Great Female Artists.

It has often been said that women get the short end of stick in our society. We have all heard of how difficult it is for a female to get a high level job in many careers. We here time and time again of the way women are treated as inferior to men. These assertions may or may not be true today, but certainly have been an issue in the past. The art world has not been spared from the issue of perceived female inequality.

It has been asked, “Why are there no great female artists”, Linda Nochlin attempted to answer this question in an article by the same name. It was her assertion that there really had not been any great female artists. It seems, however, that this is not due to female inferiority. Instead it seems to revolve around a lack of opportunity. In times past women artists were not treated seriously. They were not given the opportunity for education in the arts. The few who were educated had great difficulty making others take their art work seriously.

The question must be asked, if more women had been educated and accepted would one of those be considered by art historians as a “great” artists? Men have had the opportunity for training in art for ages. They have also had the opportunity to have their work exhibited and appreciated. There have been many men over many years who had these opportunities. That means the odds are pretty good that there have been some “great” male artists. Women, on the other hand, were not accepted in the past. It has only been in recent times that women began to be accepted as serious artists. That means that there have been fewer women than men over a shorter period of time that opportunity to be “great”. That really cuts down the odds of there having been a “great” female artist up to this point.

Many men today still fail to look at female artists with the respect that they deserve. Women have just as much potential as men to be excellent artists. It is sometimes hard for me to see the problem because I see female artist as equal with male artists. That is probably the case because I have many peers that are females. I also have been taught by women and see them as just as competent as my male professors.

Women truly have been given the short end of the stick in the art world. It is only fairly recently that they have had the opportunity that men have had had for centuries. It is very likely that with expanding opportunities there will be many great female artists in time to come. Women are just as talented as men and deserve the same respect and adoration that men receive for their art work.

The Drive-By Truckers (an Interpretation)

The Drive-By Truckers are a long time favorite band of mine. In these images, I have attempted to capture the song's essence in a quite literal way. I hope you enjoy!

"Goode's Field Road"

"Decoration Day"

"Marry Me"

"Where The Devil Don't Stay"

"Lookout Mountain"

"My Sweet Annette"

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Cold as Ice

Some people are just cold as ice!

Black and White Visions

"Now I see the world through diamond eyes"-Shinedown


There is just something about a black and white image. It seems like color would yield more emotion in images as we have the different hues representing various feelings. Why is it then that a high contrast black and white image can show and cause deep meaningful emotion? Perhaps there is less distraction and we can see deeper into the subject without the hindrance of colors which sometimes betray the true feeling. Maybe it is something far more simple. Perhaps we feel a certain type of nostalgia when we see these images in shades of gray. A throwback to a time when we did not live and communicate through outlets such as this one. A time when emotion was raw and confrontational. In those days when you viewed a photograph you really felt it. I mean literally felt it. You could feel the texture and thickness of the paper. You could rub your fingers over the image service and get a tactile feel of the image. Today many of us see most of our imagery on a digital screen. We go to museums, but we can not touch the work, we can not feel it. Of course there are the lucky few who still develop in the dark room or print their images in some way. Black and white images are a reminder of those days when we felt our imagery, held it in our hand and knew it was real. Photoshop has sorely dampened the believability of the images we produce. Of course images have been doctored almost as long as they have been produced, but there is just something about the classic black and white image. It feels real to us. It feels tangible and tactile. We connect with it on an emotional and almost physical level. Please take time to enjoy and feel the imagery. I fear that part of the photography equation is a dying animal among the masses....


"I invite you to a world where there is no such thing as time, and every creature lends it self to change your state of mind"-Shinedown

A Time of Mourning.

We have all been lonely. We have all felt despair at sometime in our lives. Sometimes we say "I have sunk into the depths of despair," or "I feel like the only person in the whole world who is alone." We know the statements are not literal, but at that moment when it seems all hope is lost we feel that it is quite literal. Maybe our spouse has cheated or passed away. Maybe we have lost a parent or best friend. Perhaps we are suffering from an illness that we just can not recover from. Maybe it is something less severe, but yet it stills feels like the end of the world. We lost our job, our girlfriend dumped us, we don't have as much money as we would like, or we missed a family event because we live too far away. Life is full of it's downers. Situations and events that make us want to scream out in anger and cry into the arms of a loved one all at the same time. We see tragedy in the news almost daily. There has been another shooting spree, a child has been kidnapped, or someone has died in an accident. Our lives are full of tragedy. A young mother looses her children because she is an addict, a child is aborted because a mother was selfish, a father is abusive, a young man commits suicide, or an old man looses his memory and forgets those he loves. These are the events that make us lonely, the events that drive us to despair.

The images you see here are an attempt to capture those feeling. Some are literal while others are far more figurative. These images are not meant to be crude or vulgar, instead they attempt to capture the human condition at it's worst. There is a time for laughter and rejoicing, but there is also a time for mourning. That time is now.

" A Few Old Shots"