Tag Archives: art

Things I’ve Seen: Color and Light

Posted on February 8, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is photographer Jane Lurie, whose About page begins with the quote “Photography helps people to see.” Indeed, when she and her husband Bob left the eastern U.S. coast for the west, Jane brought along her … Continue reading →

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Patient Optimism

Posted on January 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is artist, illustrator and graphic designer Liza Hartman. Liza not only regularly shares samples of her marvellous work, but lets us in on the techniques and themes she’s employed in creating them. Result? Our appreciation … Continue reading →

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How an Idea Takes Root and Persists

Posted on January 4, 2023 by mitchteemley

Skip to content My Featured Blogger this week is Austrian artist Friedrich Zettl. I admit to being picky about abstract art. Too often, it seems, there is little going on in abstract art but abstraction. The opposite is true of … Continue reading →

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Buildings: Beautiful and Bizarre

Posted on December 9, 2022 by mitchteemley

I love architecture. Houses, office buildings, churches, museums–the beautiful and the bizarre. Just don’t bother me with the boring! What’s that? Haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet? How about a nice new home or headquarters for your booming business? Here … Continue reading →

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A Kid’s-Eye View of Reality

Posted on September 9, 2022 by mitchteemley

All children are aliens. Think about it: they come to our world from a liquid environment where they never had to breathe, where after every strange gurgling noise they suddenly felt full, where their every little movement was followed by … Continue reading →

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Future Shock

Posted on September 2, 2022 by mitchteemley

Many years ago, I read a book entitled Future Shock. The title referred to the experience of culture shock within one’s own culture. Future shock hadn’t happened yet, its author argued, but it was coming. And now? Many people, perhaps … Continue reading →

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50 Unique Sculptures

Posted on July 15, 2022 by mitchteemley

I love sculptures, classical, modern, miniature, monumental, and most of all those with a unique perspective: Witty or serious. Ageless or temporary. Solitary or interactive, especially interactive – I love sculptures that invite us in, directly or indirectly, that make … Continue reading →

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Mountains, Lakes and Ghost Towns of California

Posted on July 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Kevin Hotter. Kevin and I were blogger babes when we first met, both with few enough followers to count on our fingers, no toes needed. Kevin said, “Let’s reblog each other!” So we did. … Continue reading →

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Photoblog Mania

Posted on June 3, 2022 by mitchteemley

I’m up to my proverbial eyeballs in projects once again – the chiefest of which is my daughter’s wedding (which I’m officiating, btw)! Hence, I’ll be on hiatus for a week or so. Therefore, this is the perfect time for … Continue reading →

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Breathtaking Landscapes

Posted on April 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

This is the first time I’ve featured a single photographer in one of my Friday Photoblogs. Will I do it again? Yes, if I find another photographer whose work I enjoy as much as that of Johannes Plenio! Johannes, who … Continue reading →

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