Posted by Steve Durbin on January 1st, 2008
I have been interested for some time in exploring possibilities for interesting texture in my photographs. One idea was to print on hand-tinted paper; that’s still under investigation — rather back burner at the moment. Another is encaustic medium, i.e. wax or something similar applied over a photographic print. I’ve made one small print by that method, and am definitely still experimenting. But photographing horses recently, I discovered a new strategy:
falling snow + moving horses = hatched textures.
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Posted by Birgit Zipser on December 28th, 2007
New Year back in my home town:
Per aspera ad astra; through adversity to the stars, I read at school in my Latin class. more… »
Posted by June Underwood on December 21st, 2007
This is a long tale and tail, as you will see. It has several segments.
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Posted by Steve Durbin on December 18th, 2007
If death is one of the great mysteries, it seems somehow unfitting that I most often simply stumble upon it. Last week, along a river bank where I was exploring for cottonwoods, I came across the remains of a pronghorn (antelope) on the shelf of ice at the edge of the water. They are quite commonly seen in the fields around there, but this was the first I’ve seen dead. My eye did not recognize at first what it was seeing among the stones and the crow tracks.
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Posted by Birgit Zipser on December 14th, 2007
Sculptures on the campus of Michigan State University cater to different tastes.
I am taking lessons in Throwing Off My Chains. 
(Andromeda by Anthony Frudakis)
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Posted by Steve Durbin on December 11th, 2007
One of the most annoying things to read in a statement or press release is the claim that so-and-so has captured the essence of such-and-such. Even someone “attempting to capture the essence” of their subject makes me look around for the nearest edge. I am saved only by the certain knowledge that some people are so intimidated by words that they’ll settle for meaningless clichés just to be done with it.
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Posted by June Underwood on December 7th, 2007
Jer and I are now at the Montana Artists’ Refuge, Basin, Montana, in the southwest part of the state. I am painting, he is writing and editing, and we are both experiencing the dislocation and joy of a new adventure.
While the residency has all kinds of ins-and-outs, basically I came here to paint. And painting is what I’ve been doing.
Basin lies in a geographical bowl, surrounded by pine-covered mountains. It’s a mining town — still has a functioning gold mine — and seems to have had its moments of prosperity, most of which were in the past.
Basin Street, Basin, Montana. The main drag.
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