From GoogleMaps to be precise, with a dash of color tossed in. Sort of a pattern quilt.
Art/Photograph
August 05, 2011
July 07, 2011
Nifty Hipstamatic images
I downloaded the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone and have been having a ball taking pix with it= here's one = I like the odd artsy quality of the image.
June 15, 2011
Charlie Parker, Jazz Musician
Another bit of art from the Jazz District in KC, MO. A huge sculpture of the head of Charlie Parker, the jazz musician. [A big thanks to Google Images since I neglected to note the details when I shot the image].
June 05, 2011
Chile, mural
One of many murals throughout Valparaiso, Chile.
June 03, 2011
June 01, 2011
May 30, 2011
Worldwide Photography Gala Award, Best Shots [Hon.Mentn.]
I entered the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards ‘Best Shots’ competition a month or so ago. There were 9280 Images received from 57 countries. 960 images [10.3%] passed the lst screening and were entered into the second screening. 186 images of 137 artists were selected as Best Shots, to be featured in the Book 2011 Best Shots. The selected images were from artists from 39 different countries.
I received an Honorable Mention selection [one of the 137] for two of my images [out of the 186] - Still Life in Bhutan and Through a Rome Doorway.
The full announcement is at - http://www.thegalaawards.net/announcements/best-shot
Images will be posted later at the WPGA site but may be found on my own gallery site.
Through a Rome Doorway
May 24, 2011
May 16, 2011
The Jazz District in Kansas City, Mo.
Entertaining graffiti in Kansas City's Jazz District
May 14, 2011
No Exit
Just a fun picture of a sign in a door, Kansas City.
May 12, 2011
May 10, 2011
White farmstead, Iowa Countryside
I used this image in a calendar gift to family/friends recently. I like the starkness of the colors against the brilliance of the white:
April 11, 2011
Cafe in the Rain, Avignon
Most of our time in Provence, and Paris, was spent walking around on gloomy, cloudy and rainy days. But, it was France!
April 07, 2011
Avignon Street
Shopping and other goings on in Avignon
April 04, 2011
International Contemporary Masters vol. IV
I was selected to submit art for inclusion in "International Contemporary Masters Volume IV", a juried annual art book. The book was just published [images below], is available at Amazon, and an art exhibit starts April 16th in Las Vegas, NV, at the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art. My image, Yellow Boat on the Bosphorus will be part of the exhibition [and for sale].
April 01, 2011
A loaf of bread, wine and thou . . .
Part of what made Provence and Paris delightful in January/February.
March 30, 2011
Avignon Restaurant, Cloudy Day
A restaurant in Avignon
March 26, 2011
Images from Avignon
I am finally getting to the photographs taken during our visit to France [Provence & Paris] earlier this year. Lots to go through but from time to time, I'll post some here. I already have a set at my Flickr site.
Overlooking Avignon, France.
January 08, 2011
Colorful Wood Image to be in Octagon Center Art Show in Ames
I recently received word that my image, Colorful Wood in the Sierra Nevadas [see below], was selected to display in the 43rd National Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition in Ames from January 28 - April 10, 2011. This was a competitive, juried event with 70 pieces chosen for display.
Opening reception and awards presentation will be at 5:30 pm, Friday, January 28th, at the Center, 427 Douglas Ave., Ames, IA.
November 08, 2010
Cleaning out photos - Stairwell at the Iowa Capitol
As I go through photos for this year and toss or organize, I'm finding some that are fun to play with. This is a stairwell at the Iowa Capitol which I played with a bit:
October 09, 2010
A movable grocery store in Malta
We just returned from a trip to the island of Malta [and its sister, Gozo] and one interesting thing we found were that the markets each day in the towns were not just a collection of stalls. Here, a veritable grocery store is brought to the sight in a truck and set up.
August 15, 2010
Iowa Flooding
I just put a few pictures up to my Flickr page/site to let people see how the flooding in Iowa has been. I was driving east of Des Moines and got off at the Colfax exit and found the uploaded images there at that exit and also along Country Road F34 which runs E-W through the countryside. Lots of tragedy also [ruined houses, crops and lost lives].
VictoriaJZ at Flickr - the link to the flood images.
June 10, 2010
My image, which was a gift to the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama spoke to UNI recently and was given the image below as a gift by Joy Corning, former Lt. Governor, who endowed the speech. I'm sure he has seen many, many prayer flags over his years, but perhaps this will be an image he can enjoy away from home.
