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August 31, 2020
Flowers Made from Beet and Radish Slices
These two images show virtual flowers constructed on my light box from thin slices of root vegetables. The Chiogga Beet slices have been cut vertically, as opposed to the horizontal…
August 30, 2020
The Beet Goes On
In parts of the Caribbean, edible root vegetables are often called "ground provisions." Yesterday was a ground-provisions day. I primarily photographed beets and radishes. This is a continuation of my…
August 28, 2020
Melange of Slices
Just like the aggregation of pear slices, it is possible to create interesting melanges of all kinds of sliced fruits and vegetables. The sliced kiwi fruits (below) remind me of…
August 27, 2020
New Webinars Coming Up Soon in Early September
Phyllis and I would like to call your attention to three live webinars coming up in the first half of September! These webinars are now open for registration. Click here…
August 24, 2020
Making Mandalas from Fruits and Vegetables
Traditionally, a mandala is a geometric shape that symbolically represents the cosmos or the universe, or perhaps a search for unity and completeness within oneself. I always enjoy creating mandalas,…
August 24, 2020
Sliced Fruit on my Light Box
Where do ideas come from? In the case of these translucent fruit slices, an art consultant showed me an image of translucent fruit. I immediately thought of photographing fruit slices…
August 22, 2020
X-Ray Bouquet
The upper photo is an X-Ray of a bouquet of dahlias, nemesia, and kangaroo paw flowers. It was made in May, 2019 using medical x-ray equipment, and processed yesterday while…
August 20, 2020
Shell Collection
Sometimes it is really fun to line up a whole collection of objects in a grid on my light box, not worrying too much about fancy compositional issues. Take, for…
August 19, 2020
Dried Blossoms
I arranged these dried blossoms on my light box in a pattern with an eye towards complementary colors. The background blue blossoms are Nemesias. interlaced with almost-orange-yellow Gaillardia petals, and…
August 17, 2020
[Coming Up Soon] Intimate Flowers on Saturday August 15, 2020
What: Intimate Flowers with Harold Davis When: Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11am PT. Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A Where: On your computer or mobile device from…
August 13, 2020
Dahlia Solos
My Dahlia bed is starting to bloom, providing some very sweet subjects for solo flower portraits!
August 12, 2020
Visiting a Garden of Cars
A while back, in the pre-pandemic era, I visited the International Car Forest of the Last Church. This so-called "Car Forest" is more like a car garden than a forest.…
August 10, 2020
Layers and the Landscape
In some ways, layers define the landscape at large. When a landscape consists of layers stretching out to the distant horizon, the details become abstracted, and we can imagine ourselves…
August 9, 2020
Coming soon to a computer near you: Intimate Flowers
We're pleased to kick-off our Saturday webinar series on Saturday August 15, 2020 with Intimate Flowers! What: Intimate Flowers with Harold Davis When: Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11am PT.…
August 6, 2020
Wabi-Sabi Mandala
Wabi-Sabi Mandala was constructed---mostly---using the blossoms from Flowers from our Pandemic Garden, with the addition of some time passing. "Wabi-sabi" is the rendition of a Japanese concept (侘寂) indicating the…
August 5, 2020
Flowers from Our Pandemic Garden
It was great fun yesterday to construct and photograph this light box composition. The dahlias are the first from my new dahlia raised bed on the southwest side of the…
August 3, 2020
Nature versus Vision
Nature versus nurture, er, nature versus vision? I love being in, and photographing, nature and the wilderness. But on the whole, I subscribe to the philosophy of artist, solographer, and…
August 1, 2020