Empty and uninhabitable

This Thanksgiving holiday we went for a long drive through the Washington scab lands. We clocked in over 700 miles over the course of three days driving from the western side of the Cascades to central Washington and back. I photographed this wreckage of a house in Beverly, which is at the terminus of the Lower Crab Creek Road. More photos to come from this trip (I shot over 200 digital images and around 8 or 9 rolls of film).

Beverly

Inclement days ahead

The weather has definitely turned itself toward winter...tremendous rainstorms earlier this week and snow dumping in the mountains (what joyful news to a skier!). Winter in the Pacific NW is generally a grey event that causes many to wax poetic about the brief outbursts of sunshine in August and September. In honor of the grey days ahead, here is a sunny little pinhole photo taken with my Zero Image camera. Take heart, friends. Miss Tomato is out there somewhere bathed in warm sun.

Miss Tomato

Additional blog

I've added another blog dedicated to found photos. Take a look at it at Now Is Found

Placid oceanscape

Flat water in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.

Encaustic workshop

This weekend I took an Encaustic Photography workshop with Nichole Dement at the Photo Center in Seattle. What a blast. Nichole is an excellent teacher - really knowledgeable and patient. I learned more than I imagined I would and am now completely excited to start doing encaustic on my own.

I worked on two pieces. This is the smaller of the two (6"x6") and includes a photo of an abandoned house that I've posted before. This example includes the photo, a transfer, incising, paint, oil pastels, and, of course, wax. The little "dots" around the orange square remind me of stitches. Hopefully, I can convince hubby that he needs to share a corner of the garage with my new-found obsession.

Light 2

Hellissandur again. This time some golden light on a garage.

Hellissandur garage

Light

Not much to blab about right now. Thought I'd just upload a photo. This is a picture I shot in Hellissandur, Iceland. If you love light and skies, Iceland is a great place to go since it's constantly changing and surprising.

Hellissandur landscape