when working out my latest mini-collages in the sketchbook, lacing men’s fashion silhouettes with flowers, grass, and whatnot, they seemed to be asking for something more and what could complete them better that some extravagant flourish action…

last sunday seeking sanctuary i ducked out of the cold and into one of my fave indoor environments, the US Botanic Garden with its simply serene Garden Court, two long narrow fountains with multi-hued blue tiles that bring the water to life and brilliantly set off the potted orchids, azaleas, and hibiscus that line the sides… all of the exhibits are amazing and the Jungle section is wonderfully lush, but it has always been the Garden Court that captured my heart…

orchids strike out in all matter of direction against glass walls of botanical garden
a zoom lens seems to have disturbed them, distorting an orderly spatial relation

here they are captured frozen against a a fuzzed-out background of countless color pixel
one can almost make out the green abstract cat shadow reaching for the topmost red orchid
and a smattering of yellow-white light diamonds dissolves behind the spray of yellow flowers

one could hardly call these diffuse elusive flower backdrops simply ‘negative space’

spent a magical sunset in potomac park on the waterfront with my sister and her new camera.  it was quite cold as the sun slipped below the horizon and we had to fend off former-addict christian convert dude, but we caught some amazing shots and had a blast… check out my sister Stacey’s website, she a budding photographer and journalist with an interest in all things nature-related…

stay tuned for shots of my newest work which was created for this year’s christmas presents…

can’t take credit for any of the photos but only the collage conglomerations

green-white ghosts rising from arched stem necks unfurled & curled around us, spilling and swooning across rippled wet leaves, but just as soon they were gone again, vaporized into clouds of fountain-spray…