The Photography
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Beyond the Barn Door  The landscape can be observed from many viewpoints and many locations. This tiny landscape of Lake Emerson and the adjacent hill can be seen through the cracked opening between the barn doors, from a window in the rear of the barn. There is a mysterious quality of secrecy which dominates the scene as photographed this way...almost as if the viewer is intruding on a secret place.

 

Abundance   As it must have in the past, this old farm wagon sits timelessly awaiting the harvest of the corn from the field. I thought of titling the piece, "A Year of Plenty", but settled on what seemed more apt in a country that gives so much in times of prosperity..

The crowding of objects in this landscape is puposeful as I wanted to give the viewer a feeling of never-ending abundance.

As an aside, if you look way out in the distance at the furthest hill, that is where I live.
 

Damn, I'm Good  Once, in the mall at Trumbull Shopping Park, I came across this display in a store and was entranced by it's message. The words emblazoned on the mug display say it all.

I have a great appreciation for soft sculpture as I did a lot of it when I was teaching.  I did life-sized sculptures with the children in the fifth grade and we placed them in the audience at the winter concert.  People actually said, "excuse me" when they took their seats for the show.  I personally did one of the principal and had him sitting next to me in the car when I went through the car wash.  That was quite an experience, as you can well imagine!

My Funny Valentine  On the lower portion of Israel Hill Road there is a farm which used to have cows and is now devoted entirely to growing Christmas trees. I was driving home one afternoon when I saw this young cow standing behind the barbed wire, just looking out at me. The marking on it's head was so unusual that it almost seemed as if someone put it there on purpose just to get my attention. Luckily I had my old reliable 35mm Pentax in the car at the time.  Frank Sinatra should have used this on the cover of his "My Funny Valentine" recording.
 



 



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