Category: Cross-process

Looking for art

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While I’m remembering, I thought I’d post some links to a few of the galleries and artist’s work I saw in Seattle a week and a half ago. I took the above photo with the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim as I was wandering around Pioneer Square looking for galleries.

Paintings by Flora S. Bowley – I love the colours, layers, and textures in her work, but none of it comes across very well in the photos online.

Sculpture by Paul A. Metivier and paintings by Glenn Ossiander – I felt like this show was made for me to see because the paintings were all red, and most of the sculpture were of crows. Again with the online photos the viewer doesn’t get the full effect of the paintings’ colour, texture and the layers of paint.

Oil paintings on paper by Joanne Hammer – I was only able to take a quick look through the gallery because I arrived at closing time, but I wish I’d had the chance to look again.

Vines and tiles

Vines

It was lovely to have some time off last week and get away to Seattle over the weekend. I was in the mood for art, so I made a point of wandering through a gallery dense area of the city – Pioneer Square – when I arrived on Friday afternoon. It was a very inspiring walk, and I’m hoping to post a few links work I saw when I get the chance later. For further arty inspiration, Hendrik and I visited the Olympic Sculpture Park and the Seattle Art Museum on Saturday afternoon. My favorite works from the park are the very clever Love & Loss, a beautiful stainless steel tree (Split), and the greenhouse containing a nurse log sustaining life as it would in a forest.

Carousel horse

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Carousel horse

Do you want to know the good thing about rainy days? (Because there has to be an upside to everything.) I get so much more done at home when the weather is crappy for any length of time, because it gets me feeling nesty. I’m on an organizational kick right now because I want my studio/workspace in my apartment to be more inspiring and organized. I see furniture rearranging in my future…

Five great moments from the weekend:
1. Yogathon in the rain.
2. Fresh made organic pizza.
3. Sunday morning breakfast at The Omlettry (I think that’s how you spell it.)
4. Finding bargains at a yard sale.
5. Making silly videos while waiting for our food to come.

New red parasol

New red parasol
A crop of a square format photo shot with my holga.

I think a parasol is essential to my survival during the summer weather. I can’t stand wearing a hat because it makes my head feel unbearably hot, and it wouldn’t protect the rest of me anyway. Sometimes I feel self-conscious when I’m walking around with my parasol because it’s a real eye-catcher, but the benefits of extra sun protection outweigh the drawbacks of attention.

Gasworks park revisited.


The above photos were taken in Gasworks Park, Seattle, in July 2006.

I was in Seattle over the weekend to visit my friend Hendrik. The weather was gorgeous and we spent most of our time wandering different parts of the city in a zombie-like state because we were both feeling low on energy. I didn’t shoot as much film on this trip as I have on past visits to Seattle, but I think I will be satisfied with what I shot. We discovered a few giant inflatable animals shortly before I caught the bus back to Vancouver, and you know how excited I get about those when I have my holga in hand…