Sunday, March 17, 2019

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA

Visited the National Gallery last Friday to see the Paul Klee exhibit. Afterwards we spend some time looking at some of the work in the various galleries. This minimalist artwork by the American artist Donald Judd was quite interesting. It concists of a series of plywood boxes, which worked particularly well for me when photographed in black and white, especially the strong shadows and wood textures.

Sunday, March 10, 2019

GARDEN OF DOLLS REVISITED



This Winter is a good time to revisit some of my old photographs. I spent some time scanning a series of negatives which I took many, many years ago. When on one of our photo trips, my wife saw this odd looking garden filled with a variety of dolls. After asking permission we spent some times taking pictures. The place was quite interesting and we returned again to take more pictures. Initially when you see the garden