Look Studio Santa Fe
February 19, 2025
My connection to Santa Fe runs long and deep, starting with visits at a very young age with my parents. The "Land of Enchantment” is an accurate description of the state with White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Chaco Canyon, Abiquiu, Chama, local pueblos and so many places of wonder and ancient history to explore. I even remember when parts of Canyon Road weren’t paved and Santa Fe had a small, timeless, feel. A place where artists found like-minded people and their creative inspiration was fueled by the beauty of the light, sunsets and sense of community. It still feels that way to me.
I’ve enjoyed photographing in Santa Fe in recent years and found inspiration from the desert with my newest piece, Drops of Hope.
DROPS OF HOPE, ©2024
Drops of Hope is a tribute to the sustainability of life through water, the importance of agriculture, and respect for our precious water sources—a theme that resonates deeply in the landscapes and communities of New Mexico and the Roaring Fork Valley.
DROPS OF HOPE in situ, ©2024
Sharing my art in Santa Fe brings a life-long goal full circle. Thank you for your support and inspiration on this journey. Here’s to more creativity, new beginnings, treasured places and treasured friends.
Warmly,
Christmas Surprises
December 20, 2024
Do you remember shaking a present before Christmas Day, thinking it was one thing, and then discovering later to your great surprise that it was something even better? Creating macro-photography often feels the same way. I’ll focus on an area of interest and am elated when an unexpected image appears before my eyes.
Hidden Stories © 2024
When creating Hidden Stories, I was drawn to the angular red and white colors, tiny flecks of green, and adjacent dark shadow lines that added a sense of mystery. But I felt like a kid at Christmas when a second image, Mystic, appeared and immediately drew me in.
I wasn’t expecting this exotic creature who sparked my imagination to travel to an unknown place and time. A time where myth and legend create powerful magnetism. In a place where there is a story of hope and unity that transcends all adversity.
Mystic © 2024
Enjoy the holiday season and discovering the unexpected in the coming year!
Warm wishes,
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Hidden Stories © 2024
When creating Hidden Stories, I was drawn to the angular red and white colors, tiny flecks of green, and adjacent dark shadow lines that added a sense of mystery. But I felt like a kid at Christmas when a second image, Mystic, appeared and immediately drew me in.
I wasn’t expecting this exotic creature who sparked my imagination to travel to an unknown place and time. A time where myth and legend create powerful magnetism. In a place where there is a story of hope and unity that transcends all adversity.
Mystic © 2024
Enjoy the holiday season and discovering the unexpected in the coming year!
Warm wishes,
Capturing Art Within Art
September 10, 2024
Albert Einstein once wrote, “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
The mysterious motivates me and is part of what I explore and attempt to define in each image that I create. A few years ago I photographed a Circa 1870’s Japanese screen. In its age, design, and patina I discovered ‘other worlds’ of the mysterious as seen in The Road Home.
I love the fantasy that escapes through this image...
To see the screen I photographed to create this artwork and others, and to learn more about the fascinating history of Japanese screens click here.
Enjoy the mystery,
The mysterious motivates me and is part of what I explore and attempt to define in each image that I create. A few years ago I photographed a Circa 1870’s Japanese screen. In its age, design, and patina I discovered ‘other worlds’ of the mysterious as seen in The Road Home.
The Road Home © 2022
I love the fantasy that escapes through this image...
To see the screen I photographed to create this artwork and others, and to learn more about the fascinating history of Japanese screens click here.
Enjoy the mystery,
High Desert Collection
August 1, 2024
A few years back I was in a restaurant in Santa Fe enjoying the company of a silversmith, a hatmaker and a boot maker. It was a wonderful time to reunite with old friends from the western design world and discuss the art that is generated by the spirit of the west and how to keep it alive. With that spirit in mind, my newest collection of reptile images was inspired by the high desert and plains of the west.
Click here to visit my blog to learn more about how this collection was created and the inspirations that came from this study of work. You can also view the images in full size on my website in Gallery, Latest Images.
High Desert Collection © 2022
Long live the inspirations that come from the west!
Click here to visit my blog to learn more about how this collection was created and the inspirations that came from this study of work. You can also view the images in full size on my website in Gallery, Latest Images.
High Desert Collection © 2022
Long live the inspirations that come from the west!
New Art for Summer
June 1, 2024
Metal emerges as a weathered canvas, its bold hues standing up to time's touch, in this abstract macro photograph titled Crossroads.
Crossroads © 2021 Look Studio
Taken from an old Shell gasoline station sign, I focused my lense on a tiny area where a rusty horizontal indentation and a vertical ridged seam intersect. This, to me, stood out as a visual and figurative crossroad, where rust represents the trials we traverse through life, and the seam represents the changes, adjustments, and turns we take along the way to secure the course.
The power of metal as an artistic influence was fueled by an exhibit of John Chamberlain’s work that I saw at the Guggenheim in New York many years ago. His larger-than-life sculpture crafted from car metal and capsulized into provoking works of art were impactful in magnitude and strength. For more about his influence, please visit my blog, New Transformations in the Abstract.
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Crossroads works well in today’s contemporary home where metal, wood, glass, and concrete support, in form and function, the pace of today’s lifestyle with the ability to reflect on its purpose.
Wishing you a vivacious summer!
Crossroads © 2021 Look Studio
Taken from an old Shell gasoline station sign, I focused my lense on a tiny area where a rusty horizontal indentation and a vertical ridged seam intersect. This, to me, stood out as a visual and figurative crossroad, where rust represents the trials we traverse through life, and the seam represents the changes, adjustments, and turns we take along the way to secure the course.
The power of metal as an artistic influence was fueled by an exhibit of John Chamberlain’s work that I saw at the Guggenheim in New York many years ago. His larger-than-life sculpture crafted from car metal and capsulized into provoking works of art were impactful in magnitude and strength. For more about his influence, please visit my blog, New Transformations in the Abstract.
Crossroads works well in today’s contemporary home where metal, wood, glass, and concrete support, in form and function, the pace of today’s lifestyle with the ability to reflect on its purpose.
Wishing you a vivacious summer!