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Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss | Blowing Kisses

The idea of blowing a kiss is a thoughtful way of extending the beauty of love. In this photograph my two granddaughters, Mac-attack and Butterscotch, and my daughter Lady show their love with a bit fun.


Weekly Photo Challenge: Home | Is A Room With A View

For this room with a view, I thought a little abstract texture would hit the mark. This is the window in my bedroom.


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variations | on the thought of things to come

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The Drive Home After Seeing You For The First Time

The drive home after seeing you for the first time; lingers like the sweet dark night…

in a moment
just like this
your kiss …

– my angel

I had to include this song from Trespassers Williams. They are one of my favorite Dream Pop bands. While working on the image for this post, I downloaded their latest and last album entitled “Cast” (2012). A 2 cd set of past hits and new songs. Wonderfully crafted. Emotional as always, Trespassers Williams takes us again, to that place of love and longing. This track stood out for me and was a strong influence to the creative process for the piece. I highly recommend you listen to the song while drifting along the highway of your own dreams and memories.


a rewind: images for HD video | moments in time (a yesterday remix)

A collection of video images from various art exhibits and installations from 1988 – 1993. The video also showcases new images from 2012.


When You Left … Even The North Star Could Not Guide Me Home


Weekly Photo Challenge: Love | Ashes to Sea

Here is a link to an older post from June 2011. In 1997 friends and I spent a week in Barbados. It was during the Sugar Crop Over Festival. A weekend long celebration, that in of itself represented Love. I will post this part of the challenge later.

But for this post, I am focusing on Love as a ceremony. A going away celebration of a loved one.

In creating this series entitled Impressions In Barbados, I was interested in mimicking the style of the impressionistic painters. Hence the title. I hope you will enjoy my look at Love.

Impressions in Barbados 03 / Ceremony


Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond | Cats and Dogs

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I thought I would lighten up things a bit and post: Beyond | Cats and Dogs … Featuring from foreground to background … Thai-G, Lucy, Angel, and Little Baby. There is one other cat in the home not pictured, named Black and White.


Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond | Horizons

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The Horizon. A view just beyond. We follow it to our dreams and aspirations. It gives us a place of peace. And projects meaning into our lives.


Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond | Landscapes

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What a fascinating challenge this week. It provides so much leave way for the artist to convey a multitude of ideas and concepts on the theme. Beyond can take you many places. For my first entry, landscapes and beyond. All images here are digitally remastered to make the journey that much more exciting. From shore lines, to expanding sky, to mountain vistas … we step just beyond the ordinary.


Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures | Art

This week’s photo challenge is coming to an end. I thought I would include a few more images I created in 2012.


Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 In Pictures | Places and ART

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Savannah GA
Eastern Shore MD
Virginia Beach VA
Blue Ridge Mountains NC
Greenville SC
Tybee Island GA

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Portrait of my Daughter Lady
We Say Good-Bye To Ourselves
The Silence Series: Chakra Colors For Meditation | ANAHATA (Green)
Everywhere I Looked the City Hosted the Old-Timey Bikes
A Tribute to the Family (A Full of Grace Remix)
Across the River the City that Sleeps with Dreams
Until You I Didn’t Feel Quite Finished

So many beautiful places and art to reflect on life in 2012.


Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 In Pictures | Grandchildren and Family

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What a wonderful photo challenge this is to close out the year 2012. Highlights and special moments captured on film. This past Thanksgiving I was surrounded by loved ones. There were grandkids, my girlfriend, family, friends and the memory of my daughter Lady. My sister Patricia and her boyfriend Elbert, served dinner and were our hosts for a magnificent celebration of family. It was a rose of a day. Colorful, warm and joyous.


Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | Trust

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in a deciding moment
a transition of thought
from fear to trust


Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | We See Ourselves

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In a moment while sitting with myself, I thought only of things you said to me …


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Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | A New Morning

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a new morning
with colors of possibilities
what will I find
that will bring me
peace of mind

lost just over the horizon
are the wishful memories
and waking realities
– life is
what life is


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Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | A Barren Autopsy

Post Canvas And Paint: Variations ~ A Barren Autopsy

a barren autopsy
of ourselves;
the lack of compassion
for a deep sense of lost
and stolen innocence

what do we see
when we look in the mirror
on cold December nights
but the tears of children
falling from our eyes …

As a society we are becoming numb to reason. And as a consequence, we may one day lose our humanity.


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Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | Last Train To The Beach

Post Canvas And Paint: Variations ~ Last Train To The Beach

years ago
it felt like yesterday
the last train to the beach


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Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | Last Train

Post Canvas And Paint: Variations ~ Last Train

The night was falling
into a distant rumble;
churning and grinding
like tearful strokes

dreaming in memories;
the sound
and the acid smell of diesel
eating away this very moment
our every gesture of things promised


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Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | A Place To Find What Was Lost

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an endless road of memories
a journey of searching dreams
the place to find what was lost


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Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | It’s There If You Find It

Post Canvas And Paint: Varations | It's There If You Find It

struggling with that past
living with the evolution
knowing you’ve never evolved


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Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Departure

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Departure

Songs for all seasons …
departure
and arrival


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Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Moments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Moments

Often a season is defined by the time of year, yet it can also bring us home. Home to a unique time in our lives. Where the joy of life blooms like Spring, fuels us like Summer, comforts us like Autumn, and brings loved one’s together like Winter.

Life in changing seasons.


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Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Timeless

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Timeless

Moments of transition. Timeless in their seasonal change. Spring to Summer. Summer to Autumn. Autumn to Winter. Winter to Spring.

– Life in season


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