Being an Artist

my thoughts and experiences about making art, living as an artist, and trying to make a career out of all this

Rewriting my artist’s statement

July 11, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 259  :  9 Comments   
I find that one of the biggest challenges I face as an artist is writing my artist's statement. Putting your vision and artistic ideas into words is a nearly impossible task. I mean, one of the reasons I became an artist was to try to ... Read More

Selected for exhibition in New Orleans

July 07, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 251  :  8 Comments   
My photograph Flight (an abstraction of a maple tree seed) has been selected to be in the exhibition "Elemental/Environmental: Space" at the New Orleans Photo Alliance, juried by photographer Gary Braasch. This show is "a photographic exploration of the art and meaning ... Read More

back to making new art

June 05, 2008  :  Being an Artist, Work in progress   :  Views 335  :  2 Comments   
This morning I started work on some new photographs. This is the first time in months that I've worked on anything new, and it feels good. The past few months have kept me very busy. A good kind of busy, getting things done that needed ... Read More

hey, I won!

May 07, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 416  :  12 Comments   
Well, whaddya know. I won third place in the nature/other category of the Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris competition for my Artifacts of Nature series. This is pretty cool, because Px3 is one of ... Read More

refining, editing and polishing

April 30, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 460  :  Add your Comment   
In my last post, Angela was curious about how I carefully refine and polish the photographs I take, as opposed to just trying to capture the 'decisive moment' in the camera. While I plan to write more about this, I stumbled across an article ... Read More

spring cleaning

April 29, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 469  :  9 Comments   
I have been working diligently for the past month on improving my website, making sure that all of the photographs I show on my site are ones I am proud of. I started doing this when an art buyer inquired about one of my photos, ... Read More

making it better, part 2

April 11, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 501  :  7 Comments   
I wanted to show an alterate version of the photograph of the Japanese maple leaf I had in my last post. This version shares the same balance between colors, and between sharp and soft focus. But in this one, the sharpness falls on the ... Read More

making it better

April 08, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 499  :  5 Comments   
I love it when I revisit an old photograph, and suddenly I see how to make it better. It always amazes me when this happens. A photograph that I've printed tons of times, and have been very happy with, will suddenly reveal new depths, new ... Read More

quest for brown, revisited

March 17, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 465  :  4 Comments   
Once again I have found myself spending an inordinate amount of time seeking out the perfect shade of brown. The brown of dried leaves, of old wood, of worn out shoe leather. The brown I see when I close my ... Read More

sound of the new year flying by

January 04, 2008  :  Being an Artist   :  Views 594  :  6 Comments   
It's another new year. To borrow the wisdom of Douglas Adams: I love new years, I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. It has been an eventful year, and it feels like it is on the cusp of even more. ... Read More

 
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