Part of resuming my work on my Memory Pods project has been to re-examine some of the earlier photographs. Case in point is this photograph that I had titled Ghost III. In the context of the larger body of work for my investigation, this somewhat abstract photograph is a portrait of the plant without... Continue Reading →
Winter on Trabuco Flats
Trabuco Flats, January, 2019 copyright Douglas Stockdale An unanticipated visual change to Trabuco Flats that I have recently notices are the winter conditions. In southern California during the winter months we gave brief amounts of rain. Which in turn creates a new look to the otherwise monotone brown landscape; green grass! (yes, we do not... Continue Reading →
Curator – Water & Ice exhibition
untitled, (Trabuco Flats), 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale I just curated an on-line exhibition, "Water & Ice", for the Photographers Exchange, a group of photographers who meet monthly at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. I strived to have a broad and interesting mix of contemporary and modern images for this rather broad genre of... Continue Reading →
Memory Pod exhibit sold-out; great start for 2018
Untitled (Memory Pods) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale A little more validation that my Memory Pods project is the one that I need to focus on in 2019; earlier this week when I went to my L.A. gallery (Fabrik Projects) to pick up the remaining photograph from the Holiday exhibit I was told that the last photograph... Continue Reading →
Holiday working on my website – Middle Ground
Alternative Crossing (Middle Ground) copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale This Holiday weekend I found myself working on an unexpected task; while making my end of the year posts, I wanted to link-up my various projects on my web-site. Except when I went to link up my recent artist-book project Middle Ground, this project was not on... Continue Reading →
Best wishes for a Creative New Year in 2019!
Untitled (Memory Pods) 2014 copyright Douglas Stockdale In my last post I recounted my accomplishments for 2018, which is the first half of my end-of-the-year two-part series, while today's post is the second part that is more about looking ahead at 2019. At the end of 2017 I did not announce very many stated goals for... Continue Reading →
2018 End of year wrap-up
Loss (Memory Pods) 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale It's the end of another year, so time to celebrate new friends, closer relationships, accomplishments and good times. So today I am looking back and in the next day or so, I will be looking ahead as to what I would like to accomplish for 2019. The life... Continue Reading →
Book workshop with Medium Festival – revised dates & special Discount available
Guide book-dummy, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale First; my Developing a Creative Photo Book workshop dates for Medium have been changed to March 23 & 24th, 2017. Thus the workshop has moved to bit later, one weekend exactly, from what I had announced last month. This should still be a wonderful spring weekend to spend in San... Continue Reading →
Annual Christmas card rite – 2018
Vail, Sandstone Creek, February 2018, copyright Douglas Stockdale It is the time of year to send out the Holiday cards, which for us is a Merry Christmas (greeting) card that also includes the best wishes for the New Year. So spoiler alert, our photo this year is not the one above. Rather this photograph was... Continue Reading →
Fabrik Projects 2018 Holiday Pop-up
Loss, Memory Pods, 2014 copyright Douglas Stockdale I will have a couple of framed photographs on exhibit at Fabrik Projects for the month of December as part of their "2018 Holiday Pop-up". This is a group show that will feature artwork that is reasonably priced for the holidays. My photographs are from my Memory Pod... Continue Reading →