Viewpoint exhibit opens May 8
A few months ago, I learned that my “Floating World” project was selected for a solo exhibition at the Viewpoint Photographic Art Center in Sacramento, California. It opens on May 8 and I’ll be attending a reception there on May 19. Selecting images and preparing them for the exhibit has been a worthwhile experience. Actually seeing them on the wall will be even better! I'll put some gallery views in my next newsletter.
Mark Sink, the founder of Denver’s bi-annual Month of Photography, was gracious enough to help me select images, and then I got busy making new prints (on 17 x 22 Canson Baryta Photographique) of almost all the 25 images. Many of them I haven’t printed since the smaller portfolio prints I made for the 2020 Photofest reviews in Houston. I’ve improved my Photoshop skills since then, and when doubling the size of those previous prints, I saw a lot of things I could make better, in both technique and aesthetics. The result is a solid set of the best prints I have ever made.
Another package of mat board arrives tomorrow (Have you priced that stuff lately?!!), and I’ll finish preparing the final five prints for shipping. The four-ply archival mats are both heavy and delicate, so I didn’t want to put their fate in the hands of a cardboard box. Unfortunately, UPS and FedEx impose a $20+ surcharge for anything not shipped in a corrugated cardboard box, so I’ve designed some sturdy, wood-and-masonite print boxes that I will put inside ordinary cardboard boxes with a little padding. I ship in a couple of weeks.
As a bonus, my daughter and her family live between Salinas and Monterey and will accompany me to the Sacramento reception. (Granddaughter Charlotte is a supporting player in one of the images from a 2019 cruise.)
Yoga, 2019. (That's Charlotte in the red jacket.)
Foothills Art Center show scheduled for 2025
I’ve also recently signed a contract for a show at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado, to run most of summer 2025 in the main gallery of their new exhibition facility (still under construction), right in the heart of Golden's busy tourist district. It should get a lot of eyeballs, and the project’s levity and accessibility to all viewers, whether art “experts” or not, has curator Eriq Hochuli planning something special. I can’t wait!
Publications
A few images have been recently published in Abridged, a poetry journal in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and in the Facsimile zine, published by Borderline Press and Benschop Books.
A few new photos…
Towel Animals, 2002
Balcony Staterooms, 2019
Silent Disco, 2022
Two Sunbathers, 2023