Farewell, Asheville

It will be strange to not live in the south anymore. I loved living there. It's beautiful, the people are nice, often quite helpful and welcoming, and the history, although dark, is fascinating. The south also has The Penland School of Crafts, which you know I have a long history with.

Asheville was a good place for me to be for awhile. I moved there from Seattle in 2007, but my almost regular visits to Asheville and the south began in 1999 when I started going to Penland. I remember thinking Asheville would be a transitional home and it ended up being exactly that. I lived there for a year and half before I became a Penland resident artist and, later, it was my home-base during all my traveling. I think the amount of time I spent in my apartment was equal to the amount of time I spent away from it. In the last few months I have enjoyed some hikes in the surrounding mountains and some wandering around the city, the company of some absolutely lovely people, and lots of excellent food.

I just added some final images to Flickr and to Facebook of Asheville. 

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Things I Like: Observations as Influence

If you follow my work or are a fan on Facebook, you know about my Albums with the title, "Things I Like." I have a number of them posted, all from the different places I have traveled to or have lived in. Although I only post a small batch of images there, I take 1000s of photographs and they are all a direct document of what I am interested in...things like graffiti and urban decay, abandoned buildings, textures, light and shadow, micro and macro views of nature, and more.  If you are curious about what I find interesting and inspiring or if you want a little insight into how I see the world, please visit these photos. I believe my main goal as an artist is to communicate and these photos are an example of how I do that. You can see them on Facebook or Flickr. 

My latest Album is Asheville, NC where I currently live and work.

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Things I Like RVK

derelict space

Some final pictures of things I saw in Reykjavik that gave me pause as I wandered...

turquoise container

silhouette of where a house once was

cracks on a gravestone at the old cemetery

mass of rope at the harbor

pallets near the harbor

More on Facebook and Flickr.

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Home...Part 1

I went to upstate NY to spend a several weeks with my family for Christmas and had a wonderful visit. In addition to all the family time, I did venture out on a few occasions, despite the snow and cold, to take pictures of things I like. I even found a bit of graffiti. It's not terribly exciting compared to things I've seen in Antwerp, London, and Paris, but graffiti none the less...someone was there with a can at some point and left behind a mark.

I created a set on Flickr so you can see more images there.

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