I am very honored that one of my images (Burning Palm) from my Anthropogenic Crisis series was featured as the banner image for an article by Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy who were one of the many portfolio reviewers during the Los Angles Center of Photography (LACP) Exposure Weekend in their wonderful photographic review magazine... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis – Burning Palm
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 157750 (Burning Palm) copyright 2016/2021 Douglas Stockdale - As I wrote about earlier during the LACP Exposure Weekend I had reinvested my honorarium for being a portfolio reviewer to do some networking with a few curators and gallerist that I have not had a chance to have a discussion with before this.... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis – The Last Iceberg
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 →
Cooling Earth – Future Rock
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 6856 (Warming Water) copyright 2017/2022 Douglas Stockdale When following the news about the climate, I will also come across something that might be a little bit broader in scope. In this case it is the recent news that the earth's molten core is cooling about 1.5 times quicker than what scientist had... 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 →
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 →
Eco-artist & Global Heating
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 1031 copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale I had an opportunity to participate a couple of days ago in a pop-up exhibition and print critique at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (IFAC) with some of my recent artwork from my Anthropogenic Crisis series. Attempting to raise awareness about global heating that results from the... Continue Reading →
The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow
Chester, UK (The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow) copyright 2012 Douglas Stockdale - I have not provided very many updates recently about my book-dummy for The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow, that investigates (my) separation anxiety as it relates to travel. A bit unusual for me. Let's just say that this book-dummy has... Continue Reading →