WaterFire

Last weekend was my first time experiencing WaterFire in Providence where they light fires that float all along the river. You can sit in one spot and take it in, or follow the river like a bread crumb trail.






There's room and a good spot for everyone to have an outdoor fireside evening. Even though there were hundreds of people, the atmosphere was slow, calm, meditative. It’s happening through the summer so check out waterfire.org.




I went with my friend and fellow artist Becky Daroff who also posted a photo blog about the evening!

Venice

Preparing photos to make prints and note cards (to sell at SoWa Open Markets this summer) has led me into my European archive. I’ve been looking at photos I haven’t thought about in years! Including these from a high school trip to Venice.

It snowed on the first day of Lent (how perfect after the big party of Carnival!). They say it snows about once every 5 years or so.

here comes wedding season

In preparing to meet with this year's brides and grooms I’ve been sorting through old images. Here are some that I’ve selected.

Ireland café exhibition

The Keltic Krust, a long-standing Irish bakery and café in Newton, is currently exhibiting photos from my Ireland trip last winter (2008). The reception has been quite positive; regulars notice and appreciate the new images right away, and they have sparked many nostalgic conversations with the Irish customers.

Ancient 'Bee-hive' Hut photo with my artist's statement below.

photographing paintings

My friend Becky and I are getting ready to sell our work at this summer’s SoWa Open Markets in the South End. She’s a painter, so we spent Saturday trying to get perfect images for her to make prints. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to get well-lit glare-free images of oil paintings, but it’s not easy...

Becky stood behind the easel in case the 90-degrees-to-the-floor painting fell.

It was a strange moment for me, to photograph this painting of myself based on a photo from 3 years ago.

This one, also of me, is from January, when I had just moved back to Boston...

This one is called “Berkshire Red.”

Check out more of Becky’s work at http://beckydaroff.com/paintings/.