Creation and Creativity
Experiencing nature – looking, listening, smelling, touching, tasting – inspires me. When problems seem unsolvable, spending a little time with creation often leads to a creative way of approaching...
View ArticleVallarta Art
No this is not about some guy called Art who hangs out in Puerto Vallarta. It’s a mini travel-blog with images of the amazing public art that has caught our (Susan and my) eye in PV. I need to do...
View ArticleA Visit to Henry Moore’s Home: Part 3 Oh Henry!
This is the third and final post in this series. We have so many images of Henry’s work it is difficult to choose which to include. Some of these sculptures are huge yet suit our human scale. Many...
View ArticleOut of Season Phosphenes
Now that has to be my catchiest title yet! What’s a phosphene you may ask? If you know what they are then why Out of Season? Another reasonable question. A little patience and all will be revealed....
View ArticlePortrait of the Artist as an Old Man – updated
My Dad was an artist and storyteller. When I was younger he would tell us stories of his time in India during the Second World War. After many years of hearing the same stories we would start to roll...
View ArticleSome Day My Prints Will Come: The Winnipeg Shard
Tomorrow is supposed to warm up – so I am charging up the cameras and getting ready. I’d like to make a trip out to photograph Mount Winnipeg – don’t look it up in Wikipedia, it’s not there. But today...
View ArticleMount Winnipeg: the Southern Face
iPhone shot of the south face of Mount Winnipeg I promised to write a post on Mount Winnipeg. I warned you not to look it up on Wikipedia as it isn’t listed. In fact, I only publicly named the...
View ArticleSpellbound is 1 of 6 Finalists! Your LIKE Could Help it Win!
Rick is a fine nature photographer I’m sure you will enjoy. I have reblogged this in the hope you will help Rick obtain the votes he needs to have this evocative image include on the city’s public...
View ArticleThe Sand Man Cometh: Pay Your Dues
Aztec inspired sand-art bas relief detail (Photo copyright Rod Sprange) In the centre of Puerto Vallarta there is a sea-wall pedestrian way called El Malecon. It stretches for a few miles along the...
View ArticleCompleted Project: Sandman 2
I promised to post images of the final project. All images copyright Rod Sprange We had a huge rain storm yesterday I will go and see what damage there may have been. Hope you enjoy this artist’s...
View ArticleMORE THAN DOS CERVEZAS – THE ARTISTS OF SAN PANCHO
What do you do with thousands of discarded bottle caps? Coke, Pepsi, Beer – you name it, there are thousands upon thousands of bottle-caps discarded every day across the world. What does this have to...
View ArticleThe Ice Age – or Winter in Winnipeg
These ice globes top the ice wall leading into the Great Ice Exhibition People wonder how we survive in a winter city like Winnipeg, where the winters are long and the temperatures can be extremely...
View ArticleA Companionable Threesome
A biography, A Travel Narrative and a Spiritual Journey I have three books on the go – a very companionable threesome. I have long enjoyed the books of David Cornwell, AKA John Le Carré. His gliding...
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