These studies were shot in mid-February of a foggy day following a light snow.
No. 10 Snow and Fog Studies
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No. 9. Beach Still Life Studies
No. 8. Footsteps in the Sand
No. 7. Farm Country in Black and White
No. 6. Case of the Purloined Cupcake
This tiny composite photo, measuring 2″ X 8,” will soon be installed as a mural in West Reading, PA—a mini mural that is.
Artist Michael L Miller of West Reading is organizing a project called West Reading Museum of Temporary Art and Personal Histories. He gathered the stories of 120 residents, from past to present, and matched the stories with 120 artists who will create the tiny works of art to be installed, each on the side of a brick on a building in town.
The story I was assigned involved several teenaged boys, many years ago. They were hanging out on Penn Ave. when a girl with a car picked them up. On her keychain was a key to Van’s Bakery, then closed for the day. Using the key the group pilfered some cupcakes and absconded to Wyomissing Park across the borough line, where they polished off their booty. Van’s Bakery was located where Chatty Monks, an upscale eatery & bar, is now situated.
Here is the little artist’s statement I sent with the piece. “Teenaged boys on the Avenue, a girl with a car, a key to Van’s bakery add up to a bit of after-hours mischief and light-fingered cupcakes. This little story inspired my composite photograph. In all my composites I have used my own photos – up to now. In honor of the purloined cupcakes devoured in Wyomissing Park by the adolescent confectionary bandits, I lifted the one in this composition from the Internet.”
No. 5. A Snow Day
No. 4. Blue Sky, Blue Snow Infrared
There is no color in the infrared spectrum. However, some color artifacts may be captured by infrared cameras depending on the light-blocking filter installed on the camera’s sensor. My camera blocks visible light below 720 nm. This allows me to capture just enough of the red spectrum to switch RGB channels to achieve the “Blue Sky Effect.”
No. 3. Rules and Whispers
I am exhibiting these pieces at the Farm Earth Exhibit at Studio B, 39A Philadelphia Ave, Boyertown, PA.
No. 2 Silk Road Lift-Off
Mixed Media Encaustic Collage
Many months ago Susan Biebeck at Studio B handed me a 20 x 20 canvas urging me to make a piece for an exhibit called “Studio B on the Road,” which opens tomorrow night, January 12, 2018, at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.
About the time I got down to working on the challenge I finished reading The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, by Peter Frankopan, which concluded with the assertion that the Silk Roads are rising again as a pivotal force in the world. Included in this piece is the phrase “The Silk Roads are Rising” in several of the languages spoken in the countries in the area.
Featured are pictures of Chinese oil rigs, Chinese electric cars, the Erbil Rotana Hotel – the world’s priciest hotel – in Erbil the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The centerpiece is a reproduction of Heinrich Von Diez Albums 1258 illustration of “The Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols.”
No. 1. Lake Ontelaunee West Shore Rd. Bridge
