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Fragile and Fleeting

Wisps Over Green and Blue Streaks, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) My studio was flooded out in the huge rain storm we had in Toronto two weeks ago. It was heartbreaking to say the least. Last night I began going through the several boxes of papers that were soaked in the ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, green, muted, wisps, writing, shapes, patterns

Effortless

Translucent Distorted Green Streaks, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) Lately it's been difficult to settle down and make images. There are lots of the typical reasons for this, but in mulling it over, I think part of my problem is the fun factor - ie not enough at the moment. Which ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, turquoise, blue, gren, orange, muted, waves, streaks, patterns

What Are We Doing?

Pastel Blue Green Over Orange, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) In my worst pessimistic moments it feels to me like a few of us managed to convince the remainder of us to replace the bounty of our world with a scarcity economy. We've collectively allowed ourselves to be lulled by these ...
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Where Are We Headed?

Red Shapes Over Dark Green, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I try to imagine how the world will all unfold as time moves on but after a certain number of folds it becomes foggy and indistinguishable from my dreams. I hope the world will spin a certain way but it never ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, fuchsia, pink, muted, waves, streaks, patterns

Simple Pleasures

Red Smear Over Orange Brown, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I've been struggling today with fatigue and disillusionment. Trying to think about what to write and not too happy with myself in general - in short -  moping. But as I'm finishing this image I'm thinking what would it take to lift ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, blue, orange,vibrant, pattern, lines, streaks

Childhood Memory

Orange Swimming Beneath Mauve Blue Swipes, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) While I was working on this image today – toward the end – I was strongly reminded of my childhood. I’ve been working on a book to take with me as a leave behind when I meet with galleries and about a ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, pink, vibrant, sine waves, waves, pattern

The City

Red Sine Wave Over Mauve, 2013 - Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I've been writing the foreword to a book about my three bodies of photographs about the city and last week's post really helped to clarify what I'm about. Up to now I've said slightly vacuous things like I'm interested in the emotion ...
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Object – Inhabitant – Action

Green Cleaving Blue And Yellow, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) The city is composed of all forms of objects from the large to the small, from the obvious to the unseen. And the objects are organized and constrained by things like landscape, climate, ideology, rules and plans. All of it relevant to ...
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Mad Scientist

Rippling Green Strands Beneath Blue Orange, 2013 - Light Signatures :: (click to see more) We spent this past weekend camping among the pines in the sandy dunes of the Pinery. It was great. The first long weekend of the year, warm gentle winds, the sounds of the trees and birds and the smell of ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, green, muted, striated, streaks, swoops, patterns

Singing Into The Void

Red Vascular Muscle and Sinew, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) At times like these I feel I'm singing out into the great gaping void of the universe. Casting my thoughts and ideas out into the nothingness. I sat in the garden outside my studio this morning listening to the sounds of ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, tan, green, muted, squares, shapes, waves, pattern

Importance Of My Mother

Sinew Hand Clear Water Green Tile, 2013 - Light Signatures :: (click to see more) Somehow I've managed to avoid facing the important creative connection I have with my mother. It's a difficult topic for me. I've always sought my mother's approval but for 17 years now I've had to proceed without it - a ...
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Longevity

Streaks Under Blue Green Water, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) This morning, while I was driving, this thought finally came together - what will we do with ourselves when/(if) we live longer lives. I've had conversations with friends and family about extended longevity and I get varying opinions from we aren't ...
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Equivalents

Undulating Green Smoke, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I just read about a body of work Alfred Stieglitz made of clouds he titled Equivalents. For him, they were equivalent to music. I'd never heard of this work of his before but it immediately felt right. The premise that you can make ...
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We Are What We Do

Turquoise Wisps Over Orange Green, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) There are a couple of interesting debates I listen in on, on a regular basis - one in particular is a discussion on the definition of an artist. This is a favourite topic between my grandmother and I - for her ...
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Keeping Busy

Skeletal Shadow In Turquoise Green, 2013 - Light Signatures :: (click to see more) It's at times like these that I get a little aimless. I've recently finished up a major task and need to get onto the next one. Trouble is, I kind of need to pick which one to do next and none ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, blue, muted, streaks, patterns

Laying Groundwork

Green Brown Snakes Beneath Azure Waters, 2013 - Light Signatures :: (click to see more) Occasionally during a moment of calm I'll get this overwhelming sense of impending boredom. Its a weird kind of feeling I think has something do with extreme compartmentalization - something I've never been too good at, yet somehow I've managed ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, muted, streaks, waves, patterns

Living In The Present

Rushing Torrent Of Light, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I read a summary the other day that struck a chord about a book called Present Shock - When Everything Happens Now. I've already been thinking a great deal about the present versus the future. I spend a great deal of time ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, yellow, muted, streaks, patterns

Validation vs Viability

Green Scorched by Hot White Lines, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) For a great many years I sought validation of my photographs. I looked for it first from my mother and family but as time went on and to a lesser extent each time I exhibited - I was hoping for ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, grey, muted, clouds, streaks, patterns

Why Order From Chaos?

Stormy Sky Over Dark Water, 2013 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I've been trying to get to the heart of why chaos and order are so fundamental to my efforts. I could cite the patterning by music I was so thoroughly exposed to in my formative years as a source. But also ...
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