John Whelan Trio

Attended a house concert on Saturday night and snapped a few pictures. The performance featured all-Ireland champion, John Whelan on accordion, US champion, Charlene Adzima on filddle, and US champion Zac Leger on bouzouki, guitar and flute. I also got to spend some time with Zac earlier in the afternoon working on piping technique (in […]

Half Set

This half set of Uilleann pipes belongs to my friend Jason.  I didn’t really have any purpose in mind for shooting this, just saw them sitting on the chair and had my camera with me so I snapped ’em.    Since uilleann pipes are hand crafted instruments, made to order for a specific piper, they vary […]

Killer Music

This piece is a bit of a tribute to Jim Flora (of whom I am a big fan).  He may be best known for his record album design work he did for Columbia records and RCA victor in the 1940’s-50’s.  If you haven’t seen his work there, you might recognize his art in one or more children’s books.  […]

Song Bird

Though not a style I typically try to emulate, I have always enjoyed the look of Italian poster art.  I don’t by any  means claim to be an expert on it, but some of the elements which I have noticed occur often are the use of two-dimensional shapes and large areas of color with subtle […]

Harmony

I showed this to my wife and all she had to say was “Byoooonnnnnnnggg”. ‘Nuff said.

Vulture Mine

I shot this up in Wickenburg, AZ a couple years ago.  I was riding some of the dirt roads out in the wilderness and came upon an abandoned mine site.  My research suggests this was part of Vulture Mine, which was a gold mine set up by German-born prospector, Henry Wickenburg. I found the site both marvelous and sad […]

Johnny Clash

My buddy Travis came up with (as far as I know) the name, Johnny Clash.  A google search reveals that others have come up with it as well (that’s synchronicity for you).  Anyways, to me it’s a bit of a pun that pays homage to a couple of music greats: Johnny Cash and The Clash.  […]

Give Up?

I posted the pattern from my last post on Facebook to see if anyone could pick out the five-letter word that was used to create it.  So far only a couple of people could come up with it – this picture should clear things up a bit for the rest of ya! Living in unity with your fellow […]

Pattern

Can you tell what five letter word is mirrored and repeated here to create this pattern? I love working with vector art; it allows very precise control.  The image that I made and used to create this pattern (the five letter word) was carefully calculated to be as mathematically perfect as I could figure it:  Every line yout see is the exact […]