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From the Spirit Collection
“Summoning Color to the Dawn”
This image is derived from an image I captured of my traveling companion Christopher, during our cross-country, post-college, trip. We spent about 2 weeks paddling in the Boundary Water’s Canoe Wilderness of Minnesota. In the original image Chris was greeting the dawn in the BWCA. The colored portion of the image was added in 2024 as an addition to my Spirit Collection.
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“The Spirit of Sister Turtle”
The turtle is a sacred symbol among many Native nations. The story of this particular sea turtle, crafted in the fashion of my “Spirit collection” is an interesting one. Seven-year-old Zach, our son, and I were on a beach in Nicaragua when she rose from the surf and headed for higher ground on the beach to lay her eggs. After she had completed her sacred task, Zach helped a turtle conservator carefully dig up the eggs for reburial in a less public place where the survival of the young was far more likely.
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The Spirit of Brother Pelican
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West Africa
In 1997 The Christian Science Monitor carried an OpEd Piece that I had written advocating that computers being surplussed by American companies should be remanufactured and donated to US Schools and NGOs in developing nations. Within a few days I was contacted by Dr. Adhiambo Odaga of the Ford Foundation. She asked me to put together a team of people to do a reconaissance trip to West Africa to make recommendations to Ford for bringing the Internet to the Civil Society community in West Africa. What would follow was more than a decade of collaborative work with Ford, and a lifelong friendship with Adhiambo as well as many others whom we became friends with as a result.
Numerous trips to Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and other West African nations also yielded the opportunity to capture some very iconic images.
The Bustle of Tema Harbor Ghana
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The Shoulder of Africa
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Pink at the Beach - Dakar, Senegal
Pink at the Beach
Captured on a beach in Dakar Senegal. This image contains elements of both photography and water color painting. The base image is created and the sky was painted using watercolor paints. The base image is then scanned and output using archival inks. One original signed print is created, signed, with a certificate of authenticity. The image is also available in a digitally initialed open edition. Otherwise it is archived for historical and publication purposes only.
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Critters
All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir!
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out low on the telephone wire
Some just clap their hands, their paws, or anything they’ve got
~ Bill Stains
The Emerging Pod
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Airborne on a Butternut Mist
Landscapes
Yosemite Valley Under a Painted Sky
This image combines elements of photography, watercolor painting and digital craftsmanship. The final image is produced in a signed limited edition of 20, printed on museum-quality fine art rag paper with archival inks.
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Tamarack Under a Painted Sky
If you have never experienced "peak" foliage it is an experience that should be on everyone's "bucket list". This image was captured in the period after peak that is a well kept secret of locals. Native peoples of the region variously referred to the time as the Golden season or the yellow season. The peak of foliage has passed - and so too have the crowds. The days are crisp but the bitter cold of winter has not yet set in, and the slow pokes of the autumn season - the tamaracks (larches) and occasionally the birches and beeches continue to show off in the sea of brown that are the remnants of peak foliage passed.
It was at just this time, that I choose to seek out an image or two that captured the beauty of this season. On a drive from Franconia to Woodsville, New Hampshire, I came upon a bog with brilliant larches amid the browns and greens of the hardwoods and (other) conifers. I stopped and spent a good deal of time exploring around the bog and capturing images that struck my fancy. As is often the case, one simple spot yielded a plethora of views - all worthy of an image.
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