tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065956421148549202024-03-05T06:39:10.913-06:00KClark PhotographyThis and other worldsKClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-50301395309545175352023-02-09T10:33:00.001-06:002023-02-09T10:33:32.011-06:002023 Art Show Schedule<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgiQ2GFfx704kQnx3J4hTAAt2qDH4tNCmJCAgAmhmST4h1k7B02h7jVgDArQkL9G53RzQ_c8xoMEjUJM0ROYl5JCCr7N6-iCcHFFN_9WWp3N5XfhMsCnibsp6fAm7WmIrRw_XhSUrfAXxMggQOjUu_INoYJV0lDmJZgAiRWQv2o0a8WMDzvLzJMzYag/s4200/2023%20show%20schedule.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4200" height="503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgiQ2GFfx704kQnx3J4hTAAt2qDH4tNCmJCAgAmhmST4h1k7B02h7jVgDArQkL9G53RzQ_c8xoMEjUJM0ROYl5JCCr7N6-iCcHFFN_9WWp3N5XfhMsCnibsp6fAm7WmIrRw_XhSUrfAXxMggQOjUu_INoYJV0lDmJZgAiRWQv2o0a8WMDzvLzJMzYag/w640-h503/2023%20show%20schedule.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-25553940344152027862022-02-19T16:17:00.001-06:002022-02-19T16:17:37.753-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiofgoubzp-fSC_28zxfBZN4rqrGsrqAAsDKJYTkj_m8gIdWpmCjza7tRJz30LIOMN8353MCx2eOpR74tEzZbjnWoMCc1hJ9FNAdnGA7leB3IpLq6Uh_MahCViIvsI2FtMx5mARLoanpuhH4x-k1PcdzbCFJC-qrvSCjoLl7JXpuYr4fPahG7oZQJFMNA=s4200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="4200" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiofgoubzp-fSC_28zxfBZN4rqrGsrqAAsDKJYTkj_m8gIdWpmCjza7tRJz30LIOMN8353MCx2eOpR74tEzZbjnWoMCc1hJ9FNAdnGA7leB3IpLq6Uh_MahCViIvsI2FtMx5mARLoanpuhH4x-k1PcdzbCFJC-qrvSCjoLl7JXpuYr4fPahG7oZQJFMNA=w640-h365" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-14634867493100704682021-05-23T15:31:00.005-05:002021-05-23T15:31:38.348-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Hriymi8xDJEumHA0hrrfYntf0DqWSxWvpMGUlOq020OaGJbUX1YKlOcrTXZsLtCYyxFAek-nqAH5dg7bsnFLxgbEnCnzgNKsTiFvTmt6m0uTVv_2IMc3j3WUgeQsJVwkB0neaFrhyphenhyphen8fG/s1899/art+show+schedule+2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1899" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Hriymi8xDJEumHA0hrrfYntf0DqWSxWvpMGUlOq020OaGJbUX1YKlOcrTXZsLtCYyxFAek-nqAH5dg7bsnFLxgbEnCnzgNKsTiFvTmt6m0uTVv_2IMc3j3WUgeQsJVwkB0neaFrhyphenhyphen8fG/w640-h426/art+show+schedule+2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-65226866586165144532020-08-06T19:43:00.002-05:002020-08-06T19:43:25.121-05:00Trying something new<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztv0AyRJi7zUINn_CXkEdFrTI0xj-jv8n9H4_ERvEv8bR0l6bA152d5pEXeK9bSV0qjKLIn5h2sIhUcgq6iaT7Nc4I108K0juEEc5dmSW_GpLVkrBkuc0RTCKwmGeNWHewusQJ5kQ7K5o/s1600/image1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1600" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztv0AyRJi7zUINn_CXkEdFrTI0xj-jv8n9H4_ERvEv8bR0l6bA152d5pEXeK9bSV0qjKLIn5h2sIhUcgq6iaT7Nc4I108K0juEEc5dmSW_GpLVkrBkuc0RTCKwmGeNWHewusQJ5kQ7K5o/s320/image1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOqXO1dMRD1PMFCl1_ouEojnZZkUG4aW7d2oujCOlL8cDxmD0nHTtwoqrRc4zSB0wp78FpSA8NCWKAY6fTKBnA0UZzoeRQOPFVsHcf8bLI3CP2R1xsih7T_TeOaIkc4dUN3_vYThjeMfS/s1600/image0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1600" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOqXO1dMRD1PMFCl1_ouEojnZZkUG4aW7d2oujCOlL8cDxmD0nHTtwoqrRc4zSB0wp78FpSA8NCWKAY6fTKBnA0UZzoeRQOPFVsHcf8bLI3CP2R1xsih7T_TeOaIkc4dUN3_vYThjeMfS/s320/image0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here I am sharing a work in progress. That's not easy for me to do. But I hadn't touched base in a while and wanted to share what I've been up to, other than the Flash Sales I've been flooding my social media sites with, my alternative to art shows right now. I'm sharing something I don't anticipate ever taking the place of my ultimate creative expression, my photography, but something that is sparking my interest none the less. "Painting". I need to keep reminding myself that its ok to try something new that you aren't good at yet. That experimenting helps you grow in all areas of your life. So, here's a couple of images of my work in progress. Yes, I do have a real life easel ordered to make it easier. I'm curious to see where we'll end up. I'm using some old, textured glass saved from my window projects in place of a canvas or board. I'll try to be brave and share the finished results, warts and all. Hope with me that I make it through with both ears intact. (tortured artist joke) Wish me luck!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Be Well,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0wBJKMDvxpq7yLjrVbsCi0MlR0MPkfuhubXaXh8lXmE3H8ICQP0i3QH9Jtt1SMIcxRx_6NGLhoU5MpXxSZOD5b9moj6GdcVpl5lRaEf2n6PR91hu52LnbGFbqoVwJIfYTrSyGDD79Chx/s1600/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0wBJKMDvxpq7yLjrVbsCi0MlR0MPkfuhubXaXh8lXmE3H8ICQP0i3QH9Jtt1SMIcxRx_6NGLhoU5MpXxSZOD5b9moj6GdcVpl5lRaEf2n6PR91hu52LnbGFbqoVwJIfYTrSyGDD79Chx/s200/signature.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-67153315625445898072020-06-13T19:34:00.000-05:002020-06-13T19:34:10.674-05:00Quilts and Metaphors<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxothlsTJ8ejToP-gV3XfQXvJ8Gvhe66T2a0tTU-NG3kz1NUSMd0kOAzo3TppVmdMMoiyskZiLkDXYwlRNB7reMpEPIcG-okWBTfJ2onYdNgH67Vdq3bGgYvkgw7Q-71opNCFJSDGyK2q/s2016/image4+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></a><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud4xqXnq7buliWX7XKQXgqsPdJAv1fAtCSjfLfpvqHNvkBE5biXF0r1tZFMy7NggbtNPbJuvoRl7Wgsw7X9qu2kmGrBMmGX0pkFaZJb5MCekjER-ABJHfBrPUghnTtUd6rPkLz5D2NSFY/s2016/image2+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud4xqXnq7buliWX7XKQXgqsPdJAv1fAtCSjfLfpvqHNvkBE5biXF0r1tZFMy7NggbtNPbJuvoRl7Wgsw7X9qu2kmGrBMmGX0pkFaZJb5MCekjER-ABJHfBrPUghnTtUd6rPkLz5D2NSFY/w300-h400/image2+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ4251eIhiTlNChT5YKiFgYIbtN_No8CjPVJzy0xvv8v2EyTyyUUOl5VqtDIi9swu7OKGEF4sIUUgPwJQmy65lIqB2KgBo3l7zTM_NgBtpki23Q1eNp9MyPQBV6Fx55nhyphenhyphenjVZs6DuTY0Y/s2016/image4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ4251eIhiTlNChT5YKiFgYIbtN_No8CjPVJzy0xvv8v2EyTyyUUOl5VqtDIi9swu7OKGEF4sIUUgPwJQmy65lIqB2KgBo3l7zTM_NgBtpki23Q1eNp9MyPQBV6Fx55nhyphenhyphenjVZs6DuTY0Y/s320/image4.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OC7B2wa9jy3bzBf8q_giMzQ-JWiJ9IHdOlp5dSU1d0qQh8RYQWjLeYr14hKeLSx9sBBGW_RB4VOQWYGUEQakNi-5hNmtvro_s2YYJMhovlp9BP6qJGOH-DqPb7zZ6EA1KRyywJ1B7SUv/s1280/image6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OC7B2wa9jy3bzBf8q_giMzQ-JWiJ9IHdOlp5dSU1d0qQh8RYQWjLeYr14hKeLSx9sBBGW_RB4VOQWYGUEQakNi-5hNmtvro_s2YYJMhovlp9BP6qJGOH-DqPb7zZ6EA1KRyywJ1B7SUv/w200-h200/image6.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHgZ_DZbQDvmv5-o_FONcQR1tp3r0Kw3-5WD_V-EWKLw3EvS4uBdYEnpsxgtugmSdbtzeg_WKdgVkZy8jodkJxdfiI57rxS3kXih_qex7FvE_0G4x7VdeMWl3m9BvhpY6iKLC7hVWdFFf/s2016/image5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHgZ_DZbQDvmv5-o_FONcQR1tp3r0Kw3-5WD_V-EWKLw3EvS4uBdYEnpsxgtugmSdbtzeg_WKdgVkZy8jodkJxdfiI57rxS3kXih_qex7FvE_0G4x7VdeMWl3m9BvhpY6iKLC7hVWdFFf/w150-h200/image5.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHgZ_DZbQDvmv5-o_FONcQR1tp3r0Kw3-5WD_V-EWKLw3EvS4uBdYEnpsxgtugmSdbtzeg_WKdgVkZy8jodkJxdfiI57rxS3kXih_qex7FvE_0G4x7VdeMWl3m9BvhpY6iKLC7hVWdFFf/s2016/image5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></a><u></u><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><div> I found a quilt to<a style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></a>p in my fabric stash. It had made it through several "destashings" but I have no memory of buying it. It must have been an estate sale years ago. It has been pieced by hand and some by machine and it is all together charming. It does need a few repairs though as you can see from above. A perfect opportunity for me to indulge my visible mending habit. </div><div> Here's some images of the old quilt pieces I plan to use to get the fabric patches from. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#000120"></font><a style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1512" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUc_om78gcg_AjRl-qp0NhWeHBTLEwm3hy2iFW6Ob0Gzqfg5YZ7TFbK7qeMsDYCah9ACejOKxfTuIQtoszD4oMNj2Qqre9PukyNISAbV0wleZfxhrzoHUcqaQP2fW3LdrC-mg5BII74Xy/w200-h186/image3+-+Copy.jpeg" width="200" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hX0nk4kws9C_V5Vf23Kvj_siZOWCMWlCbH4sTo94ExLxDfJoD5EVylFY8GXkLAUiNmWgkL3eHv3ju3G9SbkX1uLvjhH0l0jn7lNMA2Tud9MPFUu7-ele2OWNII6CtNXeswuPHI8z4cIu/w187-h200/image0+-+Copy.jpeg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" width="187" /><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRuAw4QnNOG1q4ojEnV8SNp0Wvw5_jutuRY2zfVPgJGeYk8NAiSYZwj1LPr_ptog8ZSSQ5gxw1hfqBY6FMBLTk3siBd5XBP4e6Mkzs7JTzo6RFBZC8ugmCQ5MEJsYUZi6w-gPJgfzIE77/s2016/image1+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRuAw4QnNOG1q4ojEnV8SNp0Wvw5_jutuRY2zfVPgJGeYk8NAiSYZwj1LPr_ptog8ZSSQ5gxw1hfqBY6FMBLTk3siBd5XBP4e6Mkzs7JTzo6RFBZC8ugmCQ5MEJsYUZi6w-gPJgfzIE77/s320/image1+-+Copy.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u></u><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are bits and pieces of old quilts I've picked up over the years and managed to keep. In fact one little bit is a pieced top tacked onto at least two older quilts. Look at what I found in the very center of the wooly mess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><u></u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxothlsTJ8ejToP-gV3XfQXvJ8Gvhe66T2a0tTU-NG3kz1NUSMd0kOAzo3TppVmdMMoiyskZiLkDXYwlRNB7reMpEPIcG-okWBTfJ2onYdNgH67Vdq3bGgYvkgw7Q-71opNCFJSDGyK2q/s2016/image4+-+Copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxothlsTJ8ejToP-gV3XfQXvJ8Gvhe66T2a0tTU-NG3kz1NUSMd0kOAzo3TppVmdMMoiyskZiLkDXYwlRNB7reMpEPIcG-okWBTfJ2onYdNgH67Vdq3bGgYvkgw7Q-71opNCFJSDGyK2q/w480-h640/image4+-+Copy.jpeg" width="480" /></a></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><u></u><u></u><u></u><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><u></u><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><u></u><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That once cherished quilt made with the tiniest stitches buried deep but still there at the center. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay with me. I will, I think, get to the metaphor part I hope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsThFzr9qJ0C7pykYIx_0H0xUxEnoR-Ziio3jC1qQbas4I3Gu6E94Ks8WEWajZjMf45eoDavzBjx_fJRCfOJJC6G0_y7N5TTxZWvmH-MO3aumdsK4HRL3NAPaIaqefaWxzKmYCJFpj3Bb/s2016/image3+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsThFzr9qJ0C7pykYIx_0H0xUxEnoR-Ziio3jC1qQbas4I3Gu6E94Ks8WEWajZjMf45eoDavzBjx_fJRCfOJJC6G0_y7N5TTxZWvmH-MO3aumdsK4HRL3NAPaIaqefaWxzKmYCJFpj3Bb/s320/image3+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I work to separate the layers of the quilt I was going to use to patch the "new" old quilt, I thought about how it seemed to reflect so much of what was going on around me in the world. The layers of history. The damaged and useless bits. The mistakes stitched in and buried deep. Instead of fixing the surface and attaching it to a damaged and disintegrating core, I will do the work and find the pieces that were worth keeping. The pieces that would serve the new quilt well. They would reflect what I value. The new quilt would be stitched with the best bits of the old. The bits that are wrong, broken, and no longer part of a quilt of beautiful different pieces joining and coming together as a whole, with a common purpose of comfort, art and honor? They aren't welcome in my life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiyjrGjLE2MUMZ4kvkK06DZfKnPfDKKZwVT6uBoxhJ4M-cZ70If5Wpl4g754t_z8ZrEVnb9UvnY9V8FpaDJTfvccHzdAT8ZqkrrOFph4z91_l_0JozdTcJZglDmbSxdsLytTFS6QETEfB/s2016/image4+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiyjrGjLE2MUMZ4kvkK06DZfKnPfDKKZwVT6uBoxhJ4M-cZ70If5Wpl4g754t_z8ZrEVnb9UvnY9V8FpaDJTfvccHzdAT8ZqkrrOFph4z91_l_0JozdTcJZglDmbSxdsLytTFS6QETEfB/s320/image4+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are good things to keep but much more that no longer works and no parts of that need to be kept. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tace_-p9IxXfvio9Mxxotjy1A5ye0J-0VsSYxfM2SZ3Gy9vOx0xMUvk1pgR4HlsC6REsxaN5flY0CBn0oVJYn5cbvO9cWyyJjauLFkZXVkejzSHj51MFt0lNVl8itAqx47JjM0uaaNg_/s2016/image5+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tace_-p9IxXfvio9Mxxotjy1A5ye0J-0VsSYxfM2SZ3Gy9vOx0xMUvk1pgR4HlsC6REsxaN5flY0CBn0oVJYn5cbvO9cWyyJjauLFkZXVkejzSHj51MFt0lNVl8itAqx47JjM0uaaNg_/s320/image5+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you and yours are keeping well. Wear your masks. Wash your hands. Make sure you're keeping the good parts of your quilt and getting rid of the rotten bits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you friend,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCncaY2Vce8qNRDZGe5H-lsbVMy9EQ-jKrT984ThKxxUbUGdbpvxXZ0WtrtfVnW90A7dmbuG1ApjXoc2lysW7goBM1cV-CeVoS6cy5vnNF7VyRfBBekCYjy9EfoEbRbg776NoS9jc2oOV/s900/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCncaY2Vce8qNRDZGe5H-lsbVMy9EQ-jKrT984ThKxxUbUGdbpvxXZ0WtrtfVnW90A7dmbuG1ApjXoc2lysW7goBM1cV-CeVoS6cy5vnNF7VyRfBBekCYjy9EfoEbRbg776NoS9jc2oOV/s320/signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><u></u><u></u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><font color="#000120"></font></u><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHgZ_DZbQDvmv5-o_FONcQR1tp3r0Kw3-5WD_V-EWKLw3EvS4uBdYEnpsxgtugmSdbtzeg_WKdgVkZy8jodkJxdfiI57rxS3kXih_qex7FvE_0G4x7VdeMWl3m9BvhpY6iKLC7hVWdFFf/s2016/image5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><u></u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><font color="#000120"></font></u><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OC7B2wa9jy3bzBf8q_giMzQ-JWiJ9IHdOlp5dSU1d0qQh8RYQWjLeYr14hKeLSx9sBBGW_RB4VOQWYGUEQakNi-5hNmtvro_s2YYJMhovlp9BP6qJGOH-DqPb7zZ6EA1KRyywJ1B7SUv/s1280/image6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-53137926071187127602020-05-01T15:10:00.000-05:002020-05-01T15:11:41.608-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QHpXqkgxr8ZQMvNcOvztSsD1LU9BbBox66lmdOeLzQxbIJI-z-xQMcuWwulyC1KRPiD9HFaRapCc_eNMCpwyiTY4zO030bnbiVjAlyRwFZMPZctbOeSc4Q2eaTejgy4TVXpzeRQD_Ntf/s1600/don%2527t+fence+me+in+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QHpXqkgxr8ZQMvNcOvztSsD1LU9BbBox66lmdOeLzQxbIJI-z-xQMcuWwulyC1KRPiD9HFaRapCc_eNMCpwyiTY4zO030bnbiVjAlyRwFZMPZctbOeSc4Q2eaTejgy4TVXpzeRQD_Ntf/s640/don%2527t+fence+me+in+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Don't Fence Me In</h2>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> It happened again. I've described in the past how I will stop and be focused on something that caught my eye. I'll take several photos, get just the right angle or wait for the light, only to turn and find what I was supposed to be looking at in the first place looking back at me. That's what happened with this lady. I was looking at the birds on my right only to turn around and burst out laughing at the Black Baldy checking me out. Lesson reinforced. Pay attention. Look for what you may have missed.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Be Well friend,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYVQY0ODVS-Yfa2FyaFCCsHyScQKwmnMJ6jLrvihL7T8rkyDcw_Zzcu5q97PcVlWtnKHc4lQcFRQZULo3FCVMMC0M5L1qikkyuBJwI04NhtOAJ3mu9lRe9QN_coub6-Y3KXCVegIh0xH_/s1600/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYVQY0ODVS-Yfa2FyaFCCsHyScQKwmnMJ6jLrvihL7T8rkyDcw_Zzcu5q97PcVlWtnKHc4lQcFRQZULo3FCVMMC0M5L1qikkyuBJwI04NhtOAJ3mu9lRe9QN_coub6-Y3KXCVegIh0xH_/s200/signature.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-50625892772824514152020-04-23T16:30:00.000-05:002020-04-23T16:30:23.919-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vloSS8mtLjzLEeVsU6yDtgDzePDyXN0bk21c3-tBiwiRLDrRy-O0kP26LPvqwKwtLsPrfJ1KHo44RK4b-7BcNTcJy4yESNiyy64S5ONCH0TxYrlpr9AXeXqPE-Unbjye15zM8s3NmT2O/s1600/window+gifts+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1600" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vloSS8mtLjzLEeVsU6yDtgDzePDyXN0bk21c3-tBiwiRLDrRy-O0kP26LPvqwKwtLsPrfJ1KHo44RK4b-7BcNTcJy4yESNiyy64S5ONCH0TxYrlpr9AXeXqPE-Unbjye15zM8s3NmT2O/s640/window+gifts+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Window Gifts</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I took a break from my Spring. I took a break from what I thought was going to be my Spring. I was forced to take a break from what I thought my Spring was going to be. We pretty much all did. I didn't want to focus on promoting my work and sharing pieces that were for sale. I felt kinda bad about it. Like, I "should" be doing that, this is how I support myself, but couldn't make myself. So I allowed myself to not do that and let that part go until I was ready to take that up again. It took about three weeks. Then I got the opportunity to participate in a virtual art show <a href="http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=559128&f=1330&s=1374&m=746309&t=2e21081be693b6ed02d3d1f4b76d56e0712ab4d267a768fce06bf9c6ddcd4a80&fbclid=IwAR0RJqZzUFqCYE0bMopTIyAMPoIADfaMtH1knSP4kb8fYFvQn6_nPfrUy-E#.Xp9OHXbTa44.facebook" target="_blank">Art Gone Viral</a> and I replied Yes without thinking. Afterward was when all the doubt three weeks of inactivity allowed to materialized. But you know what? By my saying Yes I sent a signal out there. I was contacted by lovely folks that had purchased pieces from me in the past and were ready for more, generous friends determined they would spend some of their stimulus money on supporting artists they know, people found my work on my Etsy sites and started buying again. And one lovely woman who had bought a large #WindowFramed piece from me a couple years ago thought of me when she was replacing the windows in her historic home (see the image above). She contacted me to see if I would have a use for them. She wanted me to have them and she wanted to commission a piece from one of them for their home, as a remembrance. This generous gift touched me very deeply. It affirmed that opening myself and my business back up, literally and figurately was the right thing to do and at the right time. I WAS going to need more windows. Everything is going to be ok. Thank you Francesca for sharing the window gifts. I promise to find them good homes with good people like you. I'm ready to get back to work.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Be Well my friends,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiIp-IeMGpEKiTHIFUf3oEuT9xq8v9y_Ww5JuXREWKTclM30Vmo8f0CrdmVYHYGAKciAyxp0C86HVcmYm59Lo3B3QzRz0UJ2j5A1IEEgCTG9sFCAx5gQkEarIkBer__UO1sKnRa5UkmIU/s1600/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiIp-IeMGpEKiTHIFUf3oEuT9xq8v9y_Ww5JuXREWKTclM30Vmo8f0CrdmVYHYGAKciAyxp0C86HVcmYm59Lo3B3QzRz0UJ2j5A1IEEgCTG9sFCAx5gQkEarIkBer__UO1sKnRa5UkmIU/s200/signature.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span> </span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-17296411076946111512020-04-16T10:30:00.000-05:002020-04-16T10:30:00.146-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbys5oB3MO0YF8Mp8XWllWkaxuNaW2LbAI4oyvmMhEBHxeMP7hQAXT18XYpamCdyGXrMedsCZ_ZgQAuFAuw3tfmTO5llldTlyeAO8kecvamYpQRcFlyzeROoAjpXTGWU9CBDaz6jRYhcs3/s1600/veg+stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1600" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbys5oB3MO0YF8Mp8XWllWkaxuNaW2LbAI4oyvmMhEBHxeMP7hQAXT18XYpamCdyGXrMedsCZ_ZgQAuFAuw3tfmTO5llldTlyeAO8kecvamYpQRcFlyzeROoAjpXTGWU9CBDaz6jRYhcs3/s640/veg+stand.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Farm Stand</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> We got out in our self contained, rolling, quarantine, KIA bubble yesterday. It felt good to run the roads and see things we didn't remember. It was surprising how good it felt to find this simple vegetable stand at the roadside in front of a farm. While we are well into garden season here it is a bit early for this much lush abundance from a home grown garden but still, the same Pavlovian response was sparked. When removed from the packaged, industrialized feel of the mega grocery store the vegetables felt like real treasures. Vitamin jewels of healthiness. Wholesomeness even. No doubt as our garden comes on I will be sharing each vegetable victory with you all. Cheering someone else's growth is almost as health giving and growing yourself. Wow, how about that veggie metaphor. Lean into nostalgia folks it feels good. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Be Well,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzWmAS-mdQFxi0XZotfTZzIUb9Ojb_9F8OeZ-I-iIqUMUGxfGznKJSE5GOmSIglAHeak3b-q27dd-tTvrjJBp6yXfB1xU2pgJ7ebRrT5LczAKt0dTI5Ntp6u8ylxFcCco8Cfd9i7v4GLV/s1600/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzWmAS-mdQFxi0XZotfTZzIUb9Ojb_9F8OeZ-I-iIqUMUGxfGznKJSE5GOmSIglAHeak3b-q27dd-tTvrjJBp6yXfB1xU2pgJ7ebRrT5LczAKt0dTI5Ntp6u8ylxFcCco8Cfd9i7v4GLV/s200/signature.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-75167657212342135402020-04-14T08:30:00.000-05:002020-04-14T08:30:08.045-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9FcH6mU2Caa1I7v5IV-VMVH7OCeYj6_Jmj1HqHf9dxPDCyM6udb1GuREH3AI_g9ZcVB-TfPVSXsa1lAHQiukwfVgoV-MGQKC4ff7cS1a4pcy1laoXT9Ik1kBZ34YPAQYWZXlPfsv7JB5/s1600/Cross+Stitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1600" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9FcH6mU2Caa1I7v5IV-VMVH7OCeYj6_Jmj1HqHf9dxPDCyM6udb1GuREH3AI_g9ZcVB-TfPVSXsa1lAHQiukwfVgoV-MGQKC4ff7cS1a4pcy1laoXT9Ik1kBZ34YPAQYWZXlPfsv7JB5/s640/Cross+Stitch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Cross Stitch</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> A couple of years ago I went through the <a href="http://www.konmari.com/" target="_blank">KonMari Method</a> of decluttering. I can't recommend it highly enough. That being said, one of the results of the process is letting go of things that don't "spark joy" for you. A lot of what wasn't sparking joy was unfinished craft or handwork projects. I had several started but never finished cross stitch pieces that I released. The piece pictured above is one of them. This little jewel, even in the unfinished state still made me happy so I kept it. The image of cottage roses in an antique, blue transferware pitcher spoke to my love of vintage and cottage décor. So, gentle reader, I kept it. I didn't work on it. I left it unfinished and waiting for completion. In an effort to add variety to my "stay busy" handwork this unfinished project is getting a chance to be all that it can be. I'm going to finish it up, create a frame for it out of pieces left over from #WindowFramed series. I'll share a pic once completed of course. The ultimate completion of a project isn't the only time I get satisfaction from a piece. Sometimes the potential, the savoring of the idea of how it will look eventually, is enough to have me keep a piece waiting. The stored energy of creative beauty builds until we both agree its time to finish up. Time to allow it to be what it was meant to be. Time to fill the space it once held with more creative potential. This patiently waiting loveliness is a battery fueling my imagination when the space around me seems dark and uninspiring. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Be Well,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EVT4GmLC76TH5nuYxTMX7j5bZVydMfd5pRv3VAoG4c_CM6SxyhrvbtzNr1FY56O1MSu-tj31b5YtNMYH174BPuMTwGRhRe2UQZpdPJWudO-iviJOiBCtwA6h9g_qIhow6MIliBpfNN-a/s1600/signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EVT4GmLC76TH5nuYxTMX7j5bZVydMfd5pRv3VAoG4c_CM6SxyhrvbtzNr1FY56O1MSu-tj31b5YtNMYH174BPuMTwGRhRe2UQZpdPJWudO-iviJOiBCtwA6h9g_qIhow6MIliBpfNN-a/s200/signature.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-74500001303823357072020-04-12T08:00:00.000-05:002020-04-12T08:00:08.982-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WfCUyrcJ6BMU6wXvVrOgCF415tHA5Yz2HMzxcZ59K7XSujZM2pJbtyQUtI4Sk7oi_pX94hzb7vGdHBcQKFc2dMYs6_3rn-zDvv_ECFe_ZY1opZpjOD-95w5gNniE0uPYVPJOWWW8vgzM/s1600/Dewberries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1600" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WfCUyrcJ6BMU6wXvVrOgCF415tHA5Yz2HMzxcZ59K7XSujZM2pJbtyQUtI4Sk7oi_pX94hzb7vGdHBcQKFc2dMYs6_3rn-zDvv_ECFe_ZY1opZpjOD-95w5gNniE0uPYVPJOWWW8vgzM/s640/Dewberries.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Dewberry Discovery</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> The other evening my sister and I discovered there is a Great Horned Owl in the countryside near us. We've been watching him watch us from a dead branch in the top of a big old pecan tree. He's just far enough to be out of reach of our longest lenses but close enough to hear his hoot clearly as he softly inquires about our day. While lurking on the road side watching him we discovered a patch of dewberries that had been growing for who knows how long just inside of the fence line and along the irrigation ditch of the field east of the house. We vowed to return in daylight and investigate. Above you see the results. What you don't see are my purple, juice stained fingers from the picking process. What you don't see, thank goodness, is our "go away snakey snakey" stomp dance we performed as we made our way through the overgrown field to the even more overgrown brambles. What you don't see is the silly grin on my face at the joy of eating the berries straight off the vines. The enforced quietude has brought many small blessing. The owl, the berries, gardens growing, extra time spent with my favorite sister. They color my experience of this quiet slow time like the sweet, sharp dewberries stain my picking fingers. Making everything better.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Be well friends,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Kim </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"></span><br /></span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0Natalia, TX 78059, USA29.189684 -98.86252689999999229.1619605 -98.902867399999991 29.2174075 -98.822186399999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-87831098224795985662020-04-11T08:00:00.000-05:002020-04-11T08:00:01.744-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpe4H8DvwwBMzeyC8d0T4gZ5pS-alRuOuBZru6oxYs9cbv-Od15SmxLfKWy93ioMgDlxSn7-23_hwlGX8GFzOK_qZpJExN7EVQqgXKoZz1sER2uKMm-4YRa6G7ren569pR4rZQolY-_iM/s1600/knitting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1600" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpe4H8DvwwBMzeyC8d0T4gZ5pS-alRuOuBZru6oxYs9cbv-Od15SmxLfKWy93ioMgDlxSn7-23_hwlGX8GFzOK_qZpJExN7EVQqgXKoZz1sER2uKMm-4YRa6G7ren569pR4rZQolY-_iM/s640/knitting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Crochet/Knitting</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I warned you I'd be back. Also I'm reclaiming my obsolete training and spacing twice at the end of sentences. We all need our spaces now. Above is a photo of my current project I'm calling the "pandemic shawl". I wanted to mark the time in a tangible way. I've got a sort of theory. Most folks are generally either detailed oriented or big picture focused. You either revel in getting the tiny details perfect or you don't. Here's the thing about me and stitching projects of just about any kind. Most tend to be better viewed from a distance. I always say its because of my early theatre training and how everything looks good from ten feet away. So imagine my joy when I discovered fulling or felting if you prefer. I can stitch away happily/sloppily, squeezing the therapy out of the handwork and tossing away the pattern following anxiety. I throw it in hot water a couple of times and all the dropped stitches and oh craps blend into a harmonious pelt of wooly comfort. That's my intention with this shawl if my inconsistency in stitches and fumbled turnings are too painful to leave undisguised. This is a terrific opportunity to finally use up some of my yarn stash as well. I started with a lovely variegated periwinkle wool from <a href="http://www.brooksfarmyarn.com/" target="_blank">Brooks Farm Yarn</a> in Lancaster, TX and am now onto a warm carmelly alpaca yarn from Cibolo Creek Alpacas for which I don't have a link. I picked these up several years ago and have finally stopped saving them for something special. This <b>is</b> special! Comfort in a scary time. I hope you are finding comfort where you can.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Be Well Friends,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Kim</span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com4San Antonio, TX, USA29.4241219 -98.49362819999998928.5394974 -99.784521699999985 30.3087464 -97.2027347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-75242379672648564922020-04-09T08:00:00.000-05:002020-04-09T08:00:03.118-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRR6Q-8aY8qtE3QsjyETZ2_gIEr8x5iPnjQuWnGnhOnqAypwHLoXcRnyw8LJ7laX6MZi_5GY_oSDSHMFoAfb8g3JEBcU2j52HynqOJGM-p0WabzzkesQmCBq76wLati_URdwrL6390YzZ/s1600/mending+jeans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1600" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRR6Q-8aY8qtE3QsjyETZ2_gIEr8x5iPnjQuWnGnhOnqAypwHLoXcRnyw8LJ7laX6MZi_5GY_oSDSHMFoAfb8g3JEBcU2j52HynqOJGM-p0WabzzkesQmCBq76wLati_URdwrL6390YzZ/s640/mending+jeans.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Mending</span></h2>
<div>
<b>Let's touch base-</b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> It's been a minute since I posted or shared anything on the blog so I'm taking this down time to try to be more connected with you here. Nothing real profound, just feeling the need to reach out since I'm not getting to see you all at the art shows this Spring and Summer. I'm also practicing not spacing twice at the end of sentences ;). ignore it if you see it happen please. I haven't felt inspired to work on any #WindowFramed pieces as of yet but I'm trying to keep my hands busy. Above are my much loved and patched jeans that are needing an over haul thanks to my Keto lifestyle. If you'd told me last year that I'd handle this world wide pandemic without a bowl of pasta as my wingman I'd have laughed out loud but that's just what I'm doing. Hence the need for jean alteration. So I'm using what I have and not buying more until it feels appropriate. I'm mending and making do. Visible mending feels like a signal to me and others that I care for what I have. To stop the disposable lifestyle. Reduce/Reuse/Recycle is a hashtag I often use online when referring to my art work. Even truer now in the whole of my life. Slowing down, paying attention, paying tribute to the people, places and things that support me in this life.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Be Well,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Kim </span></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0San Antonio, TX, USA29.4241219 -98.49362819999998928.5394974 -99.784521699999985 30.3087464 -97.2027347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-68105991465424328342020-01-23T09:03:00.000-06:002020-01-23T09:45:19.244-06:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<u>2020 Art Show Schedule</u></h2>
<div>
<u><br /></u></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium5-_TJ5A5YHlKw6i_KSB1G-ZCMqQv6DB4YzWDgRGF0c2joyA3QtptGTQghNvPagY9VUEKMmiVHYa7UV5MfnKi7uro0rtpnYWX7NS5QwAZqn2V6SlHWnMB0JNbSmHsoxwwtCsXu9s0Rn9/s1600/2020+spring+and+summer+schedule+revised.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium5-_TJ5A5YHlKw6i_KSB1G-ZCMqQv6DB4YzWDgRGF0c2joyA3QtptGTQghNvPagY9VUEKMmiVHYa7UV5MfnKi7uro0rtpnYWX7NS5QwAZqn2V6SlHWnMB0JNbSmHsoxwwtCsXu9s0Rn9/s640/2020+spring+and+summer+schedule+revised.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<u><br /></u></div>
<div>
<u><span id="goog_1969192864"></span><span id="goog_1969192865"></span><br /></u></div>
<div>
<u><br /></u></div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-58266400911688819462019-05-13T10:26:00.000-05:002019-05-13T10:26:18.363-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8isLp12Mb5SpFj2Kz3xEm5SHgqa-oiyD2uxlOeoMHJaoT6feBFWuFLEd-QGnjZf6dNnYGoJ81fkUFo_sGB4BhL3_HHBXMrYlIhoa6X058gfYpLWD4A0Bz8WUmdX2lIYLtr8V-1MPo1Eh/s1600/sheep+cottage+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8isLp12Mb5SpFj2Kz3xEm5SHgqa-oiyD2uxlOeoMHJaoT6feBFWuFLEd-QGnjZf6dNnYGoJ81fkUFo_sGB4BhL3_HHBXMrYlIhoa6X058gfYpLWD4A0Bz8WUmdX2lIYLtr8V-1MPo1Eh/s400/sheep+cottage+water.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
Hello-<br />
<br />
It's been a few months since I made a blog post and a bit of a wait in the car service waiting room seemed like the perfect opportunity to catch up with you all. So let's get started.<br />
<br />
I've passed out a few cards about commission work but no one has jumped at the offer yet. I'm not discouraged. It felt good to claim that as an option and I know the right people will find me when its a perfect option. The Spring shows have been filled with weather challenges. I never curse the rain around here because I realize that it is hard to come by most of the time and it is keeping the temperature down. I will however grumble about the mud in the booth and the untidy results in Vincent, the new van. <br />
<br />
My narrow avoidance of an art scam did have a positive result. I have all my current #WindowFramed pieces in one place for viewing. I've created a <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmD55XhR" target="_blank">Flickr</a> page (click on the underlined word and a new window will open with the page for you) that will take you right to where I've posted everything that is ready to go now. I'll keep it current by either removing or posting SOLD on pieces no longer available. Those of you who follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kclarkphotography/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> have been getting these updates regularly and getting a first look at new pieces and the process of their creation and even the finding of the windows. You are following along on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kclarkphotography/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> right? Prints are still available through my Etsy shops as well, links on the right. You'll find my international work there as well.<br />
<br />
I posted my upcoming dates there recently I'll post a short recap here. Contact me if you need further location details.<br />
<br />
May 26 and 27 Kerrville Arts Festival<br />
June 7,8, and 9 at the Lavender Festival in Blanco<br />
July 6 and 7 Rockport Art Festival<br />
July 26.27 and 28 Ruidoso Art Festival NM<br />
<br />
In between studio work in town and art shows on the road the cats and I are giving Mom a hand at the home place in the country. As a result my life if full of all the things I love and that is a good thing. So I think you know everything that is interesting. You don't want to know about my creaky knee or continuously patched jeans, right? So I will close with a photo of a cow with cartoonishly windblown horns. I'm always willing to find the whimsy in something. I hope you are too. It makes the world a better place. <br />
<br />
Thanks to you all for your continued support and for following along on this adventure.<br />
<br />
Til next time,<br />
<br />
Kim<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8crh0Hm7Wp7Jt3a1e_uoudiK2hBuNZpAw3IeMzI6SYm5vdZvgvAE-BU-pGHqMHLjFYyr6cChfU0cL9iX8l-uOg4JVk6Diohvc8bS5R06h688xlbqSWeLIo0f4guwFrCza8F_4OHQq3wH/s1600/windy+horns+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1600" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8crh0Hm7Wp7Jt3a1e_uoudiK2hBuNZpAw3IeMzI6SYm5vdZvgvAE-BU-pGHqMHLjFYyr6cChfU0cL9iX8l-uOg4JVk6Diohvc8bS5R06h688xlbqSWeLIo0f4guwFrCza8F_4OHQq3wH/s400/windy+horns+water.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-34607654862334137162019-01-03T10:24:00.000-06:002019-01-03T10:24:45.927-06:00The 2019 Adventure beginsWhat an absolutely wonderful year last year has been for me professionally. I expect new and exciting adventures to follow this year. Along with continuing the #WindowFramed series that you'll be able to find at the art shows I attend and upcoming retail venues, I am expanding to offer private commissions for folks looking to have me create a one of a kind fine art photograph just for them. So many of you have asked if this was possible that I decided that YES, yes it is possible. Here's what I'll be sharing when someone asks me if .....<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUygLmLqzW8QjndsJTFnPGmAYBoleZONpH3B9AbMQTMdFA16856hpaEmF5Zh211FTNAsp_j9ZS2gFzXFLdrRZWeNPSTd2PDBgpdxdQLtAJMh0q85bOA6T_94U8baoZZX1jCTkSGqfTVoQZ/s1600/Comm+postcard+111918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUygLmLqzW8QjndsJTFnPGmAYBoleZONpH3B9AbMQTMdFA16856hpaEmF5Zh211FTNAsp_j9ZS2gFzXFLdrRZWeNPSTd2PDBgpdxdQLtAJMh0q85bOA6T_94U8baoZZX1jCTkSGqfTVoQZ/s640/Comm+postcard+111918.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWXZOwNfarfeJd5RbHsQ5GEyZPSZCbyfjihyphenhyphenAZ3J68DwB54L7p0tykUBnx0VuL_qmmWGYfQIOGF2Q5g3pZcfIAuCMHD_vGL7FrxEs4iMFbkjWCFlqjPhnSKug_LoWVjdVRGWdPJvHU8Yf/s640/back+of+commission+post+card.jpg" width="640" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
If this sounds like something you've been dreaming of doing, maybe the cell phone photos you take just don't do your home place, deer lease, lake house or river side justice, then allow me to create that piece of art that will. Until my show season goes into full swing starting in March I'll be offering an introductory price with the session fee of only $200. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I hope you are as excited about the upcoming year as I am!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrkjezj7161n5spTYnc9AMY9vMhGjFFdKsTXu-B93LCGRyg-DaNb4pK4z0xPhrOyVi4jqeg-8FNhXwnIzzvyn1ll9DZliZ9yWFSutFGiiLEICkmwQMPISruiPFlUl9F6HugDrD4e8HzMt/s1600/Kim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrkjezj7161n5spTYnc9AMY9vMhGjFFdKsTXu-B93LCGRyg-DaNb4pK4z0xPhrOyVi4jqeg-8FNhXwnIzzvyn1ll9DZliZ9yWFSutFGiiLEICkmwQMPISruiPFlUl9F6HugDrD4e8HzMt/s200/Kim.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0San Antonio, TX, USA29.4241219 -98.49362819999998928.5394974 -99.784521699999985 30.3087464 -97.2027347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-73396306303159124812018-06-07T19:26:00.000-05:002018-06-07T19:26:07.504-05:00Here's where I'll be <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
It has been a busy year so far and is only going to get busier. I hope you get to see my work at one of these upcoming venues. The "WindowFramed" project really is a labor of love and the love I'm getting back from it is making the hard work worth while. Even if you don't make it into some of these upcoming events please go check out the artwork of the other wonderful artists that will be there. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbsO2NfrM_I0Fy1OeWgOOM7jo0YyRph3M1iYL-YNyHiQqRIRWXXnvcuA41c7m5IV2oAhSCnJKCK7_D_auciJ_RZ79R59FgwKVjVliBLoM8Xy-wu_czEGbH_BHjlAbLFWCTCo8YbCNeXPX/s1600/2018+Schedule+Update+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbsO2NfrM_I0Fy1OeWgOOM7jo0YyRph3M1iYL-YNyHiQqRIRWXXnvcuA41c7m5IV2oAhSCnJKCK7_D_auciJ_RZ79R59FgwKVjVliBLoM8Xy-wu_czEGbH_BHjlAbLFWCTCo8YbCNeXPX/s640/2018+Schedule+Update+2.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-55825291005204137062018-04-06T12:35:00.000-05:002018-04-06T12:35:17.077-05:00Spring Check in and Musings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp3PYCtQkNV7-Q4rndrIl2gVo-hX0Zga2FDdk8hy3aAFUDCAFHCX1N2YiB5IvaxeIkA0B1_GZN8ZGTEA-KeZO37UG1cxzwq49qp1LypEbe1a0G8omQ3_lrBPCFJijxoocJEVoMQyFor7H/s1600/27993547_10156221461962718_1689677209833577871_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp3PYCtQkNV7-Q4rndrIl2gVo-hX0Zga2FDdk8hy3aAFUDCAFHCX1N2YiB5IvaxeIkA0B1_GZN8ZGTEA-KeZO37UG1cxzwq49qp1LypEbe1a0G8omQ3_lrBPCFJijxoocJEVoMQyFor7H/s640/27993547_10156221461962718_1689677209833577871_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Hello Friend-<br />
<br />
I wanted to touch base before the Spring excitement of practically weekly shows gets started for me. I'm sharing some new images that you may not have seen if you aren't following along with me on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/kclarkphotography" target="_blank">Instagram</a> where you'll find my "Window Frames" project that is new at the shows this season and my ongoing struggle with work gloves blow outs. I'm using old/vintage/shabby/fabulous found window frames to bring my work to life. It is bringing me much joy.<br />
<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
I'll be at the Starving Artist show in downtown San Antonio at La Villita Saturday and Sunday April 7,8th this week. Next weekend at the Lubbock Arts Festival at the civic center April 12,13,14th, then as part of Fiesta at the King William Fair on April 28th. Then in May at LagoFest at Lago Vista on May 5, Art on the Greene in Arlington the 11th,12th and 13th finishing the month at Kerrville Festival of the Arts May 26 and 27th. Dang gurl....I know! Then the big Hot sets in and I'll share more later on future shows.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2Ozg_4psuDwZrOqc6xVtn7vmk4ryeVgeCjrxMhY6bgVbA4ZcwG4YPfwKHC9NTSfTVXPimDXttx4HYdPYTiFnISwJ6DgEYeAfzjRvTUkcnsGy_vciKSOMKvELxDLH7enEpEbbq81EnkkI/s1600/Between+Marfa+and+Fort+Davis+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1600" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2Ozg_4psuDwZrOqc6xVtn7vmk4ryeVgeCjrxMhY6bgVbA4ZcwG4YPfwKHC9NTSfTVXPimDXttx4HYdPYTiFnISwJ6DgEYeAfzjRvTUkcnsGy_vciKSOMKvELxDLH7enEpEbbq81EnkkI/s320/Between+Marfa+and+Fort+Davis+water.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
So, last month in Salado I had someone in the booth looking at my photographs and wondering "Why can't I take photographs like that?" I hear something similar almost every show because everyone takes pictures now. Everyone has a camera in their hand all the time with their phones. I'd been thinking about what makes my work different for a while. How would I describe my work, what am I trying to say ..etc etc and ended up landing on this idea. I'll share it with you and you can test it and see if it doesn't make a difference in the way you see and photograph.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mPQypfpnPp2meQBJbEVxRdk15R3WNXMjuDM1DSo7JoSopfk1W8NYdSG-tiw5LNPzrs_Lh3JJk31aw7XktfrUPeFn3PYrSA3YZE0h3oX0a0vTjVYyqtbPhYREBwSNfQ_1g3OpKyrDyUR7/s1600/blending+in+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1600" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mPQypfpnPp2meQBJbEVxRdk15R3WNXMjuDM1DSo7JoSopfk1W8NYdSG-tiw5LNPzrs_Lh3JJk31aw7XktfrUPeFn3PYrSA3YZE0h3oX0a0vTjVYyqtbPhYREBwSNfQ_1g3OpKyrDyUR7/s640/blending+in+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The disclaimer: <em> All types of photography are valid and worthy, one isn't better than another just like any other art form, love what you love. This is what I've found true for me.</em><br />
<br />
<br />
My photography truly changed when I embraced the notion that I could make my photographs look like what I see. A lot of that is captured in camera and some of it is created in editing. The idea is that when you look at something or something catches your eye, you focus on whatever that is and all else "falls away" or isn't noticed. That isn't necessarily true when you are taking a picture. The camera is going to pay attention to everything that is in front of it. Yes, you can manipulate that but this isn't a technique talk but about generalizations. So for an amateur, the biggest impact they can make to upping their picture taking game is to make that realization. Find what captured your attention in the first place and make that what the photograph is about. Notice that trash can that is going to be in the shot if you don't take a step to the right because your camera sure will. Once you realize that the camera sees all and doesn't discriminate like your eye and minds does instinctively then you can take steps to make your photograph look like what you saw, either by what you do in camera or afterward in processing. <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-ubPZVkKh_v0epjVOAKrs1y1BHWY3bqMIbrgGtS-Ostyyw1ROiW23AQNY0eogqx4onVF4Wi6S4Mpsst52KEY_xPZq-pZby0N317kBlDBOmMQ6tc78GleeFkS5GOW6yxzbE-dKqO3zMrR/s1600/Pastel+Prickly++water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1372" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-ubPZVkKh_v0epjVOAKrs1y1BHWY3bqMIbrgGtS-Ostyyw1ROiW23AQNY0eogqx4onVF4Wi6S4Mpsst52KEY_xPZq-pZby0N317kBlDBOmMQ6tc78GleeFkS5GOW6yxzbE-dKqO3zMrR/s400/Pastel+Prickly++water.jpg" width="342" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I still take "representational" photographs-ones that look exactly like real life but more and more I'm trusting that what caught my eye and attention and spoke to me will speak to others as well. Having almost weekly feedback from folks coming through the booth looking and smiling and dreaming along with me has done wonders to validate the directions I take my work into as my confidence grows. I say to you-Give it a try- see if you don't notice a difference in your photography when you treat camera or phone like a human eye and see if you can't recreate that feeling yourself.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKXRn5l6AKin6CyazAehb-VVoB9DNX0tKFwQXT85em5b9hveOq9OBXiLjkYaL9c4ppSP993_LX04xY2pygngzBcfqVCvIFykzQ8ivFgnK88byzTDFXLaxAzX78h1PCAkUU50ppYDGURG8/s1600/Blue+Flatbed++water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1600" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKXRn5l6AKin6CyazAehb-VVoB9DNX0tKFwQXT85em5b9hveOq9OBXiLjkYaL9c4ppSP993_LX04xY2pygngzBcfqVCvIFykzQ8ivFgnK88byzTDFXLaxAzX78h1PCAkUU50ppYDGURG8/s640/Blue+Flatbed++water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
That's it for now. Please do following along with me through this season as it feels like a turning point in my photography career and I'll be out and on the show circuit more than ever and hope to meet you along the way.<br />
<br />
See you down the road,<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRaFwR2x0f18VYD1-4Js_PwDJcHvAD8TcSBKcOlR2fqpmN8yu31gl3nYWszmvgVKTRZ14DZsrZEvq7jeNZQF-1rwJdA_m2ah9fva1TZarLpcVlkX7eIubR1DOjLNfr2k3GaCs5K-i-w7c/s1600/Kim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRaFwR2x0f18VYD1-4Js_PwDJcHvAD8TcSBKcOlR2fqpmN8yu31gl3nYWszmvgVKTRZ14DZsrZEvq7jeNZQF-1rwJdA_m2ah9fva1TZarLpcVlkX7eIubR1DOjLNfr2k3GaCs5K-i-w7c/s320/Kim.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-18584000948132125562018-02-05T19:06:00.002-06:002018-02-05T19:06:43.341-06:00Show Calendar 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiOOQd8QppPmH8rjEidETMeEBhtHIvZ1FCOUJg01KV0Tflf1O9T45ftZOwotp0wz8iqonlQh_0lSe_V2VjekIwM3H-L0ncGlQZBqo6Bcr_boqlFsCddrcu8XzTwbOsgBc_JdnvY98wdrB/s1600/2018+Show+Calendar+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiOOQd8QppPmH8rjEidETMeEBhtHIvZ1FCOUJg01KV0Tflf1O9T45ftZOwotp0wz8iqonlQh_0lSe_V2VjekIwM3H-L0ncGlQZBqo6Bcr_boqlFsCddrcu8XzTwbOsgBc_JdnvY98wdrB/s640/2018+Show+Calendar+%25281%2529.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-14693504800500182462017-09-03T16:57:00.000-05:002017-09-03T16:57:15.453-05:00As summer wanes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAb5IKduXX8YfocRAtyxOIkkWgR2OdDUZH6bZ8H7OcEHDvcolE98bhKi0E8P2Kx7KP2xTQasj9FPnNWsNJUCg83-p8uiDgEA-1UuweNCojlO52dasMWiYdacnWmMh2Vk9dhXcHPyTcmSB/s1600/moonshine+ruin+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAb5IKduXX8YfocRAtyxOIkkWgR2OdDUZH6bZ8H7OcEHDvcolE98bhKi0E8P2Kx7KP2xTQasj9FPnNWsNJUCg83-p8uiDgEA-1UuweNCojlO52dasMWiYdacnWmMh2Vk9dhXcHPyTcmSB/s640/moonshine+ruin+water.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Summer is on the way out. You hear that summer? Let's have some cooler weather please. Rumor has it we will see some 60's this week. It's hard to work up the excitement to get out and shoot when its silly hot out. Hence the above night shoot and the lovely, quirky dairy cows from New Mexico.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzzM1SohUfBx-JeEFaNVmukuQ5OhZ-5WR3apdwF8f6ln093OnpidMP_nOJCwFhrC_yZ743KDZ0LFD8q5BQnMSBNC3RMLncM29PfGI92QEjxQkvJ1NdUDDLtYCmwli2YC7Iw93miQf_rOo/s1600/bw+dairy+stantion+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzzM1SohUfBx-JeEFaNVmukuQ5OhZ-5WR3apdwF8f6ln093OnpidMP_nOJCwFhrC_yZ743KDZ0LFD8q5BQnMSBNC3RMLncM29PfGI92QEjxQkvJ1NdUDDLtYCmwli2YC7Iw93miQf_rOo/s640/bw+dairy+stantion+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
I did find some gems while traveling to a show in Temple a couple of weeks ago. Has anyone visited the historic town of Bartlett? It deserves more time and its on my list to visit when I can walk around and find all the hidden gems like this doorway.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_SG9co5OfriqgrqCu7mote3j3h9V04QApQq57VhSRNGTJL8dQ6wZVQxtC61vuw4oTFd1ERLRZJ9FVi93QZeCbGs8NM8F6t5Rgz0nSkoqSnRq77ZK_uTkH4MAWaSQ8j__yBV0ETumjEF4/s1600/Turquoise+Bartlett+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_SG9co5OfriqgrqCu7mote3j3h9V04QApQq57VhSRNGTJL8dQ6wZVQxtC61vuw4oTFd1ERLRZJ9FVi93QZeCbGs8NM8F6t5Rgz0nSkoqSnRq77ZK_uTkH4MAWaSQ8j__yBV0ETumjEF4/s640/Turquoise+Bartlett+water.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
But before that happens I've got two weeks to spend in Tuscany. This will be my second visit to Italy and I'm getting pretty excited. I'll be braced this time for the cinema like shockwave that hits when I step off the plane. I'll be posting mostly on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/kclarkphotography" target="_blank">Instagram</a> while traveling and will update everywhere else once I'm back home.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here's what is on the books for upcoming shows for the rest of the year.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Sept 16 Blanco Saturday Market on the square</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Oct 21 Blanco Saturday Market on the square</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Nov 4 Utopia Art show</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Nov 25 Comfort Christmas Market</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Dec 1,2 Castroville Old Time Christmas Show</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As always, if you see an image you'd like to make part of your home,office or business place and can't find it in my Etsy shops, let me know. We can make it happen.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Until next time my friend. Stay open and see what you can see around you.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3Jb0TSfoB54V3tlqracI4ESaDeIYVSlEcJa6hj8cTBl5u6tkWcHIT1rhRmd3pWxmbjYWcU8-yHv9VHOwj-hzwPULCH_RGNEGdScq4Ia2vVm7cCKk71PVxbiQSTUtcOMDXQeTQQQiyShb/s1600/Kim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3Jb0TSfoB54V3tlqracI4ESaDeIYVSlEcJa6hj8cTBl5u6tkWcHIT1rhRmd3pWxmbjYWcU8-yHv9VHOwj-hzwPULCH_RGNEGdScq4Ia2vVm7cCKk71PVxbiQSTUtcOMDXQeTQQQiyShb/s200/Kim.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-74284468103488777072017-06-14T10:01:00.000-05:002017-06-14T10:01:55.129-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57MftESu4YB6Sc9AqZZkesAO6tVfVmoIn8WFlcsYONPzmqxzUh6aebjsK8C3KSLAJFw8Oqk2qqDyZXMvb9FOrKEGrsXpzxhSA3APuwYvjxBWRwuQlKjle9-61cSNzlaYEmWo1I_vTpPmf/s1600/antique+bottles+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57MftESu4YB6Sc9AqZZkesAO6tVfVmoIn8WFlcsYONPzmqxzUh6aebjsK8C3KSLAJFw8Oqk2qqDyZXMvb9FOrKEGrsXpzxhSA3APuwYvjxBWRwuQlKjle9-61cSNzlaYEmWo1I_vTpPmf/s640/antique+bottles+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<strong>THEY'RE TOUCHING MY STUFF!!!!!</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong> </strong> Today starts some home renovations after an unexpected ceiling collapse. As a result, I'm getting a new ceiling in the living room, walls painted and my wooden floors refinished through out the house. This means everything must be removed from the house except the kitchen and bath. If you've followed along with me you know I've KonMari'd quite a bit of stuff but I still am a "décor" fan. That means I surround myself with things I love. Vintage finds, books, pieces of treasures from travels and art work on all my walls that includes quilts. <br />
<br />
I've been living the last few weeks with all that nesting material in disarray and today they are coming to pack it up and store it while the repairs take place. That's where the title of the post comes from. Thank goodness "they" are thoughtful, careful women who are working conscientiously to make sure nothing is damaged in the process. But still, as someone who lives alone and enjoys that, its a bit daunting to have my space invaded, packed and messed with. This is fine. Its probably fine. It'll be fine.<br />
<br />
I think I mentioned once to often "Wouldn't it be nice to start fresh. Just have everything out of the house and be more thoughtful about what I filled it with." Here's my chance. If it wasn't in the middle of show season it would be a perfect opportunity. Things don't have to be perfect for wonderful to happen and that's how I'm choosing to see this. I've put my shops on vacation mode, kept out enough clothes to get by and am keeping my show gear in the car so I've got all I need. The furry kids are staying at the "spa" that is Grandma's house. So all is well.<br />
<br />
Let's do this!<br />
<br />
See you soon,<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWssHDBxv6dk_SWREf9RZ3g4scUbK5Es7ryuRR8bfvdNgw6ZNrcboEbQBSBLYquDns9joyd-mNtL9y3sRWS_p1URFoS-s7itkCscpoH6dziy5vdsZz5LsgAeH6D2eGdnSKM2C3SSqzFlr/s1600/Kim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="900" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWssHDBxv6dk_SWREf9RZ3g4scUbK5Es7ryuRR8bfvdNgw6ZNrcboEbQBSBLYquDns9joyd-mNtL9y3sRWS_p1URFoS-s7itkCscpoH6dziy5vdsZz5LsgAeH6D2eGdnSKM2C3SSqzFlr/s200/Kim.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-71627533086946522242017-03-06T13:23:00.000-06:002017-03-06T13:23:32.569-06:00Happenings <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKikeebbXXcV_F1fF6JMTV-19YsnRPJ1gDYLvUJePAmHhL7RvGRNnzlnEu216dBQjQz-LwIU4AWAsOLOBMmbtgQtsPIeYuvzXo_10UEL14LrZ7tEqRU6U-aegYvw9jDi_kJXp8-BWYecZ/s1600/2017+schedule.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKikeebbXXcV_F1fF6JMTV-19YsnRPJ1gDYLvUJePAmHhL7RvGRNnzlnEu216dBQjQz-LwIU4AWAsOLOBMmbtgQtsPIeYuvzXo_10UEL14LrZ7tEqRU6U-aegYvw9jDi_kJXp8-BWYecZ/s640/2017+schedule.jpg" width="492" /></a></div>
<span id="goog_481822347"></span><span id="goog_481822348"></span><br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-19687797544592611072017-01-14T17:03:00.001-06:002017-01-14T17:03:25.691-06:00Still seeing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFOn5JjmAlqiPnvB9un0ogXeAd1BVN3bzjDJA6JLivDovsF1Jjwp_mb7btkPdyLEqma4Eoyo477vmdW5f6RmQGPiOrw-DxBDVWmLyPdnSHeMekFG2y6hBZRxHIbq1yo6hjOIHJjVQoaKg/s1600/Old+Tony+Lama+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFOn5JjmAlqiPnvB9un0ogXeAd1BVN3bzjDJA6JLivDovsF1Jjwp_mb7btkPdyLEqma4Eoyo477vmdW5f6RmQGPiOrw-DxBDVWmLyPdnSHeMekFG2y6hBZRxHIbq1yo6hjOIHJjVQoaKg/s640/Old+Tony+Lama+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<strong>Old Tony Lama</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong> </strong>2017 is here and I've noticed that my perspective on things hasn't changed. I'm still drawn to that one thing in the landscape that is out of place and catches my eye. That one herd of animals with something to say.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykkb4uTRP6wNybkQSpFMMEVLMCSWcfbFtl6Y_SJeubUg7xsnxKqBL9jy5nLhet32u9kheX0Jc0PQ08LwTQpE1Z0JvXQs4IB8QyizN85Wog3EpJKasDVbwstSCy_A7eHjyiYhky6ZlJmSa/s1600/Oh+Oh+Oh+bw+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykkb4uTRP6wNybkQSpFMMEVLMCSWcfbFtl6Y_SJeubUg7xsnxKqBL9jy5nLhet32u9kheX0Jc0PQ08LwTQpE1Z0JvXQs4IB8QyizN85Wog3EpJKasDVbwstSCy_A7eHjyiYhky6ZlJmSa/s400/Oh+Oh+Oh+bw+water.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The quirky, the fun, the off center, the truly lovely and the spark of a dream all still speak to me. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwWXhTrWATDLK-pdbedo3BNv5euAIS7cjd0cG7LTRMRNHTNJhA9LXYfeOVj6IC8-LFggjo-P6DFmScn_vDmcI7XEfOhy6ZOm32Yed6YuDjiSI1kOu8SQDUjD2LeeTylolQx9W7YW6m9eY/s1600/practical+and+impractical+fencing+2+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwWXhTrWATDLK-pdbedo3BNv5euAIS7cjd0cG7LTRMRNHTNJhA9LXYfeOVj6IC8-LFggjo-P6DFmScn_vDmcI7XEfOhy6ZOm32Yed6YuDjiSI1kOu8SQDUjD2LeeTylolQx9W7YW6m9eY/s400/practical+and+impractical+fencing+2+water.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This makes me hopeful. These are things that make me happy and these things make a scary world a better place. I hope that you find those things that will make 2017 that for you as well. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Coming soon, an updated schedule of venues where I'll be sharing my work in person in the coming year. Stay tuned!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Talk to you soon,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBJr2hGMImSKSnrNeI_lgKaUGosZ7yaickofFH6A4iQM56IBBIdgiTkA6a45S4kg7gt7UQ3yS2USlpfGaKeZ67j6bawTlDpXdvKDs5ZclgcLhtOYhqsET7eDVmXPSzB8C-KVUSdHVuF2q/s1600/Kim.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBJr2hGMImSKSnrNeI_lgKaUGosZ7yaickofFH6A4iQM56IBBIdgiTkA6a45S4kg7gt7UQ3yS2USlpfGaKeZ67j6bawTlDpXdvKDs5ZclgcLhtOYhqsET7eDVmXPSzB8C-KVUSdHVuF2q/s200/Kim.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-2579337459854826282016-10-28T19:01:00.000-05:002016-10-28T19:01:18.702-05:00Scotland 2016 is in the works<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wGZNpNifIPVHWHz6iuDOACWuY8mzOBFXYqHoJFcHRftcBc-PpnTGPlRIjnBb-ObrOGgbgHWQmWo3z0KQczBIx5DOllGZKEy-1mksO3Ky_YOWXmPXGqDXnfQqhY4MxQT0xBlEL3IPdx-3/s1600/Quiraing+3-5173+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wGZNpNifIPVHWHz6iuDOACWuY8mzOBFXYqHoJFcHRftcBc-PpnTGPlRIjnBb-ObrOGgbgHWQmWo3z0KQczBIx5DOllGZKEy-1mksO3Ky_YOWXmPXGqDXnfQqhY4MxQT0xBlEL3IPdx-3/s640/Quiraing+3-5173+water.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hi-</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm in the middle of edits from my Scotland adventure. Here's a look at an image from Skye to set you dreaming until I have more to share in a post. Take a look at my images on my Flickr page (link in the right hand column) if you just can't wait.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'll be back soon with impressions and stories from the trip.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
See me here this weekend and why I haven't had time to post much here yet.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.artsroundup.org/">http://www.artsroundup.org/</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Talk to you again soon,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Kim</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<br />KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-24613357493391156982016-08-25T11:17:00.000-05:002016-08-25T11:19:07.185-05:00New Mexico adventure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzNtSe4huEiWVtHolHBF6P0B2eQ2eItDyS6LxAiScq8NSDhPjUaWHgjWVtmrLtZcpj9HewB5XQLXs5dBrdkdjtcB2V3Vlqf1-tB5YV-4uxMZ3MET4JTBqpcj-7q_Px4pEx4KsJvIqZiLp/s1600/white+and+blue+sands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzNtSe4huEiWVtHolHBF6P0B2eQ2eItDyS6LxAiScq8NSDhPjUaWHgjWVtmrLtZcpj9HewB5XQLXs5dBrdkdjtcB2V3Vlqf1-tB5YV-4uxMZ3MET4JTBqpcj-7q_Px4pEx4KsJvIqZiLp/s640/white+and+blue+sands.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
New Mexico certainly did live up to the title Land of Enchantment. We followed rainstorms and back roads all about the state.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczlmCxYja8mBAegvz767RoCdce7pcMiuRUUtMhgdZkNwoU8kSeLmeMRua6gFUj2ZOlYAwWVs_F9VzvYfD1KAqOEO85IjBYdA3dkwQBqiapM3x541P_3CZj9_R9qs1_Eqa2-Z5Neb-RYBX/s1600/Dairy+cow+coming+storm+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczlmCxYja8mBAegvz767RoCdce7pcMiuRUUtMhgdZkNwoU8kSeLmeMRua6gFUj2ZOlYAwWVs_F9VzvYfD1KAqOEO85IjBYdA3dkwQBqiapM3x541P_3CZj9_R9qs1_Eqa2-Z5Neb-RYBX/s640/Dairy+cow+coming+storm+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Wandered through old neighborhoods and envied colorful doors, windows and gardens.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcnBa4rroPMEO9ArrcHD7RmiawIKpU5YhS5drSMUyXo5zMXTZ8J-fOClYIhfavavjc_QT0JB3Gmwm2VL7XCIf2cP97B9Pxo_Lu3y23ssRV3FemCxlZg0eAQXpbx4JffOHbHALw-mCOhWF/s1600/Mesilla+turquoise+door+and+terra+cotta+steps+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcnBa4rroPMEO9ArrcHD7RmiawIKpU5YhS5drSMUyXo5zMXTZ8J-fOClYIhfavavjc_QT0JB3Gmwm2VL7XCIf2cP97B9Pxo_Lu3y23ssRV3FemCxlZg0eAQXpbx4JffOHbHALw-mCOhWF/s640/Mesilla+turquoise+door+and+terra+cotta+steps+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXWC4vqLNjHLI7Mzcey0AfFnetNXeHblyVrMyE0ZkFdUovMApclGB0oAtrEaQIzwrvPWKwjA1OgRQa7XF4TJ8hI8vbdh3i8L0l5Z38J6GC_rVQoc0ooA6bfOtVgzNGKWzLhS8jmhLgyF0/s1600/Pool+Hall+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXWC4vqLNjHLI7Mzcey0AfFnetNXeHblyVrMyE0ZkFdUovMApclGB0oAtrEaQIzwrvPWKwjA1OgRQa7XF4TJ8hI8vbdh3i8L0l5Z38J6GC_rVQoc0ooA6bfOtVgzNGKWzLhS8jmhLgyF0/s640/Pool+Hall+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The best part of all was having these adventures with my Mom and sister Cheryl. The "go see" gene is strong in the family and roaming the roads with like minded folk can't be beat.<br />
<br />
Continuing the Western theme of the summer will be my next venue. I'll be on the courthouse square during Celebrate Bandera this Labor Day weekend.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.celebratebandera.com/main.htm" target="_blank">Celebrate Bandera Labor Day Weekend</a><br />
<br />
Come out and enjoy all that makes Bandera the cowboy capitol of the world. Longhorns, cowboys, music, food and fun.<br />
<br />
Hope to see you there!<br />
<br />
Kim<br />
<br />
ps Next up Scotland!KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406595642114854920.post-27042268955927845582016-06-27T20:22:00.000-05:002016-06-27T20:22:36.751-05:00Headed West Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe1tbMgUjtxONqE05532qtEdYC6DI5cadXolAqr68e_uoQtb2MdICuoQKRfQfj_Pj6lIPp4KkeG-r-6BCdD-NDzReECNoj4CMKVtH57Qm0z2x5SKv1BVsLamjhCQJpoSD5QeC-Em2uzFj/s1600/cowboy+Rick+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe1tbMgUjtxONqE05532qtEdYC6DI5cadXolAqr68e_uoQtb2MdICuoQKRfQfj_Pj6lIPp4KkeG-r-6BCdD-NDzReECNoj4CMKVtH57Qm0z2x5SKv1BVsLamjhCQJpoSD5QeC-Em2uzFj/s640/cowboy+Rick+water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<strong> </strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong> A</strong>s so many other Texans do when the summer starts to set in I'm headed to New Mexico. I'll only be there for a couple of weeks but I'm so looking forward to running some of those back roads. I will be there to work as well. If you are in Ruidoso come see me at<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_LAUSmsyru_GgZJeWWPc1XdKKA9jsCOVDlEiKxPfTYCED02L6X8TZzlY1uiJ4LK1fQ9u-E2wLLRB_rDiUSixyE4OQQ9xRqJqScUR_wqUjPQyyQO5W5Mft6WbPlPx9NM0XyEbfiYr0Rbl/s1600/art_logo_nav.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_LAUSmsyru_GgZJeWWPc1XdKKA9jsCOVDlEiKxPfTYCED02L6X8TZzlY1uiJ4LK1fQ9u-E2wLLRB_rDiUSixyE4OQQ9xRqJqScUR_wqUjPQyyQO5W5Mft6WbPlPx9NM0XyEbfiYr0Rbl/s400/art_logo_nav.jpg" width="336" /></a></div>
<br />
The show is on July 22,23 and 24th of July at the convention center. <br />
<br />
Cowboy Rick will be there along with many others. Hope to see you there.<br />
<br />
<br />
We'll talk again soon,<br />
<br />
Kim<br />
<br />
KClark Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379280935478274055noreply@blogger.com0