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Ultimate Sophistication

December 5, 2016 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”  ― Leonardo da Vinci

"Adrift", 22"x22", photograph on waxed washi paper

“Adrift”, 22″x22″, photograph on waxed washi paper

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Longing for Simplicity

January 11, 2016 by Chris | 0 Comments

 

“Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.”
–Ursus Wehrli

Mile Marker 519, Triptych 45"x29" (x3)

Mile Marker 519, Triptych 45″x29″ (x3)

 

 

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Weekly Artwork, September 15

September 15, 2014 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Art, it seems to me, should simplify. It is very near the whole of the higher artistic process; finding what conventions of form and what detail one can do without and yet preserve the spirit of the whole.”   — Willa Cather

Mile Marker 88, 22"x34"

Mile Marker 88, 22″x34″

 

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Reliquaries

July 18, 2013 by Chris | 3 Comments

A new series of photogravures.

 

In the cobbled streets, colonial plazas, and alleyways of Guanajuato, Mexico, I feel the presence of those who have walked before me. If I am quiet, my heartbeat is echoed back to me by the textured passageways, ones created by centuries of craftsmen and artisans. In this place, each moment is both magnified and diminished by the history and memories held in the walls around me; the mundane can feel momentous and sacred when encased in the grandeur of the past. Guanajuato has become my winter home and the inspiration for my new photographic series, Reliquaries. Continue reading »

Photograph of the week, Oct 22

October 22, 2012 by Chris | 2 Comments

October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.
–Hal Borland

Mile Marker 312, 16x22

 

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Love Rust

October 19, 2012 by Chris | 2 Comments

Ever wonder what someone does for fun after they’ve turned their passion and what they did for fun into their work? Me too…

 

Guanajuato Cemetery

My fun looks a lot like my work and my work looks a whole lot like my fun. They both look like a lot of travel with a camera up to my face, and time in the studio experimenting with materials and techniques. However, they often feel distinctly different to me, like the difference between a sketch book and a canvas. Or maybe between listening and talking. Continue reading »

Photograph of the week, Oct 15

October 15, 2012 by Chris | 0 Comments

“On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty.
Today is such a day.”
― Rumi

 

Mile Marker 286, 35x51

 

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