Category: Portfolios
-
Tractor Shed | Davenport, WA | 2018 “I’m not made for city streets. My [boots] drop soil from the field behind me, each grain of dirt like a seed revealing who I am. My heart belongs
-
Poolside | Tempe, AZ | 2018 Here’s an appreciation of the palm tree you might not have considered. “Let’s view (the palm) with symbolic eyes,” write editors of the popular website whats-your-sign.com. “The erect, towering trunk representing the phallus — male power rising into action — followed by a flowering, expansive fireworks display of
-
Roof | Beaumont, TX | 2018 1. “God can be realized through all paths. The important thing is to reach the roof,” said Hindu mystic Ramakrishna. “You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.” 2.…
-
One Poplar | Wilson Creek, WA | 2018 Sweeping vistas certainly awaken the soul. After all, who’s dismissive of the Grand Canyon? More subtle, the arid landscape of Eastern Washington offers opportunities for … well, let’s call it deep appreciation of stark and simple. A lone element against sunburnt hills captures our
-
Sidewalk View | Spokane, WA |2018 What’s right in front of us isn’t always what we see. This recent view of grasses and clouds transported me to New Orleans, 1977, where I sat on a patio sipping cafe au lait and watching — through a veil of similar stems — the unfolding of a small…
-
Atrium | Wenatchee, WA | 2018 Sometimes we aren’t aware of the universe swirling around us. Our families, our finances, our phones distract us from the broader, more cosmic view. Three decades ago, I stood on a westernmost point and focused intently on the giant storm waves pounding the beach at my feet. Incredible. But…
-
Artifact | East Wenatchee, WA | 2017 Resting in a meadow, the big concrete block whispers when I walk past. “Why am I here?” it asks. “And how long has it been?” They’re questions I don’t really want answered because the big block’s value lies, for me, in its mysterious origin. OK, I can guess…
-
Dark Cloud | Twisp, WA | 2018 “Our mind is like a cloudy sky — in essence clear and pure, but overcast by clouds of delusions. Just as the thickest clouds can disperse, so too can
-
Plywood | East Wenatchee, WA | 2018 The first face Bill noticed was on an elevator at work. Two push-buttons for eyes, a third for a nose, and an emergency keyhole for a mouth, round and surprised. Afterwards, he saw faces everywhere. On cars (headlights, smiling grills). At breakfast (fried eggs, bacon smirks). On buildings…
IrwinFoto 