Openings Connecting: YOU ARE BLOSSOMING

Friday, December 31, 2010

YOU ARE BLOSSOMING

.DO NOT WASTE A SINGLE MOMENT

. . .celebrate each day of the new year, each stage of your opening, each breath you take. . .

19 comments:

S. EtoleDecember 31, 2010 at 7:43 PM
what a remarkable unfolding ... each stage has its own beauty ... blessings for the new year
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ValeriannaDecember 31, 2010 at 7:47 PM
I smell the moonflower in December, thanks!
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Mary Helen-Art Saves LivesDecember 31, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Your photos are so relevant to living in the moment...the present is the gift. Happy New Year. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
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ELKDecember 31, 2010 at 8:42 PM
a stunning way to see the beginning of a new year..the phots are lovely ..2011 wishes to you with joy!!
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BeaDecember 31, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Wonderful photos. Happy New Year to you dear friend. :)Bea
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Max the LobsterJanuary 1, 2011 at 5:05 AM
What a beautiful flower, what is it? Happy New Year
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Caterina GiglioJanuary 1, 2011 at 7:31 AM
new year gorgeosity! happy new year dear one!
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annell4January 2, 2011 at 4:33 AM
I am in awe of your images! And happy new year to you!
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Poetic ArtistJanuary 2, 2011 at 7:16 PM
The moments are perfect..Thank you for sharing.
Katelen
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Thea SchrackJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:14 AM
Thank you for the note, well wishes and inspiration as well, all Best
Thea
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LeoviJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:07 AM
A true wonder this series, light and beautiful tones with beautiful frames, pure poetry.
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Jill ZaheerJanuary 4, 2011 at 2:03 PM
What a beautiful post- both in pictures and in words- and all so true. Happy healthy new year to you! Much joy and creativity always.
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Lucky Dip LisaJanuary 4, 2011 at 11:14 PM
Happy NY to you and yours! I hope it is a wonderful year full of wonderful things (and many wrapped rocks!)
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rivergardenstudioJanuary 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM
I love these photos of the flower unfirling, and watching YOU blossom... Your are a lovely woman and artist! Have a beautiful year. roxanne
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Renee HowellJanuary 6, 2011 at 6:04 AM
you go girl! another Neva moment - yeah!
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layersJanuary 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM
Thank you Neva, what beautiful visual metaphors for beginnings, awakenings and new visions in the new year--- same to you.
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SethJanuary 8, 2011 at 8:06 PM
Just beautiful. The happiest of new years to you!
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ArtPropelledJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:33 PM
How beautiful! Georgia O'Keefe would have loved these images.
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LauraJanuary 9, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Neva, thank you for this...what a treasure you are in this world.
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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.