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Captured through a lens: IV

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Movement, Trams, Amsterdam

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Reflections, time, and speed are ideas that I am interested in that are elements in this photograph.  I saw the idea behind this image on my first day in the Netherlands last autumn.  I decided to attempt to capture this photograph the next time I saw it.  A few days later, I spent time waiting, watching, and shooting before events fell into place in order to obtain this result.  It is a picture of a young woman standing in front of a tram.  The tram passes by and she waits.  Perhaps the image would be better technically if someone had posed standing absolutely still, but this is a slice of busy life in a city.  This is life as it happens.

Photos from Wheeler Spring Open House

Below are Photographs from the Wheeler Arts Community Spring Open House. Special thanks to Katie Burk for making the event happen.

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Wheeler Arts Community :: Fountain Square, Indianapolis, IN :: May 3, 2008

I have always been drawn to natural, organic objects and choose to portray them with oil on textured surfaces. Often, I present my subject in "dynamic still life" with a shift of time through movement or growth-decay. I am originally from the rust-belt city of Rockford, Illinois. I left the manufacturing town to study fine art at Asbury College and find inspiration among the rolling hills and forests of rural Kentucky. Although consistently representational, I strive to create subtlety layered visual and philosophical metaphors. In 2005, I returned to the country's heartland where I am active in the local art community of Indianapolis, Indiana. Next to oil painting, my greatest passion is helping others appreciate art by teaching private classes.