Anthropogenic Crisis No. 1511 (The Last Iceberg) copyright 2014/2022 Douglas Stockdale – I really enjoy how a project/series can continue to evolve. It is now appearing that Anthropogenic Crisis is morphing into a much larger project and is no longer just a singular series. I think of a smaller body of work, especially in the early stages... Continue Reading →
All About the Light – SouthEast Center for Photography exhibition
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 103246 (Pathway Ahead) copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale – _____ I am very honored to have a photograph from my Anthropogenic Crisis series, above, juried into the SouthEast Center for Photography (SEC4P) group exhibit by Susan Burnstine. The exhibition theme is 'All About the Light', which will have an exhibition opening on March 4th, 2022 at... Continue Reading →
Portfolio Reviews and website update
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 4421 (Warming Water) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – This week is a little crazy and talk about loading my plate up. Sheese. So this coming weekend is the two day kick-off of my SEC4P book workshop while preparing for the upcoming LACP portfolio reviews. The workshop prep is not as stressful considering that I have been... Continue Reading →
Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster – new go-to inkjet paper
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 3764 (Warming Water) copyright 2009/2022 Douglas Stockdale I am now settled on using Moab's Lasal Exhibition Luster, a US made inkjet paper, as my replacement for the German Hahnemuehle that I have been using for the past five+ years for making print evaluations. As I stated in my previous Lasal article, this... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis – Warming Water
Anthropogenic Crisis No 081511 (Warming Water) copyright 2016/2022 Douglas Stockdale – One of the wonderful aspects of my Anthropogenic Crisis series is that my curiosity about global heating has resulted in what I think is a better understanding of what in the hell is going on about climate change. The science behind our climate problems is... Continue Reading →
Disturbing Beauty – Anthropogenic Crisis
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 164510 copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale - "Disturbing Beauty. Thought provoking on many levels." This was a wonderful comment left on my recent Instagram post for another of my Anthropogenic Crisis series artworks. When attempting to raise awareness of the issues of climate change as we continue on the harrowing path of global... Continue Reading →
James Webb space telescope: art & science
Quantum Elements FC No 4472 copyright 2020 Douglas Stockdale - ArtNews today provided an interesting update on the James Webb space-telescope and informed me about some scientific/artistic insights that are applicable to my Quantum Elements series. While working on the earthly aspects of Quantum Mechanics, I am taking artistic liberties as to what might visually... Continue Reading →
Printing paper test – Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 9024 copyright 2018/2022 Douglas Stockdale - Last December I started on a small quest to find better ecological alternative inkjet printing papers for my use here in the US, which the Moab papers that are partly manufactured in Moab, Utah, were one of the finalist. To keep my printing costs in line,... Continue Reading →
Weather Warnings for 2022
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 070430 (Weather Omen) copyright 2017/21 Douglas Stockdale While developing my Anthropogenic Crisis series, I was reminded that while we lived in the Midwest, a really bad omen for a severe change in the weather was a greenish tint to the looming cloud clover. Usually that had meant that a tornado was likely... Continue Reading →
Looking ahead at 2022
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 103246 (Pathway Ahead) copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale - ____ Usually during the time of the holidays between Christmas and New Years I find it to be a great time for self-reflection on what has this past year brought and what might be in store for the year ahead. Normally this would be... Continue Reading →