Category Archives: photo-collage

A Seldom Seen Stretch of the Eulipian River

I worked at a restaurant named Eulipia in San Jose, California from 1981-1994 while I was going to graduate school and starting out as a college art instructor. I finally left when I moved to Tulsa to start a new … Continue reading

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Exhibition

I have 10 of my photo collages in a group photography show. It opens this coming Friday evening in Stillwater, OK. Come to it if you can! Exhibit One Gallery105 N. Main StreetStillwater, OK

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Rejection Suite – Some People

I like this one because of the simplicity of the statement that I allowed to show through combined with the scary tribal type face image. But I also love it because of personal reasons, the woman is my unsister-in-law and … Continue reading

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Rejection Suite – Now You Know

This is the second in a week long posting of a series I did from about 1986-1993. This is one of my favorite of the series because I love the transition of the ocean and the clouds into her body … Continue reading

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For We Have Had To Eliminate Many Fine Artists

The Rejection Suite – A new week, a new series of old. This one is my ‘rejection letter’ series. I applied for full-time, college level teaching jobs in fine art for approximately 8 years, from 1985-1993. I never did land … Continue reading

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Who Are Your Role Models?

This is post #6 of a week long series showing pages from my ‘Sketchbook with Voices’ book from back in the 80s and 90s. This page was filled with questions that I answered by using letter press letters (the old … Continue reading

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Something So Beautiful it Hurts

Here is another page from the ‘Sketchbook with Voices’ book I worked in back in the 80s and 90s and am highlighting this week. The idea when I took the photos making up this collage was to get my client … Continue reading

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If You Are Going To Go For It

This is 4th in the week long series from my ‘Sketchbook with Voices’ that I worked in back in the 80s and 90s.

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Portrait of Chinese Masks

The Chinese pavilion at Epcot Center in Disney World had a door that faced the lagoon. The sun was setting on the other side of the lagoon and was streaming into the pavilion at a completely horizontal level. It is … Continue reading

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One Person’s Truth is Another Person’s Truth

She wasn’t sure what the photos were going to turn out like, and either was I. I loved the light in the lobby where I worked and this student happened by one morning as the sun reflected off the granite … Continue reading

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