Author Archives: Salted Herring

Jacaranda Season in San Miguel de Allende

Posted on 26 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

After the win­ter I have been eagerly look­ing for­ward to the Jacaranda sea­son. I can see my neighbor’s Jacaranda tree while work­ing at my stu­dio desk. What a feast for the eye! Soon the whole town will be painted with splashes of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Painting with white, black, and yellow ochre

Posted on 23 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

We are now stay­ing in the heart-land of Mex­ico where the usage of color is taken for granted. As an artist it feels strange to be allured to lim­ited palette of neu­tral grays, white, black, muted greens, blues, and yel­low. My eye … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Homage to black and white photography

Posted on 18 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

‘Haiku #4′ is my homage to black and white pho­tog­ra­phy. Some­times I miss pulling  sil­ver gelatin prints out of the devel­oper at my base­ment dark­room. Times long gone, but  good mem­o­ries stay with me. Now I cher­ish the lat­est tech­nol­ogy, and work­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Febrero Loco, Y Marzo Otro Poco

Posted on 16 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

“Feb­ru­ary is crazy and March an other bit” is a Span­ish proverb that we hear now in San Miguel. The spring has been in the air, but the nights can be still freez­ing cold, the days blaz­ing hot, and we … Con­tinue read­ing →

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birds on the wire

Posted on 10 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

It is spring in San Miguel! Would be hard to find a more agree­able cli­mate this time of the year. Cool morn­ings with bright and sunny days. I see new green growth on neighbor’s jacaranda three. Just wait a month, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Revival of the Salted Herring, and new roads at the art world

Posted on 6 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

  Salted Her­ring was ‘Gone Fish­ing’ for a while. Now the blog is get­ting a face-lift with some fresh ven­tures. New art is leav­ing the nest in the form of birds, and more art­work is in the process.…not to for­get … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Los Locos Day in San Miguel

Posted on 25 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

Today I made my first Youtube upload. I made a video using some of the still pho­tos I took while won­der­ing through the streets before the actual parade. It seems that I’m more drawn to the prepa­ra­tions than the actual events, both fun for sure. And … Con­tinue read­ing →

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262 stairs

Posted on 24 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

A cou­ple of weeks ago I sprained my foot while step­ping care­lessly on a round cob­ble­stone. For a rea­son San Miguel is called ‘City of the Fallen Women’. I have said good-byes to my heels long time ago. I’m well healed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Reserved seating, Locos Day Parade

Posted on 18 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

The Locos Day Parade is an hours long event. The best spots to view the ‘des­file’ were reserved early. Tweet

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Los Locos Day, the trendiest shoes 2012

Posted on 17 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

Today, once again, San Miguel cel­e­brated Los Locos, the Crazy Peo­ple. This car­ni­val dates from the 19th cen­tury, when orchard work­ers danced to give thanks and ask San Pas­cual Bailón for a pros­per­ous year. The tra­di­tion might be old, but the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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San Francisco, views to familiar

Posted on 15 Apr ’12 by Salted Herring

Greet­ings from San Fran­cisco. SF is as lovely as always. Days have been sunny most of the time. Winds pick up at 5PM as usual. Air is fresh, food is great, and so are the peo­ple   : )   … Con­tinue read­ing →

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well and alive!

Posted on 19 Feb ’12 by Salted Herring

Salted Her­ring is back at work! Sorry about slug­gish postings…I have been absorbed into art. More later about that ven­ture. Now I just want to say “hi, hola, moi”. San Miguel has had an unusu­ally long rainy spell for Feb­ru­ary. Rain … Con­tinue read­ing →

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