Under These Stones

Under These Stones

Posted in About My Work, Art Happenings, Installations, Photography, art with tags art, mixed media, North Carolina, painting, Photography on November 21, 2008 by candlesandghosts

Hello All,

I just wanted to drop a quick line to let you know that I have a new show of my photography opening tonight at Through This Lens gallery in Durham, NC. The show is titled, “Under These Stones: Vanishing Reflections of Rural North Carolina”, and it represents the first major show of my work in over three years. Piedmont Restaurant will be catering the reception which runs from 6-9 p.m., and the show itself will run through the end of December. Below is a link to the web page I have created for the show, and also there is a link to the Through This Lens gallery website. Hope to see you there!

http://underthesestones.homestead.com/

http://www.throughthislens.com/

Ferris Wheels

Ah, to be a kid again...nothing like that sinking feeling of your stomach in your throat...I shot this image at the NC State Fair on a beautiful fall evening; it was one of 5 this year. I do wonder sometimes what happens when they are tearing this thing down, moving to a new place, reassembling it, and then realizing at the end that they have a bolt or two left over..."You mean it costs 10.00 for a one minute ride, and on top of that I could die?! Sounds like fun!!"

O.K. so maybe I'm in a bit of a cynical mood today, now that we don't have the election to brood over any more, I wonder what we're all going to do with our leftover angst. I keep expecting someone to pinch me and say, "there was a problem with a few of the ballots in Florida..." It seems like its been forever since we had a democratic process that actually worked the way its supposed to. Kind of makes me feel like getting on this Ferris Wheel just to relive the sensation one more time...anyway hope you enjoy the art.

The Escape Artist

Here is another new piece the I have been recently working on-it’s called, “The Escape Artist”, and is part of a new series of whimsical pieces that explore the notion of dreams, both lost and found, and how as we go through life, we are often compromise or change our dreams, instead of following them fully.

Enjoy. Oh, and if you’d like to see more from the series you can click here.

Another Piece

Here is a second image from the series- this shot is from Falls Lake in northeast North Carolina-these trees should be about halfway underwater. This is how bad the drought is locally. The water can be seen about 150 yards away in the background of this image.

If you'd like to purchase a small version of this image, you can click on the link above.

The Hidden South

With the start of a new year I have been creating an entirely new series of art. The working title for this series is, "The Hidden South" - it is composed of many images I have shot during my recent travels. I am in my mid-thirties, and in the past several years, I have been through every southern state but West Virginia and Kentucky, and I am amazed at how much change (ie, development, globalization) has occured since I was a child. So many areas are almost unrecognizable now, and yet if you take a minute to look beyond the construction signs and asphalt roads, you can still catch glimpses of the south I grew up with-a place of stillness and beauty, much of it unchanged for the past hundred or more years. Below is one of the first pieces from the series- Enjoy.

You can see more pieces from this series here.

A guarantee of sanity,,,

A friend of mine brought this great card back to me from London-

-Louise Bourgeois

I don't think there is much more I can say...

Centerfest...

I want to thank everyone who was able to attend Centerfest in Durham this past weekend-it was a great success! The weather was wonderful both days, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience for my first time at an outdoor festival. Thanks so much to all of you-without you, it would not be possible for me to do the thing I love- creating art full-time! I've posted several photos of my booth-Enjoy!

A Little Sneak Peek...

With only a week to go until Centerfest, I thought I post a little sneak peek of some of the work that I’m doing. This is only a small portion mind you, I estimate there will be around 35-40 mixed media pieces/paintings on panels and canvas, and hopefully around 50 pieces of jewelry. I also plan on having some prints available, and some other small matted works. Right now it looks as though the weather will be sunny and in the lower 80s-just about perfect- see you there!

The Power of Night

"Luna" 2007 22" x 26" Digital Pigment Print Copyright Mikel Robinson.

I recently created this image and have been wondering since then, what is it with the power of the night? Why in the darkness do things seems so much different than during the day? Because I also work with light in my art on a regular basis, naturally I am also going to be working in dark spaces. But, in my mind, a darkened space, and the darkness at night are two entirely different things conceptually and physically. We associate night with sleep, with crime, as the time when ghosts appear, but in this day and age couldn't these just as easily be seen during the daylight hours? I think that is why she holds a watch with no hands, perhaps darkness is only a state of mind instead of a state of time. Who knows, maybe I just need some sleep. Enjoy.
You can purchase this piece online at: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6892717

Centerfest is coming...

For those of you who will be in the Durham, NC area the weekend of September 15 & 16, I will be showing at Centerfest in downtown Durham. You can go to their website here: http://centerfest.durhamarts.org/. I will be in row A booth 9. I will be showing new mixed media paintings, prints, and vintage handmade found object jewelry. Hope to see you there!