Black is the queen of all colors. Henri Matisse 1 - Dusk in the Chinle Buttes There is no road there. The only sign of where to turn off was where the tire marks were left by my truck on my last visit. The recent rain and dust storms wiped them leaving scant traces about the path to follow. Several times I drive past the place where I remember turning off until I see a … [Read more...]
Turning Photographs Into Art Part 2: Simplicity
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci 1 - Walking in a canyon I am walking down a canyon in Northern Arizona. The morning light is high up on the canyon wall, the bottom of the canyon still in the shade. The air is cool. The sand under my feet gives way at every step, making walking challenging. I am immersed in the admiration of stone and light, … [Read more...]
Turning Photographs into Art Part 1: Letting Go
Art is difference, innovation and aesthetics. Alain Briot 1 - Introduction This is the first essay in a new series focused on turning photographs into art. My previous series focused on collecting art. This new series focuses on creating art from photographs. Not all those who collect create and not all those who create collect. However, there is a connection between the … [Read more...]
Collecting Art Part 4: Building a Collection
The collector is an artist in his own way, by the way he puts things together. You can read a person's soul from their collection. Ayers Tarantino 1-Introduction My art collection started by collecting my own art. The process was simple and unconscious. I created art, no one would buy it so I kept it. Being unable to throw away my own art it became, unwillingly, part … [Read more...]
Collecting Art Part 3: Visiting Galleries
To own a piece of work done by an Artist is to possess one of their facets, one of the windows of their life. David Dory 1 - Introduction The first thing I did in 1994 after deciding to sell my photographs was to look for a gallery that was willing to carry my work. In the town I lived in at the time, Houghton-Hancock in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the choice was … [Read more...]
