Luring Fish
The sharp tug of small bluegill as it dramatically bent my young fiberglass pole brought me to look into the water. I was 10. I had to see the mighty fish who tugged so hard. As I looked I caught … Continued
Reflecting Electricity
As a teenager driving home from downtown St. Louis I let the web of the city’s lights free my imagination. So many stories lived behind so many lights. So much electricity spread modernity through the night. The experience was memorable … Continued
Building Bridges AcrossTime
Our attraction to architectural forms and space is older than our first cities as demonstrated by monuments left in annual gathering places like Gobekli Tepe 11,000 years ago. Here was the beginning of our appetite for collective architecture and its … Continued
Abstract Dragons
Right now my wild gardens are encrusted within a thin layer of ice, part of a December storm. The effect is jewel-like. As I stepped out to photograph the experience I brought with me my mental pictionary. You and I … Continued
Layers Build Depth
Whether layering with perspective patterns or amorphous clouds of color or both, an artist can create an experience of adding deeper space to an image. Mark Rothko layered almost edgeless shapes of color until the surface hummed with its own … Continued
Seeing Patterns, From China and Japan
Long ago those calligraphic leaf shapes made with single strokes lured me to look at Chinese porcelain bowls and plates. They were so old and yet so vivid and so lively. From them I turned to examining 1000 year old … Continued