LSTa9799 Douglas Stockdale copyright 2020 Wow. This year ended up like no other that I have ever known. No need to check back on my game plan for 2020 that I had developed at the end of 2019, perhaps with one exception; get rid of the orange sociopath con-man who with the help of Russia... Continue Reading →
Art-Science – continuing into 2021
LSTa9307 Copyright Douglas Stockdale 2020 Reading about the early 20th century artist Marcel Duchamp, that after he painted his famous painting Nude Descending a Staircase, he stopped painting to concentrate on Art-Science and to play chess. Interesting in how science became part of what he considered important as to how to create art. I am... Continue Reading →
Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon (A093745) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2020 Black Lagoon Archival Pigment on Rag Metallic, 24 x 32", edition of 5 Douglas Stockdale ____ Exhibition, Portfolio Reviews & Workshops January 21 – 24th, 2021; Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), EXPOSURE WEEKEND, a series of virtual portfolio reviews, and I will be on the team of available... Continue Reading →
The Photographer’s Eye – Memory Pods exhibition – New dates!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my solo exhibition at The Photographer's Eye gallery in Escondido (San Diego County) was delayed by one month. The new exhibition dates are; February 20th - March 20th, 2021. I will be exhibiting thirteen images from my Memory Pods series. Concurrently Louise Russell’s botanical photographic studies from her families historical San Diego... Continue Reading →
Memory Pods exhibition being rescheduled due to COVID-19
Angst copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale I had the good fortune to announce in October that my Memory Pods series is going to be featured in a solo exhibition at the Photographer's Eye gallery in Escondido next January. Now the next wave of COVID-19 is impacting just about all of California and we are now back... Continue Reading →
Quantum Elements abstractions – Experiment/Play
LSTa091959-06 copyright 2020 Douglas Stockdale As I have stated in the past, one of my artistic options is to use Experiment/Play to try out some wild-ass stuff. This methodology always seems to lead to interesting ideas and usually gets me into some kind of creative trouble, nevertheless what I consider 'good' trouble. With my Quantum... Continue Reading →
Quantum Elements Abstractions – Observer Effect
I know that this article is not going in the direction that most readers might think. To clarify, the Observer Effect in Quantum Mechanics states that just by observing something, such as when conducting an experiment, the act of observation will effect the experiment. A classic example is trying to take the air pressure of... Continue Reading →
Organic Abstractions – Quantum Elements – new experiments
LSTa092207-2 (Quantum Elements) copyright 2020 Douglas Stockdale Since starting my Quantum Elements series and creating the various organic abstractions I have continued to experiment with various types of photographic equipment to alter the visual effects. Concurrently the conditions in which I set-up these experiments also change, even the dielectric medium I use to bend the... Continue Reading →
Roadside Remembrance Memorial – Texas
I have been revisiting my earlier photographs for my Roadside Remembrance series and how these two photographs of a site outside of San Antonio Texas impacted my artistic direction on this series. I was heading to a place that I found on the internet that had the potential of some rapid running water, when I... Continue Reading →
Photographer’s Eye exhibition – Memory Pods on Hahnemuehle Metallic
Back in July when I first wrote about experimenting with the Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Metallic I had closed my article with a question as to whether to frame these photographs under glazing, whether it is museum glass or acrylic. My concern is with the potential loss of luminosity under a layer of glazing. My final... Continue Reading →