Christmas Door Decorations

Joe has the front door ready for Christmas.  He spent a couple of days playing with lights on the door and over the old ceiling tile.  As an artist, I pronounce the results to be very artistic.  The lights around the door are LED, and on the wreath and roof tile they are battery operated LED.  It is interesting to me that the setting appears (and is) subtropical because of the pottery and poinsettia.  I took the photograph last evening at dusk with the camera mounted on my trusty tripod.  The aperture was set for f22, ISO 200, and the exposure was 15 seconds.  I had to play with the colors in Adobe Photoshop because of the yellow incandescent down lights in our buildings outdoor areas.  The cement floor is actually yellow.

Pink Triangle

One of a dozen New Mixed media Distressed Paintings from the "Gay Dictionary Series. The series will also include antonyms, synonyms and/or words just related to"gay," sometimes humorous, sometimes not.

This particular artwork is one of the more serious works and is related to the holocaust.The Pink Triangle was part of the system of triangles used by the Nazi's during WWII to denote various peoples they deemed undesirable, and included jews, Jehovah's Witnesses and homosexuals. The Jewish star was made of two yellow triangles,one pointing down, one up. The homosexual triangle was pink and pointed down. Today, the pink triangle is inverted, pointing up and is a symbol of pride.

It is estimated that somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 homosexuals were put in the Nazi concentration camps - many of whom died - during the holocaust.

Gay

One of a dozen New Mixed media Distressed Paintings from the "Gay Dictionary Series. The series will also include antonyms, synonyms and/or words just related to"gay," sometimes humorous, sometimes not.

Sand dune Shadows

I took this photograph on Cape Henlopen on September 9th this year.  It was on a warm late summer day around 5:00 P.M..

"And, just why does the season and time of day matter," my alter ego asks.

By way of explanation, late in the summer season and late in the day made longer shadows with warmer light which allowed me to shoot a photo with subtle gradation and play between shadow and sunlight - thus, the warmth of the sparkling sunlit sand versus the cool dull brownish-blue colors in the shadows of the fence and slopping dune curves.

The photo also serves as a reminder of why so many of us like to live near our coastline taking risk of The ocean's moodiness. The super storm we experienced on the mid-Atlantic coast - the destruction of life and property is an increasing hazard due to global climate change - whether man made or nature's normal cycle. We must address ways to protect ourselves in the future as seas rise, and storms increase.

This is no longer a what if proposition!

Saphic

New Mixed Media Distressed Painting from the "Gay Dictionary Series

The work is self explanatory. It is one of a dozen new paintings based on the above theme.

I may, however, make some minor changes in this work because I am not satisfied with the balance.  Though still centered, I wanted this painting to have a bit of asymmetry.  A solution to the problem will be to extend the horizontal gold leaf lines across the right side of the painting. One of the lines will project across Sappho's head, but that will work just fine with the distressed painting technique.

Vivacious

New Mixed Media Distressed Painting from the "Gay Dictionary Series."

The work is self explanatory. It is one of a dozen new paintings based on the above theme.