From shows, contests and competitions, these images emerged. Some have sold, others hang on gallery walls, a few have won prizes and honorifics, and some are just remembered according to friends, colleagues, and other artists.

Many remember the same experience but none remembers what they would have done with the bird (if they caught it).

An unlikely observation from an ordinary street in Rome, Italy

Near Orlando, FL, the Split Oak Forest park, abundant with spanish moss.

observed from Torrey Pines Park near San Diego, CA

planted along public roadway near the Atlantic Ocean

At OBX looking norththerly

….for diverse peoples, many of mysterious origin. Skara Brae, isle in the North Sea, Scotland

Jockey Ridge sand dunes, NC

A beautiful Kousa Dogwood in winter decorated with snow, though many see flowers. The abstraction is real, nothing is modified, except for the absence of color.

The endless farmlands of eastern Washington State

Many see birds as the name suggests. A splatter of black, white and gray, its name also acknowledges the inspiration of Jackson Pollack, as there is not bird named Pollack. This image takes a photo, layers the colors separately, desaturates, and reassembles the layers at different relative scales. Cape Hatteras, NC
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