This is one of the many images I took over the years that lead to my series "Field Notes".
Now that I have my new Mac, and everything is getting sorted I'd guestimate that I have over 275,000 photos I've taken in the past 20 years, and that's digital photos alone. Once I get my new scanner in house I will be able to scan all of my negatives and put them onto an external drive for future use.
Finally after years of struggling I have a some what professional videography set up in my design studio! John was very helpful in getting this set up all the way from infusing a huge amount of coin into my studio to physically setting up the equipment rack system so that it's stable.
My first video will be show casing my new set up, I'll be taking most of that video with my iPhone, and then a quick demo at my work table. The amount, and quality, of light the Neewer Ring Lamp puts out is incredible!
Midnight Harvest
Soft Pastels on toned paper.
I had fun experimenting with my new soft pastels on this toned, aka black, paper. It’s a little over 4 x 6 inches and it depicts the final passages through the fields that farmers make, very often close to midnight!
This little piece has given me inspiration to start a new series focusing on The Harvest, that I will be painting onto fabric, etc. Stay tuned as there will be more coming and soon.
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Indigo Dyeing and Shibori Workshop
Des Moines Weavers Guild
Des Moines, IA
September 12th, 2021
12 pm to 4 pm
If you've been following the weather news Iowa experienced a derecho this past Monday the 10th. Ames, Iowa was hit hard and other parts of Iowa hit even harder still. We got our power on Thursday afternoon and I've been playing catch up ever since.
The good news while sitting here in the dark with my tiny LED lantern, I've since ordered some LED desk lamps and a battery operated radio, I designed two new classes that I'll finish up this month. One is a hand stitching class the other is an earth pigment and plaster painting class.
Stay tuned for more updates. I'll be sharing video out takes with my paid patrons.
Photo taken by me on HWY 69 north of Ankeny Iowa, of the damaged corn.
Taken June of 2019
Taken January of 2011
I wish I had an image of the marsh from 1999 on my computer, I will have to find one of the old photos to scan in and add it here later. You can see here that many of the cottonwoods, which are standing in a marsh, have now fallen down. Apparently a small tornado went through the area a year or so ago and knocked many of the trees down.
Thinking about my favorite marsh, Bjorkboda, on this frigid afternoon.