September 30, 2016 - Foto Art Friday - Old Barn

 

There’s this small little barn that apparently hasn’t been used for years on the road that I drive on all the time to head to the store.  I have always thought it had such character, and planned to photograph it.  However, I hadn’t until recently.  I noticed there was a “For Sale” sign on the property, and I realized that when it sold, whoever the new owners were might tear it down to build a newer, bigger barn.  So, I finally made a point to stop and photograph it.  I decided to have it be the focus of this art piece, to sort of honor the farming community that used to live in the area.  The piece has my own Citra Solv paper as its background, with some vintage handwriting blended into it.  Add my image, some grunge effects and specialty paint brushes in PhotoShop Elements, and it’s done! Credit: on thin air and soul poison (brushes); GTD Grunge Collection (grunge effect) #FotoArtFriday.

Old Barn

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Foto Art Friday - September 23, 2016 - Outside Looking In

 

The inspiration for this piece is a small chapel on the Johnson Mesa, in northeast New Mexico.  It appears to be deserted, but periodically, there are services that are held there, attended by people who used to live on the Mesa, or their descendants.  It is well kept up, and clean.  As I walked around the outside of the chapel, I couldn’t help but look into the windows and see the benches, the windows on the opposite wall, and what lay beyond.  It sparked my imagination of what life was like when this chapel was used regularly, and that is what this piece is meant to evoke.  From the outside looking in, imagining the life that once was. 

Outside Looking In

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Foto Art Friday - September 16 - Page From the Past

Earlier this year, we had a real cross country trip, from New Mexico to the tip of Florida, then up the East Coast and thru the Midwest back to New Mexico.  In our travels, we saw many farm houses, and my imagination took off.  I imagined what life was like back when those “old” farm houses were the “newly built” homes for folks.  And, of course, every farm house has a barn.  To me, this barn is what I think of when I hear the word “barn”.  Cows and horses in the barn, bales of hay in upper lofts and the smell of both – the thought of smells in the barn take me back to my childhood when we visited some friends and family who called a farm home.  This piece is mean to honor all those old barns and all those old memories.

Page from the Past

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Foto Art Friday - September 16 - Page From the Past

Earlier this year, we had a real cross country trip, from New Mexico to the tip of Florida, then up the East Coast and thru the Midwest back to New Mexico.  In our travels, we saw many farm houses, and my imagination took off.  I imagined what life was like back when those “old” farm houses were the “newly built” homes for folks.  And, of course, every farm house has a barn.  To me, this barn is what I think of when I hear the word “barn”.  Cows and horses in the barn, bales of hay in upper lofts and the smell of both – the thought of smells in the barn take me back to my childhood when we visited some friends and family who called a farm home.  This piece is mean to honor all those old barns and all those old memories.

Page from the Past

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September 9, 2016 - Foto Art Friday - Thou Shalt Not

This past week, we explored some New Mexico back roads that we hadn’t been down before.  Along one road, there was this sign warning us not to trespass.  We had no intention of doing that, but it struck me that how amazing it would be to have that view in one’s backyard, so to speak.  And, truly, a century ago, in this area, that was probably considered a very common back yard view.  I added some vintage text to the inspirational image, some texture, paint drips and a bird literally sitting on the fence!

Thou Shalt Not

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Foto Art Friday - September 2, 2016

The summer is drawing to a close and soon fall will be upon us.  That means all the birds that I’ve enjoyed over the summer will be gone.  That made me think of some birds that I saw at the beginning of the season, when we were traveling down along the Gulf Coast.  One of my favorite is the heron.  It’s such an awkward looking bird when it walks and moves, and yet, it is full of grace.  Hence the name of this piece…..

Awkward Grace

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