Looking at one photograph at a time
Quantum Elements, #4062, copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale - Here in the States, such an announcement in a supermarket of a 'Clean-up needed on some Aisle', means that there is a mess that was made, such as perhaps some shopper dropped something and one of the staff needs to go fix what happen. Likewise, I have... Continue Reading →
I have been working on a secret project (which will not be so secret after this article) that expands on an event that occurred in 2018 and probably ties into my experience as the Senior Editor (book reviewer) for PhotoBook Journal; I have been writing a fictional novel. Something that I have developing over the... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, limited edition artist book, copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very excited to 'relaunch' the selling of Middle Ground, my limited edition artist book that I self-published in 2018. I have already sold half of the edition, but then I placed the promotion and sales effort on Hold in 2019. I have come to... Continue Reading →
While working on my Instant Nomad series, I am evaluating a number of different photographs that have some abstract qualities such that it may be difficult to tell what is going on and where it was taken. In the case of these three photographs there is a central shape that hints that the subject may... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale I am using some 'down-time' between pitching my book-dummy for Instant Nomad to a few publishers for me to reconsider my edit of the book's content. In this case I have a few photographs in the book-dummy that are very ambiguous as to the subject and place, which are very abstract and... Continue Reading →
While working on my book-dummy for Instant Nomad, I found myself thinking about the color blue, perhaps in part because I am in a bit of blue mood. Initially I was considering a middle gray for the endpapers to hold the hard covers on and I now find myself rethinking this design element. So I... Continue Reading →
When I shared my previous article about lessons learned from my book workshop, Liz Vaughn commented on my social media shout-out: "For me, having been a graphic designer, the straightening and improving habit is ingrained". Her comment really resonated with me and provided some wonderful food for thought; due to my training and work experience... Continue Reading →
I am working on a new series of sub-atomic landscapes, which is a place/condition/state that we really cannot fathom. Interestingly physicists have started to determine that what might be occurring in our sub-atomic world is equally relevant to how the universe functions. My fascination with Quantum Mechanics still goes unabated. Featured artwork, Sub-Atomic Landscape LSTa092222-03-01 is 24... Continue Reading →
Now and then you see a gallery call for artwork and it triggers some memories. In this case, a call for Southern Landscapes by South x Southeast took me back to the small city of Waycross Georgia in 2009. This was a family visit to my daughter's in-laws who have a ton of relatives in... Continue Reading →
I am not sure where I recall reading that Abstraction in art is relative to the eyes of the beholder. Or maybe that's just my rendition on the subject. Last month I wrote about my current 'Cover-19' series inspired by Quantum Mechanics and particle physics that explains some of the things we see if we... Continue Reading →
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