River Walk Artists Gallery

Will be hosting my works this June 19 through July 21st. Opening night is June 19 at 6pm-8pm.

It will be a collection of various pieces, favorites of mine from travels.

Artists interview by Ron West of Pioneer 90.1.

Location:

211 East Demers Ave East Grand Forks, MN 56721

Location Hints for locals: River Walk Center in East Grand Forks by Little Bangkok and The Blue Moose. It’s inside the center across from River Cinema.

Please do come up to see the show! If you can’t, I’ll update my Christmas mailer… :(

If you use Facebook, here is the link to the event.

Many thanks to the River Walk Artists and Northwest Minnesota Arts Council for making this possible.

Nikki’s World

While photo-assisting in Grand Forks, I bunked at friend Nikki’s home for the week. What a lovely host! Come July, Nikki will have left Grand Forks to be with her spouse James. We’ve been great, close friends since college, although I suspect I met her much earlier playing a game of King Of The Hill at the age of eleven. I’ll miss her.

Hey look, it's in color...for now...

Hey look, it’s in color…for now…

The story behind this photo: There were two men replacing a damaged window, and friend Hillary was in the background with her two active girls. I had taken a more formal headshot of Nikki while everyone around us was bustling around. This was taken after I started packing up my gear. Nikki was resting on one of the chairs and of course, everything lined up and I made a few frames. I can’t say it was a quiet shoot on my end. I prefer to photograph people in an intimate setting, free of distraction. It was the distractions that allowed a seemingly posed moment to occur. Thank you Distractions!

This photograph Reminds me of Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World.

Hillary

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Family Time

I haven’t seen my brother in six months. I’m almost thirty years old. Time is catching up and my family members are moving on, building new, better lives. I’m happy to see him, meet his gal Brittany and her son Milo.

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It's not their car, but John has the dough to buy it...in $1 bills.

It’s not their car, but John has the dough to buy it…in $1 bills.

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Now, I need to spend time with my niece, Sakura. She’s past two and I haven’t seen her in…

Olla

 

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Olla’s been in a bit of physical pain. The kind staff was there to keep her company, lessen her ails.

I wonder what she’s thinking, sitting in that chair facing a quiet corner? Olla once said “We live on memories here”.

It was good to visit, sit and laugh. I’m home, settled in. I’ll see her often.