My Art Show Opening Is Today!

April 3, 2008 - Thursday evening 6pm - 8pm

Opening Reception for a show by Terri Harper. Her realistic still lifes, landscapes, Cleveland scenes and floral photographs will be on display through April 27th.

"Chicago Street Musician" Shown on left, is one of my new featured images. I photograph people too. LOL!

Gallery Hours
Monday - Saturday 10am - 7pm
Sunday 12noon - 6pm

Lake Erie Artists Gallery
Tower City
230 W. Huron Rd. #72-08
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 664-9920
www.lakeerieartists.com

Lake Erie Artists Gallery is located in Tower City Center on Level M1, (which is the same level as the fountains), next to The Sweet Factory Candy Store.

Parking is available in the Tower City Center Garage at a reduced rate (after 4 p.m.) The entrance is on Huron, at Ontario across from the Quicken Loans Arena.

Believe and You Will See

I will let this new post speak for itself. Well almost...I have to say a little....I wrote the verse in 2002 as I was pondering the meaning of believing and seeing instead of seeing and believing, I was looking for an appropriate image to put it with, I finally came up with this picture of marigolds that I took in front of the north entrance of the new Cleveland Browns stadium, laying on my stomach on the ground, so I could make the small bed of marigolds, look as big as a field of sunflowers. It is all perspective....so this is just another lesson in all things are possible and when you believe it you will see it!

Mermaids By The Pond

Mermaids are believed to be mythological but there is always some truth in myth, it just depends on how you define truth. A myth can have many levels of symbolism and meaning, and you can always find some truth when you delve into peeling away the layers. All the religions of the world have stories, myths and ideologies that have commom threads that show up over and over again in cultures all over the planet since history has been recorded...things that we can connect with in our innermost beings....if we listen to and recognize them. So - my photo of the mermaids sculpture was taken by water, at a really neat place, a place that has a lot of truth, beauty and symbolism, The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Renovation

Well - Spring will be here soon, hopefully, and that means it is a good time to clean and get rid of stuff, getting rid of stuff is very hard for me, anyone who knows me, knows how hard it is for me to throw anything away! So when we clean and purge, we can begin anew, we can renovate, give our home a face lift, modernize, brighten things up, and beautify. However you define it, it is good for you and good for your soul. I chose a picture to post that I titled "Tower Under Repair" which I took last summer. It reminds me that renovating is a constant process, you can always find something, somewhere that is being changed or fixed. In this image you can see the scaffolding on the Terminal Tower, (Cleveland, Ohio) even so there is still beauty to be seen. The picture was shot during the time right before dusk, when everything is painted with the 'sweet light'. It makes everything pretty and really accentuates texture in buildings and objects. Being a photographer has many blessings.....a big one for me is how it helps me connect to my environment, people and to my inner self, and sometimes even helps me solve conflicts.

Artistic and Unique greeting cards

Need an artistic, unique or original greeting card for that someone special? Visit Lake Erie Artist's new on line card store. Featuring the talent of local Cleveland artists.
Featured are greeting cards with fine art photos and reproductions of original drawings and paintings of Cleveland scenes, Lake Erie, architecture, nature and much much more......
Shown above is one of my images that you can purchase at the online store.

The Art & Science of Origami

Visit this link for a look at a unique use of the Art of Origami...really terrific!
Origami created by a scientist
Being a creative person myself, I am always amazed at what other people come up with!

Happy New Year!

"SNOWBIRD"
Happy New Year! This picture I took in the late winter of 2007 amazed me when I looked at it on screen. It looked like a bird carved out of snow. So I did some photoshop magic and added a beak, an eye and extended the tail. I thought this would be a good image that shows that all things are possible if we are willing to try and adapt.