paths

While looking through old photos, these few made
me think of the different paths I've taken ~
or, rather, how it seemed I'd chosen...
many kind people on the way, I'd like to thank them again.
It is sometimes strange where we end up, no ?

australia

I've so many cloud & beach photos, & every day
am likely to choose different ones; so it's really
only how it looks, here, sometimes.
I still mostly take photographs as reference,
or because I enjoy so much how the world looks.

mexico

I was painting in San Miguel Allende in mid 80's,
then for 2 years lived in San Cristobal de las Casas.
People in Chiapas averse to photography, as you would be,
when lots of tourists around; this lady knew I thought
her very beautiful. The constant excited colour
had a big influence in my works.
Dear friends live there, I want to go again..

usa

Several times I've stayed for some months in various
parts of the USA, &, way back, did a long trip all over, by bus.
These shots are New Mexico, Arizona & Colorado.
Such splendid landscapes in the southwest.

china

About 1982 I went to China, from Hong Kong:
to Guilin, Chungking
& then down the Yangtze to Shanghai.
Travelling alone was a challenge. It was always hazy,
very hot & very crowded. Loved the river.
Photos of Shanghai, now, look impossibly different.

sky lights

I've done a number of giclee limited edition prints,
(as well as images involving chandeliers, which appear in
A Recipe for Dreaming - Penguin '07)
Here is a very marvellous chandelier.

old & new

I wanted a certain sized picture for an old frame, to
go in the bathroom: that's it above: "I dreamed I could fly".
~ Love how fast that can happen on a computer ~
Middle image is the hexagram Peace, from my book,
"Images from the I Ching". (Ann Williams, Craftsman Press,
it may be available secondhand)
& the Rajasthani group is a gouache from early 80's.