Gray Day Images

Below are some photos taken Sunday at Jackson Wetlands in Corvallis when the sky was mostly overcast. Being winter and a gray day to boot, colors were very muted, so texture, line, shape, and values became the focus of the photos. Do you have a favorite? (click on the images to see a larger version)

Christmas tree Card

Happy Holidays!
Below is one of my Christmas tree cards for this year.

Mixed media:
Indian Village handmade rough watercolor paper (available at Daniel Smith)
watercolor
collaged painted washi (handmade paper)
gesso
acrylic paint, including some "interference" paint
... and tie-dye style wrapping paper for the present under the tree

Click the photo for a larger image
(to see the cool texture)

Call to Albany Artists

Here is an opportunity for Albany, Oregon artists to show their work at an excellent venue. The actual prospectus will be available later and I will post a link here when available, or you can get on the mailing list.

Call to Artists
Submissions due by April 1, 2010. The Albany Painting Enthusiasts (APES), in partnership with the Albany Arts Commission, will sponsor a juried two-dimensional art show at Oregon State University's LaSells Stewart Center in May 2010. Entrants are limited to residents in the 97321 and 97322 zip codes. The entry fee is $20 for three submissions. For information, or to be put on the mailing list for the prospectus, contact Michael and Billie Moore.

Night shots - Albany

Here are a few photos from a recent night-shoot with VVCC here in Albany on a cold winter's night. Christmas light decorations are a bonus now.
If you go out in the cold, keep the camera batteries warm; otherwise they fade fast. And take care when bringing a cold camera indoors. Warm it slowly so that condensation will not occur on and in your camera. A large ziplock bag can also help. Place the camera in the bag, squeeze out the air, and seal it. The lack of moisture availablity inside the bag will help avoid condensation.

Satellite image as abstract art

This very cloudy Landsat 5 satellite image from today of the Owens Valley and Sierra Nevada in California has an interesting abstract art look.


USGS has a collection of images called Our Earth as Art that has many very interesting looking images.

Abstract Patterns

After getting off of the train in Sacramento early Thanksgiving morning, we had some time on our hands, so we explored the nearly empty streets of downtown. A building not far from the Amtrak station has some rows of windows with noticeable bulges in them which create very interesting reflected patterns.

Sunset

Two very different sunset photos from the CA trip.

The sunset became monochromatic in this shot, losing some of its color but becoming more interesting in the process.


This one is all about "space," the wide open view in the Willamette Valley with the Coast Range in the distance.

Catching up

After returning from a trip to California, I have some catching up to do since I had no new posts while gone...
The photo below was taken at the Albany Amtrak station, the place where our trip started. I like the contrast of the lamposts against the sky compared to the reflection of the late day light off of the rails of the track.