Palm Boats

Vessel Series

Seek the eternal in the present,

Seek the past and the future,

Link them with the direction of your course,

For you are

You are, 

You are the vessel.

Palm Boats

The Palm Boats utilize natural materials, and each one is as unique as nature. 

I was inspired to make them after creating an elephant from a palm leaf trunk awhile back. Coco palms are quite benevolent plants. In the past they were used for many things. I noticed the beautiful pods, which produce growing coconuts and thought to create canoes out of them. One thing led to another, so now there are an array of sailing vessels... 'dream vessels' perhaps...

Sails are made with linen flax, bark, cotton and/or indigo dyed handmade paper. Perota wood oiled with linseed create a foundation for most of them. Additional rocks, shells, stems, pods, wooden buttons, seaweed, willow, jute, waxed thread or small driftwood pieces may be used.

Night Performances

Night Performances are always a challenge, even with the best equipment. 

There is sporadic light, lots of movement and I'm limited with mobility and angles to shoot from.  However, there is the spontaneous quality and excitement that happens in the moment!   Skill and luck help to make good images happen, so wish me luck!  'Return to the Light' runs through December 19th with performances in Spanish and English.

 Here is a dance performance of a creation story.

Awaking to a new world

Ant leads the way to the corn fields

Dancer in Air

Sometimes I've a hard time deciding if I like an image in color or back and white...

Actually this is a warm toned 'black and white' image, as I almost never do grayscale!

Always looks better to follow a special 'recipe' of color balance and channel paths in digital processing to find just the right balance. 

So happy to be photographing dancers again! It is a special love since in the past I was a dancer myself.  The soul and grace of movement is especially wonderful in photography. Maybe because it all goes by so fast for a viewer to absorb? Perhaps. 

Photography stops a fraction of a second with a lasting image that and looks back at you.

Looking forward to more dance work as the production photographer for a new play begins "Return of the Light".  There is a magic that happens in rehearsal time without the stress of a performance which I like... more playful and fun. Will keep you posted!

                     

Best of Show Award in Juried Exhibition

The Vision's Gallery in Todos Santos, BCS had an exhibit of Fine Art Photography in February of 2010. I was pleased to receive an award in the "Best of Show" category for "Tres Vacas", a gicleé black and white print of roaming cows in the mountains. This photograph was taken a few years back on my way to a mountain top retreat in the Dzogchen Buddhist tradition. The cows seem to speak of the soul of the desert land there - quiet, elemental and ancient.