Today I joined Mary for a day of Plein Air painting (which
we never got around to doing) at the property of one of our local art association members,
Owen Jones. What a LOVELY visit. Besides touring the rambling home and property
that clearly belonged to artists, Owen did show us his photography: black and
white landscapes and portraits of indigenous people from around the world. His
current photographic project, (a marriage of words and photos in a series of
hand-made books) has been accepted into the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. I was blown
away.
Owen has promised a few more
outings this spring as the gardens unfold into summer.
I did manage to find time to get some flower photos. The
best of the lot today was the Georgia native, Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis). Owen's wife, Jane, is a native plants enthusiast, so lots of wonderful discoveries to be made this spring, I hope.
