“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” Ansel Adams
The Art of Storytelling
Book excerpt: There is a mission church at the edge of the village, on the road to the main highway almost dead center between Vaughn and Santa Rosa. The Chapel of St. Helen. It is a beautifully simple, single nave chapel with its main entrance opening, as tradition would have it, toward the west. See more on the Blog page.
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The Story Gallery
Netta at Orquevaux
I shall not move, and I cannot cry. But I will stand as long as this wall remains here to remind me of my purpose. Digital Photography
We separate, we come together, but always there is trust and communication from the entrée to the coda. Digital Photography
She is at once asleep and awake, dreaming and acknowledging; she inhabits two worlds at the same time. Digital Photography
I shall not move, and I cannot cry. But I will stand as long as this wall remains here to remind me of my purpose. Digital Photography
Immediately upon arriving at the château, you are transported to the 18th century. Perhaps in the drawing room you will hear Diderot conversing about philosophy or politics. Perhaps in the dining room you will find a platter of cheeses and a bottle or two of champagne. Perhaps in the rooms upstairs you will see artists doing what they love. Digital Art
From the studio I had a view of the countryside which contrasted sharply with the austerity I found inside. Both were inspiring. Digital Art
The voices become louder as you approach, and the sun illuminates the glow exuding from the large church in the tiny village. Digital Art
Immediately upon arriving at the château, you are transported to the 18th century. Perhaps in the drawing room you will hear Diderot conversing about philosophy or politics. Perhaps in the dining room you will find a platter of cheeses and a bottle or two of champagne. Perhaps in the rooms upstairs you will see artists doing what they love. Digital Art
Orquevaux, an Autobiography
The house called us all together. This group of people at this particular time. What we found there was a magic like no other. Digital Photography
Art is therapy, and it can take place in the strangest of places under the most humblest of guises. When performances artists mix with visual and digital artists and writers, the output is amazing. Digital Photography
Everywhere flowers and birds, transforming the everyday into the extraordinary. Digital Photography
The house called us all together. This group of people at this particular time. What we found there was a magic like no other. Digital Photography
Pastura was (and still is) little more than a watering hole for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Many of the people living in the vicinity worked the sheep at the Bailon Ranch. It was near here, in January 1911, that Nora Stewart was murdered.
On the edge of the village of Anton Chico, New Mexico there is an ancient cemetery guarded on any day by the horses of the local farmers who roam freely about the village.
There is a mission church at the edge of the village of Pastura, on the road to the main highway. The Chapel of St. Helen. It is a beautifully simple, single nave chapel with its main entrance opening toward the west. The altar, too, is modest and without the decoration of reredos to narrate the lives of the saints. Above the altar stands a statue of St. Helen herself, holding the Cross.
Pastura was (and still is) little more than a watering hole for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Many of the people living in the vicinity worked the sheep at the Bailon Ranch. It was near here, in January 1911, that Nora Stewart was murdered.
Southwest Stories
Conversations with Myself
In 2013, the Scarlet Macaw Conservation Center at Xcaret in Cancun, Mexico reintroduced twenty-seven of the birds to the Lacandon Jungle for the first time since 1935.
On the edge of the village of Anton Chico, New Mexico there is an ancient cemetery guarded on any day by the horses of the local farmers who roam freely about the village.
In 2013, the Scarlet Macaw Conservation Center at Xcaret in Cancun, Mexico reintroduced twenty-seven of the birds to the Lacandon Jungle for the first time since 1935.
Portraits
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