9 Ways To Tell If Your Photographs Are Over Cooked

9 Ways To Tell If Your Photographs Are Over Cooked Have you ever taken an image so far it gets completely out of control? I know that feeling well.  It happens to all of us. It’s not all bad. We have to step over the...

Moving Sculpture – Arthur Ganson

Moving Sculpture – Arthur Ganson, “Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work — kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at.”

Three Simple Lines / Natalie Goldberg & John Paul Caponigro

    Tuesday, May 24 – 6:00 to 7:00 pm MT – Online At The Santa Fe Workshops Creativity Continues at Santa Fe Workshops when author Natalie Goldberg joins John Paul Caponigro for an intriguing conversation about how words make images and images make words....

Art As A New Form Of Life – Theo Jansen

. “Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move — and even survive — on their own.”

Making The Most Of Challenging Times By Living The Creative Life

Recently I had a wide-ranging conversation with Richard Bernabe for his Beyond The Lens podcast. I shared stories about being raised in a family of artists and how making art has helped me deepen my connections with the natural world and sustain me during these...

State The Nature Of The Influence On You Simply – One Word, Phrase, Sentence

Complexity Intuited Order Eliot Porter saw a more complex geometry in nature. All types of artists look closely at their influences; particularly as they’re finding their own voice, or at key stages in their creative development, for many, it’s a lifelong process. The comparisons and...

Why Tracking Your Influences Is So Important

“Who are your influences?” It’s a question often asked by professors to help artists grow, critics to place artists’ work and ideas in context, and audiences to understand artists’ creations. It’s also a question we can ask to do all of these things for ourselves....

Enjoy Frames’ Online Photography Summit – March 25-27, 2022

. “Taking place over three days, the FRAMES PHOTOGRAPHY SUMMIT 2022 will feature twelve top-class presenters. Our lineup will include some of the biggest names in the craft as well as individuals at the cutting edge of their creative practice. With our commitment to educate,...

Enjoy Sandra Chandler’s New Project Salt – Website, Book, Exhibits

SALT Pushdot Gallery, Portland, OR February 4th – March 31st, 2022 Artist Reception: TBD www.salt.photography www.sandrachandler.com Instagram Sandra Marill Chandler’s new body of work juggles abstraction and realism.  Her aerial interpretation of unexpected color patterns is based upon the salt evaporation basins of the San Francisco...

Mentor

. Mentor – For more than 25 years I’ve taught 1000’s of people creativity and photography. Some of those relationships have lasted years and even decades. It’s been tremendously inspiring to see their creative growth and a privilege to help them along their way. –...