Openings Connecting: BITTERSWEET BLUESKY

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

BITTERSWEET BLUESKY

BITTERSWEET BLUESKY
(yesterday's walk)

Bittersweet orange
against the bluest of skies~
forgotting summer's petals
of deep purple splatterings
with sharp sunmarked centers~

the heron waits to fly

13 comments:

Caterina GiglioNovember 24, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Absolutely gorgeous! the photos and the poem! of course I love your work! what great shots! there is so much I miss about mich, but you are right, the antiques there are pretty utilitarian!
love your bittersweet and heron is a magnificent totem! the natives here say it brings you rugged independence! woohoo!
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LawendulaNovember 24, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Eye-candy colors! :) Thanks for sharing.
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BeaNovember 24, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Aren't those beautiful! AND a photo of a Heron, one of my all time favorite birds. Lovely poem.
Just a wonderful post to read this gray, foggy day. :)Bea
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S. EtoleNovember 25, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Such an abundance of bittersweet ... what a treasure to see ... and your words go so well
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layersNovember 27, 2009 at 9:13 PM
such colorful little treasures -- and your words are a perfect match.
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AnonymousNovember 28, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Hi Nancy.
I hope this helps..
http://johnzworld2.blogspot.com/2009/11/text-between-images.html

btw, I think you have a beautiful page:)
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rumaNovember 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM
It is totally natural molding such as the flame.

Thank you for showing a beautiful view.
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AnonymousNovember 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Enjoyed the haiku Nancy, vibrant bittersweet orange - love the composition of the heron photo. Enjoyed the visit. Thank you
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Jeane MyersNovember 29, 2009 at 6:36 PM
hello Nancy, this is my first visit and your blog is just gorgeous in words and visuals :)
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ELKNovember 29, 2009 at 7:33 PM
the blues...the reds...just stunning ...relish seeing the almost bare branches!
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rumaDecember 1, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Thank you for appreciating the colored leaves of the Far East.
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rivergardenstudioDecember 2, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Your oranges and blues here call to me... like the white bird ready to take flight... your poem is beautiful and so are your wrapped stones... thank you, roxanne
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Jill ZaheerDecember 2, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Beautiful dancing pictures with your wonderful words. The colors, feel and pictures are shining with joy!
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FOUR DIRECTIONS/FOUR VISIONS: Two Graces: First showing for me, JUNE 3, 2011

With no directions home, I found Taos in the late 60s. It felt like home immediately. It still does. I know this sentiment is familiar to countless others.

The mountain stopped me in my tracks, and I stayed for several years. Since that time, I circle back annually.

To me, that circle is symbolic of this body of work at Two Graces. This is a time in my life when I've been fortunate enough to experiment with art making. Not surprisingly, I found myself drawn back to the images in the Ektachrome slides that I'd taken in the early 80s of Chaco Canyon, the San Francisco de Asis Church, dusty roads, and the ever changing skies of Northern New Mexico. The spirit of this adobed land lingers in my core and manifests itself within these works.

This past Michigan winter was spent creating enlarged negatives from my thirty year old slides, pulling part of my past into the present via today's tools of scanner and computer. Using traditional silver-gelatin darkroom processes, these resurrected and modified negatives acquired a new life. The majority of these prints are the result of this mediated reincarnation.

The smaller images took me into photographic processes from the mid-1800s. These handmade platinum/palladium prints are created coating vellum, for translucency, with these metal salts and exposing them to ultraviolet light. They are then bathed in the alchemy of the darkroom. The tonal qualities are unique in each print. Finally, 24k gold is layered to the backs of the prints, emanating the warmth, glow, and depth of these beloved places.