Cattails in Wind

Cattails in WindAbstracted. Painterly. And compositional symmetry juxtaposed with (the chaos of) lack of focus and perpetual movement. It was pre dawn and raining, and I left the house with a loose plan to look at puddles, raindrops, raindrops in puddles, leaves in puddles. So this was a(nother) lesson in staying open to the now, which was dark, drizzly, and windy. It was overcast and barely dawn. Shutter speed 1 or 2 seconds, somewhere in there. ISO 200. Hand held

Prominent grain textures

Legs at twelve and six

Approximately 6x6 inches

for example

A sailboat was dry-docked on the edge of Madison's Lake Monona

where shadow and light trace the body's subtle boundaries

every collection

monochromatic print

It also refers to California law

Image size is about 2

The textures and styles of vintage wall advertisements often capture my attention

The paper's warmth and subtle texture add nuanced