of mine that incorporated fabric, rice paper and ink drawing.

October 8-9 and 15-16 are the open studio dates this fall in Sonoma County Art Trails program. Come see my art up close and personal. The catalogue for the the event is at http://sonomacountyarttrails.org/. This sample is called "Inescapable", a mandala type of digital photo-art that was created from a photo of some roadside shrubs; illuminating the beauty of inter-connectedness.

Just posted a new piece, with some comments that can relate to our perceptions of black and white; an especially germane topic these troubled days.
Some of my thoughts on the piece: That which is black and that which is white change places. Subtle variations on black and white abound; it is not so clear cut. Shared features. Some differences. Together: a strong statement.

The advantage of digital photo processing: a photo of a relatively quiet drawing done in ink on yellow rice paper has now been re-invented as if drawn with firelight. This adds drama and some mystery.

Save the dates: October 8-9 and 15-16, 2016 for the opportunity visit me and other Sonoma County artists in the annual Fall Open Studio Tour. Details later.

So many thoughts of what happens after death, now that a friend has suddenly died. We can only imagine what that is all about. Most of all, I return to the concept of no boundaries; of the limitless unknown. An expansive thought that re-frames the idea of death being a clear-cut ending.
This new piece is called "Sailing into the unknown where there are no boundaries".

After the darkness of winter, comes the glorious arrival of spring. Simple outdoor pleasures, like seeing the burst of colors and the abundance of busy birds, are here! This piece is titled Wing-swept.

The new digital photo-art piece,"Double E's, version 2", now featured on my Homepage, was so interesting to do. Besides the usual thrill of creating a new piece, this one has new color-neighbors, like red and hot pink; not my normal color scheme. Plus the two different colored circles compete for attention; which keeps the piece from being static.

The newest addition to an existing portfolio (Symmetrical>Warm) in my digital series is called Ode to Earth. There is no escaping our deep connection to our home planet. It is the ever-present force, regardless of our awareness.

Even a small art piece can bring attention to the thrill of magnified perception. Via zooming in on the little things, I am enthralled by the texture and detail of things we normally pass over. How things are structured at the minutia level is fascinating.
The magnification also brings attention to the little funky things; pieces of lint, specs of who-knows-what. This is all a part of our everyday world; it is not perfectly pristine.
One of the pics is an example of what a collage can look like up close; the other one is of a new digital piece created out of the close up photos.

One of my projects-in-progress is building a large digital piece made up of several simple rice cake paintings. The experimental painting on these rectangular rice cakes was so fun; the texture of the "canvas" superb. There are 12 rice cake paintings, placed by twos on each aluminum print. The ways to display them together are numerous. Giving the viewer free reign to arrange them as they please is part of the beauty of this project. Below is one of the possible sections.

More and more, I find it easier to incorporate drawing right within Photoshop. This has become yet another way to create art; it does not replace drawing directly onto the traditional media. It just offers another option. The more possibilities the better! No need to be limited to just what we have already done in the past. This recent digital art piece is called "It is whatever you say"; in other words, its meaning is in the mind of the beholder.

Inspired once again by ordinary little things, I have created a new series based on a seemingly insignificant item: the button. The series is named Buttony, meaning a gluttony of buttons! Some of the pieces are quite colorful, as I seriously tweaked Photoshop and left caution to the wind. Others are more sedate. Either way, the symmetrical designs that I impose on the pieces lends a sense of order to it all.

The grunt part of moving is all over so I can now move on to more creative things! Such a good feeling to not be living by the alarm clock; more time for the spontaneous combustion of art. Today's piece is not quite symmetrical and was quite fun to create as I included a closeup photo of a tamari rice cracker with kelp.