Photography is an excuse for me to be outside. Not every photographic excursion produces art; often not even a decent image to keep. Outings always produce a relaxing time and …
Crazy from the heat
It’s been a few hot days of summer of late. Heat advisories, weather warnings with suggestions to keep kids and pets off hot pavement and well hydrated are touted across …
Visions of school days past
The abandoned Island View School off Boyd’s Creek Highway in Sevier County has been the subject of Robin’s painting and my photography efforts on several occasions. This interesting old structure …
Red boots and attitude
This girl has some sass! Sass that makes me smile. Sass that makes me paint.
Her mom is a friend that shares her sassiness sometimes. Seeing a snapshot of her shopping …
How to photograph a barred owl
Working in the yard last week, I heard a couple of owls having a conversation out back. Silly to think I could sneak up on an owl, I stealthily worked …
Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares…
Finding myself in the lobby of a downtown hotel, I snapped a photo. The sunlight on decidedly orange wing back chairs complementing the velvet blue slipper chair was the inspiration …
Somewhere along a high road
When I returned to my camera habit about 10 years ago, I strived to be a landscape photographer. Capturing the broad vistas of the countryside, particularly the Great American West …
The joys of ‘plein air’ painting
An offer of painting an abandoned farm with the innocence of an early spring day was all our plein air painting group needed to tease out a painting or two. …