High Hand Gallery Masked Fusion

Some of you may be wondering what the heck is going on with me...well, it's summer and we've been going on some trips in California, that's what we do.  Then when I get home I'm pretty busy with getting back to my art business.  It's always something.

I have all my artwork turned in to High Hand Gallery for its Masked Fusion show (September and October), as well as the two pieces for the Artstock show in the High Hand Fruit Sheds (also for September and October).  I did get accepted for the Auburn Studio Tour this November; that will be my next challenge.  The KVIE Auction is this month also!

In addition to these events, I also have a couple of side photography jobs in the works:  One for web photography; one photographing artwork for a teacher I met and preparing the images to make cards; and a commissioned piece, sort of, to photograph product and possibly turning it into a piece of artwork - as in a photo transfer for a High Hand Nursery publication!  That should keep me busy!

When we went out of town we landed in Moss Landing at a KOA right at the ocean.  We took our kayaks and kayaked in the Elkhorn Slough which goes inland for about 6+ miles.  It was so much fun. We had great weather, as it was sunny for four of the five days we were there.  The day before we left it was overcast and cooler than it had been.  I walked the dog down by the docks and the mist shrouded the boats and almost looked black and white.  So I ran back and grabbed my camera and clicked off a few shots.  Here again I'm going to mention that fog and digital cameras really don't mix.  The digital camera likes to remove what it may think is detrimental to an image - so the actual image of what you are seeing with the naked eye, is not what you see as the fog is removed by the digital camera, as though it's critiquing your work for you!  Oh, please!  Don't do me any favors.  So the images below do not show the full extent of the mist, but there is a little bit left for one to ponder.