Tag Archives: art

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 →

Posted in art, color, mexico | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in abstract, art, black and white photography, film photography, Haiku, mexico, paintings | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in abstract, art, mexico, paintings, San Miguel de Allende | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Leaf and Limb

Posted on 19 Jul ’11 by Salted Herring

If you hap­pen to be in San Fran­cisco area you are cor­dially invited to the open­ing of my lat­est exhibit at Back to the Pic­ture Gallery on Valen­cia Street and/ or just for visit when you have time. The theme … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in art, San Francisco, trees | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

wabi-sabi

Posted on 28 May ’11 by Salted Herring

Now when I’m in ‘artis­tic’ mode, I give a glimpse to the other type of images I love to make in my camera.…cherishing imper­fec­tion, leav­ing some­thing to the mind to fill out.…you can make your own story.…or then not. While tak­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in art, mexico, San Miguel de Allende | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

three beautiful models

Posted on 21 May ’11 by Salted Herring

Salted Her­ring has been traveling.…yes, to the Ocean!!!!! moved back to cen­tro San Miguel…loving the loca­tion!!!!  and returned to the ‘roots’ alas back to the draw­ing board with basic sim­ple char­coal. I pre­fer to sketch fig­ure, but today I had … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in art, flowers, mexico | Tagged , | 2 Comments

white, new gallery .….mmmMMMmm

Posted on 21 Sep ’10 by Salted Herring

I love Mex­i­can col­ors, wealth of col­ors I should say.…but can’t wait to be smoth­ered in refresh­ing white and with con­tem­po­rary art. I adore this new gallery on Hidalgo Street in San Miguel. Tweet

Posted in art, color, mexico, San Miguel de Allende, shopping | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

La Fabrica La Aurora

Posted on 24 Jul ’10 by Salted Herring

Visit to San Miguel de Allende art and design cen­ter  Fab­rica La Aurora is a visual treat. The old tex­tile fac­tory houses art and artist stu­dios, designer bou­tiques for unusual shop­ping, pleas­ant restau­rants, and a most delight­ful cafe. Tweet

Posted in art, artisan works, cafe, mexico, San Miguel de Allende, shopping | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

red head and flying hat

Posted on 10 Jul ’10 by Salted Herring

My blog has been quiet, yes, but I’m still here. I’m tak­ing fig­ure draw­ing classes at Bel­las Artes, and every now and then take a moment to focus my cam­era with ‘loose’ eye to inspire my muse. Tweet

Posted in abstract, art, color, mexico, San Miguel de Allende | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

cherished memories II

Posted on 10 Jun ’10 by Salted Herring

butoh per­form­ers at cer­van­tino fes­ti­val 2009 Tweet

Posted in art, cervantino festival, dance, events, festivals, guanajuato, mexico, traditions | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

cherished memories

Posted on 10 Jun ’10 by Salted Herring

butoh per­former­m­ers at cer­van­tino fes­ti­val 2009 Tweet

Posted in art, cervantino festival, dance, events, festivals, guanajuato, mexico | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Diptych fun

Posted on 14 May ’10 by Salted Herring

As I’m cat­a­loging pho­tographs to be posted on my new Mun­dane Wan­der­ings web­site, I con­stantly get side­tracked to hav­ing play­time with Pho­to­Shop…sorry, now you know why I’m pro­gress­ing so slowly. Tweet

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
Posted in art, dance, flowers, mexico, San Miguel de Allende | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off