Before I get to the ice let me remind you of the opening of “Fresh,” an interesting show that I will be a part of. It opens this Saturday (the 14th) at the GCCA Gallery on Main Street in Catskill (5-7pm).Today’s opening image is one of four prints, all part of my “Galileo” series, that will be displayed in the show. All the work shown by all the artists involved has been created since October, thus the name “Fresh.” Please join us if you are in the area. The show will run through February 25.
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And now Thin Ice
Last week, on one of the colder days of the year so far, I accompanied my friend, the enormously talented photographer Moshe Katvan on a hunt for rocks – not just any rocks, mind you, but just the right ones necessary for an upcoming shoot of his.
So I took him to a few of my favorite spots to find some variety, one of which is a small dry creek bed that has interesting rocks and some extraordinary fossils.
This particular day it also had pockets of ice where water pooled following the last rain.
In many cases, the ice was paper thin…
…with great details…
…and some wonderful shapes.
Just another example of the wonders of nature…
…and the beauty of it all!
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I decided to round out this post with four images from last year’s work I did at La Specola, the Natural History Museum of Florence. I was thinking of delicacy, following the “ice” images, and was drawn to these particular images taken in the Entomology, Enichoderms, and Ornithology Sections.
These proved to be fun to work on and they allowed for experimenting with some new techniques. What a joy it was to have been given such an opportunity.
For those interested, from top to bottom – moth, heliaster, bird eggs, butterflies.
Come say hello on Saturday at GCCA Gallery.
Thanks for the visit.