Each Day Takes a Different Shape

February 8, 2013February 8, 2013 | drawandshoot

Another look at the diminutive winter garden composing itself on a window. Growing then withering. Vapourizing and reforming.

*Click on images to view sharper details of the window frost.

Frondescence

February 5, 2013February 5, 2013 | drawandshoot

It seems unlikely, in the deep cold of winter, that sleeping branches could sprout tiny crystal leaves overnight, and yet…

Perhaps these little twigs are dreaming of spring.

Window Frost Details

January 30, 2013 | drawandshoot

These are the delicate details of frost growth on a window. It has since warmed up here significantly and these icy apparitions have now vapourized but when I look at these images I find they are suggestive of elaborate gardens and graceful trees, Chinese landscape paintings and dragons.

A Deep Breath of Winter

January 24, 2013 | drawandshoot

The water is restless in this part of the river. It pushes on all winter.

The ice tries to stretch over the surface like a cold blanket, but it cannot. The water persuades it to break apart, to keep moving.

The ice talks to the river with deep groans and quiet thuds. It rocks gently, waiting. An indolent heartbeat.

The river finds a crack, heaves a deep breath, and replies.

The river’s edge in -25c.

Frost Flowers

January 21, 2013 | drawandshoot

Feathery frost blooms sprouting on the window…we are back in deep winter…

*The second image is an in-camera triple exposure (digital) of the same frost bloom.

Winter Fog: The River

January 20, 2013 | drawandshoot

There has been quite a lot of painting happening here the last couple of months. Brushstrokes and thin layers, glazing and blending.
Trying to find the essence of a seascape in a slow build.

The subdued colours of a day with a low sky.
A sky that settles like a whisper in your cupped hands.
A world painted by fog.

This is not the sea but there is a sense of it here in this river. An essence. There was a sea here once. It has left pieces of itself behind.

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Winter Fog

January 17, 2013January 28, 2013 | drawandshoot

A dense breath on the landscape.

At Six and Seven

January 14, 2013 | drawandshoot

fog. flight. and true fables.

Between Snowfalls

January 6, 2013 | drawandshoot

There is nothing minimalist about this landscape. In a way it is almost overwhelming in its tangled complexity and beauty. I find it a difficult landscape to photograph on a clear day in bright sun. I was skiing here the day before in diffused ethereal light, but regrettably, I did not take my camera. I am here often in the winter, though…

The trees laden with “snow blossoms”.