Entanglement, number 1766-4, copyright 2024 Douglas Stockdale - Towards the end of last year, I was trading emails with another alt-photo artist about my Photolucida Critical Mass 2023 and 2024 Finalist recognition. She had mentioned that she had four Critical Mass Finalist awards, while nothing higher (e.g. Top 50) seemed to occur for her, thus... Continue Reading →
Fragmented Realities: our exhibit at OC Camera Gallery
I am very honored to have the opportunity to co-exhibit with Paul Anderson at the OC Camera Gallery this coming March. Artist statement: Fragmented Realities is an exhibition of two complementary bodies of art by Paul Anderson and myself that investigates the contemporary urban landscape. Both are very divergent in their respective methodologies, pairing the... Continue Reading →
Marshall Fire: December 31st, 2021
Untitled (Marshall Fire Aftermath #094853) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – Two years ago communities in Boulder County, Colorado, experienced an end of the year event in 2021 that is becoming eerily too common; severe drought coupled with hurricane-force winds and one spark too many. Lasting two days over 1,100+ homes and business were totally destroyed. The... Continue Reading →
2024 New Year’s Goals (aka Resolution)
Untitled (Entanglement #9514-3) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – Each year over the holidays, after reflecting on the past year's events, I speculate on what I might want to accomplish for the following year. You can call it planning ahead or a New Year's Resolution. For me, this process does not set in stone what I will work on,... Continue Reading →
Presenting at 2020 Medium Photo Lecture Series
I am really honored to have an opportunity to be presenting at a Medium Photo 2020 Lecture series event on March 20th, from 7:30 - 9pm at the You Belong Here artist venue, located at 3619 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, California 92104. Very Cool! "Medium Photo is proud to present an evening lecture with Los... Continue Reading →
A Milestone year in the making…
When coming up on a milestone birthday in the past there was usually not much out of the ordinary to report. Not this year for me. So although I have not provided many personal updates, maybe now is a good time for a quick summary of what has turned into an interesting year. Let's start... Continue Reading →
How effective is Social Media for an Artist?
I have been wondering a lot about the relevances of social media for myself and other artists, and perhaps more specifically about staying on Facebook/Instagram. First, the basic question, why use social media (e.g. Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, etc) by an artist? For an established artist who has multiple galleries that represent them, constant demand for exhibitions,... 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 →
Website Switch up to SquareSpace
Trabuco Flats, copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale For those who might have followed the link to my website these past few days probably had a bit of a visual surprise when you were greeted with a brand new home page. So while I was taking some time to evaluate how I wanted to proceed with my Trabuco... Continue Reading →
Artist stress
Buckwheat, Trabuco Flats 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale As an artist, sometimes a little stress can be a good thing once in a while, but constant stress can be a killer, in more ways than one. Recently I contributed a few photogaphs to Tara Wary's Too Tired for Sunshine project on Instagram. I had reviewed her... Continue Reading →