I Am From

My dear friend and publicist has asked me to do a video to describe where my art comes from. I love the idea of taking highlights from all of the videos and pictures I’ve taken over the years to show what comes out in my art every day. It reminds me of the poetry prompt “I am from” that’s become so popular and I plan to record that for the audio along with some good music.

I’m pulling images from every season but for me personally, fall is the start of my year. Maybe that’s because Dan died in August and I spent quite a lot of that first fall up here. Or perhaps it’s because I moved here in the fall. All I know is this life starts with fall for me.

The air is different and so is the light. It’s darker earlier in the evenings and later every morning. The leaves are beginning to change. I have to wait for a sunny day to see how intense the color really is as it’s a little overcast here lately. I feel like I can smell fall in the lake air. I wonder if I’ll get a chance to swim anymore this year now that the lake and air temperatures are so close to the same.

My attention drifts from the lake to the rivers at this time of year. I know it’s the shift in the color palette. I leave the intense blues and greens to move towards the browns, ambers and darks with whatever is left of the greens. I love how the leaves just begin to fall and drift down the river.  I’m staking out the closest little river, watching for the salmon as they swim up out of the depths of the lake to come home to the river.

I’m spending a lot of time at home too. I’ve been pitching some ideas for my art so we’ll see what comes of that. Planting seeds for the future. Finishing up all my big projects before the holidays. Keep an eye out for this new video in a few weeks. I can’t wait to see how it feels.