Night blooming cactus flowers in the early morning light breaks open another day of wonderment.
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Category Archives: Photography
Something to Write Home About: A Passing Shot of Butte County, California
Early evening light over vineyards, orchards, and open range in Butte County California continue to visually inspire me and inform my original art card series. This moment of artistic spark came during yesterday’s ride home from Paradise, California to Sacramento. I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture these passing shots of inspirational landscapes with my mobile device while moving through space at speeds ranging from 50 to 80 miles per hour.
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Wendell Berry on Berries
This morning’s garden berry harvest provided me the sweetest taste of summer’s joy.
I am grateful to be so easily cheered.
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“Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.” ~Wendell Berry
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Flower Power: A New Alternative Energy
I paused between harvesting berries and thinning carrots this morning to admire the progress of this volunteer Sunflower’s growth. We plant the beauties along the fence line as a decorative heat deflecting measure and partial shade for our lettuce.
The errant seeds that germinate in random places in our yard are welcomed surprises.
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Something To Write Home About: A New Series of Original Works of Art on Paper
The American River is the subject for my ten piece Something To Write Home About art card series. Each card is its own certificate of authenticity, and has been painted with California rain water that I’ve collected this year.
Six of the ten cards already have designated addresses, and the other four will be sent to unsuspecting recipients as a Thank You note for their inspiration and continued support of my artistic endeavors.
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Breaking it Down: Backyard Composting and Hip Hop Dogs
UC Davis’ legacy of environmental sustainability is an inspiration to me. In celebration of Earth Day, the University, in collaboration with Sacramento-based CleanWorld, designed and built a 50-ton-per-day anaerobic digester at the University’s old landfill. Bacterial microbes in oxygen-deprived tanks feast on campus and community food and yard waste to help generate renewable electricity. The project is a keen demonstration of what can be achieved when research universities and private industry partner to solve today’s pressing global challenges.
Our 82 gallon black compost bin sits where the fence corners meet. You can see it just above the curve of Stella’s tail.
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International Gardening: Russian Sunflowers in an American Garden
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Kale Afornia
We need to eat more kale.
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Sacramento County: A Passing Shot
This photo was taken with my mobile device while travelling through Sacramento County California at sixty miles per hour from the passenger seat of a car. I like to take Passing shots between site locations for my Conservation Art series to help inform color, composition, and brush selection. Rain is in the forecast for the next two days, so I am prepared for strokes of burnt umbra between each downpour.
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Outsider Art with an Artist Outside
I celebrated the Vernal Equinox today by spending nearly the entire day outside. The first half of this first day of spring was spent in Orangevale, California playing a round of golf at Shady Oaks Disc Golf Course. The second part of this last day of winter was spent pushing paint around on paper ein plein air.
A discarded home entertainment center serves as a make-shift art cart al fresco:
Outsider Art is a phrase used to describe self-taught artists. I didn’t go to an art school to learn how to make art, but I am an astute student.
~T.
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