Tuesday, December 27, 2011

abstract blur


abstract blur, originally uploaded by zen.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

reflection - gutter window


reflection gutter window, originally uploaded by zen.

Monday, December 12, 2011

graffiti black drips


graffiti black drips, originally uploaded by zen.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

bens tune up the crack between worlds 2

Friday, December 09, 2011

a dreamy moment


a dreamy moment, originally uploaded by zen.

Thursday, December 08, 2011

store window reflection on haywood road, west asheville, nc


reflection haywood road, originally uploaded by zen.

Monday, December 05, 2011

leaf changing detail


leaf changing, originally uploaded by zen.

Sunday, December 04, 2011

statue of angelty


statue of angelty, originally uploaded by zen.

Actually they wrap the tree outside the front of The Grove House downtown Asheville.

Friday, December 02, 2011

thru plastic glass


thru plastic glass, originally uploaded by zen.

i love this stuff - it's a thick, clear plastic used to keep outdoor cafe areas warm and yet feeling like they're outdoors. the reflections and the visuals thru just dance and move so vividly.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

DSC02346a thru plastic glass


DSC02346a thru plastic glass, originally uploaded by zen.

Monday, November 14, 2011

bens tune up the crack between worlds


bens tune up the crack between worlds, originally uploaded by zen.

seems like it's the culmination of one of the photos i'm always searching to take.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

self portrait in slanted junk


self portrait in slanted junk, originally uploaded by zen.

well, there i was.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

metal big scrape


metal big scrape, originally uploaded by zen.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

horizontal strips


horizontal strips, originally uploaded by zen.

Thursday, November 03, 2011

reflection of me zig wave


reflection of me zig wave, originally uploaded by zen.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

artist's tabletop


artists tabletop, originally uploaded by zen.

constantly fascinated by the periphery (and the disposable) parts of other artist's process.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

reflection gallery haen vase tree


reflection gallery haen vase tree, originally uploaded by zen.

this is a reflection-thru. three layers i've tried to make each equally compelling. Again, no photoshop play, this is all out-of-the-camera.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

reflection ever watchful eye


reflection ever watchful eye, originally uploaded by zen.

I was told this was a visual description of me, an ever-watchful eye looking at and thru reflections. So, in a way i guess it's a self-portrait.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

duct tape music


duct tape music, originally uploaded by zen.

Friday, October 14, 2011

water ripple abstract


water ripple abstract, originally uploaded by zen.

Water ripples under the Patton Avenue (Smokey Park) Bridge. Yes, it's where i found the gun a few days ago (turned over to the police), but i'm much more interested in this... the police, not so much.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

cardboard decay


cardboard decay, originally uploaded by zen.

Sometimes nature does the careful and time-consuming abstract painting (like on this cardboard box) and i'm just hanging around to see and snap the photo...

Monday, October 10, 2011

door sticker removed


door sticker removed, originally uploaded by zen.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

reflection marble slab ice cream and pack place

the domain of light-heim

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

abstract reflection window construction

Monday, October 03, 2011

Biltmore Iron and Metal


Biltmore Iron and Metal, originally uploaded by zen.

Today spent my lunch hour in a heavenly alpha state staring at metal and getting dusty at Biltmore Iron and Metal. A lovely place to meditate!

Friday, September 30, 2011

reflection painting


reflection painting, originally uploaded by zen.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

reflection himalayas import


reflection himalayas import, originally uploaded by zen.

part of my downtown reflection blitz

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

im an artist dammit


closeup im an artist dammit, originally uploaded by zen.

this just seems halfway between a serious art shot and a poser art shot. That's why i love it.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

a reflection who i am


zen reflection who i am 1, originally uploaded by zen.

Lately been on a lovely visual journey into the multitudinal reflections of my downtown, Asheville. I've seen things in things, areas of thinglessness and bristling thingitude. I even saw myself in all this world, and loved it.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

abstract yellow circle building


abstract yellow circle building, originally uploaded by zen.

for some reason this reflection fascinates me. The (near) covering of something with something when neither seem important to the picture just amplifies the need to be seen. Or something? Or maybe because nothing really fits in the box? Or not? Or yes?

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

alley wall paint


alley wall paint, originally uploaded by zen.

When color is all over the place, i wonder about the nature of randomness - did the person in trying to cover things up knowingly make art simply by adhering to some inner esthetic?

Saturday, September 10, 2011

cracked wall blue


IF abstract cracked wall blue, originally uploaded by zen.

Urban decay seems to me to be that near-perfect balance of man and nature, of false-order on top of false-chaos. So, too, can construction sites that are very similar, but moving in the direction of more false-order rather than away from it.

Friday, September 09, 2011

Ice Factory: graffiti peeling


IF graffiti peeling, originally uploaded by zen.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

nature has its own ever-changing fingerprint


fish in water, originally uploaded by zen.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

fashion reflections


fashion reflections, originally uploaded by zen.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

uncaged bird


uncaged bird, originally uploaded by zen.

Friday, February 25, 2011

let's play reflection


let's play reflection, originally uploaded by zen.

Taken at Hot Springs, NC

Monday, February 21, 2011

self portrait


self portrait, originally uploaded by zen.

ice and grass


ice and grass, originally uploaded by zen.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

blur beach


blur beach 1, originally uploaded by zen.

Does it do more 'harm' than 'good' to give abstract photographs a title saying what it is a photograph of? I fear that reality-titles stops the viewer process of the photo as what it is becoming in the mind and switches to the list of what "it is a photograph of."

Check!

Boop!

Sunday, February 06, 2011

the self


the self, originally uploaded by zen.

Here's the thing. I'm now reading Susan Sontag's book of essays "On Photography" and i realize i want to, have to, begin writing my thoughts on the how and why of photography. My upcoming show at Harvest Records has made me re-evaluate and analyze what i'm doing as an artist. So, today's photo starts with a photo of the self.

I have many reflection shots so there's a bunch of photos that include me but - as i see them - aren't necessarily about me.

More thinking... more grokking...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

snow and rusty wires


snow and rusty wires, originally uploaded by zen.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

abstract white


abstract white, originally uploaded by zen.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

the sound of forgiveness


the sound of forgiveness, originally uploaded by zen.

sharp shadows


BS1 Robert Winkler 08 sharp shadows, originally uploaded by zen.

Blue Spiral 1 artwork and shadows by Robert Winkler