gingko leaf #13

I am expanding the grid of gingkos. Slowly.

Here is Gingko Leaf #13 which I will tentatively call Squashed Gingko M.

meet B.O.B., burnt out bulb or Bob for short

meet B.O.B., burnt out bulb or Bob for short.

One thing leads to another. Like a FIXX song from the 80's. I was finally over the proverbial hump printing a commision in palladium when ...

...the bulb burnt out. The burnt out bulb became a obstacle and a subject. The silver nitrate is running out. There's plenty of gum and potassium dichromate. My wife has contributed tubes of water color. Burnt out bulb. B.O.B.

Bob in eggplant.

Sorry for the speckles. The successful print is in DVAC. This one has a failure of size (PVA medium).

Tavis Lothar has finally exhibited a print.

this is a cigar

This is a cigar. This is a catnip cigar. The illustration is your cat smoking a catnip cigar.

My question: "Which Phillip Morris catnip executive dreamed up the catnip cigar?"

happy summer (solstice)

happy summer solstice, 2010!

Someday I would like to experience white nights and (in the winter) the northern lights.

Here is an image take 14 years ago on the first day of summer.

Sundial, Torrey Pines State Beach, 1996, silver gelatin print

Absurdly Behind the Times, Alejandro

I promised myself that the blog would be a way to keep track of work going out into the world even if it is not that far away.

In May, "One Night Absurd" happened and I delivered to pieces for the two nights of the event. See, only one night was absurd. The preview party the night before with the $100 ticket price was not absurd. The lighting was absurd but who am I to complain since I didn't help install.

Amanda Tirey Graham did much of the work and I never properly thanked her for buying some work a couple of years ago.

For the record of what I can never submit to an OAL juried show ever again...

"Split Pod (Like Chaps)" and "Hairy Cemetery Nut" were both in the ONA.

Recently,Bridgette and I both found out that we got work into the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts exhibition. This led to a really wonderful prestigious opportunity which I might elaborate on soon once it becomes official so never, ever look at state fair art exhibit with a disdainful eye.

Alternative Photography Website

Malin Fabbri the editor at AlternativePhotography.com has provided me with a page to display my work.

Go to http://www.alternativephotography.com/gallery/v/francis_schanberger to see how it looks.