Bozeman Art Walk This Friday!

artwalk2016_fbeventslist_288_192_90The last Bozeman Art Walk for the season occurs this Friday. Over a dozen of my photos will be hanging at the Element (25 East Mendenhall Street). Stop by if you’re in town. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend, as I will be in China by then. But the Fashion Queen will be there to represent me. If that’s not enough incentive, I believe the Element will be providing free beer and treats.

If like me you can’t attend the art walk this Friday, my photos will up for at least the next couple of months. Also, through the end of September you can also see my Lectio show at the Belgrade Community Library.

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POTD: Banished

POTD: BanishedBanished
Crow Agency, Montana
2016

This kid was playing in the mud puddle with the little girl in yesterday’s photo, but his dad didn’t approve of that for some reason, so he ended up on this viewing platform watching her from above.

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POTD: Lady MacGyver

POTD: Lady MacGyverLady MacGyver
Crow Agency, Montana
2016

What do you do when presented with a mud puddle on a breezy but have no toy sailboat to take advantage of it? You improvise of course, and make something out of nothing.

I am going to be posting a series of action shots taken at the Crow Fair Rodeo. The first couple of images are not of the actual rodeo events, just some of the pre-rodeo action at the fairgrounds.

The rodeo is one of the main events at the annual Crow Fair sponsored by the Crow Nation. With over 45,000 attending, it is reportedly the largest Northern Native American gathering. Billed as the teepee capital of the world, well over 1,000 teepees can be seen pitched in the campground.

One interesting aspect of the Crow Fair is that it occurs along the banks of the Little Big Horn River, much in the same area where Custer’s troops came across the Lakota and Cheyenne encampment that spelled their doom. In fact, from the grandstand at the rodeo, Last Stand Hill is visible about a mile in the distance.

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It’s Official, I’m Famous!

Invitation Exhibition of American Famous ArtistsSomehow I think the Chinese use the term “famous” more loosely than Americans do. (I’m not saying that to disparage any of the other artists in the exhibit–it’s only meant to be a comment on my own reputation!) Nonetheless, I’m happy to be a part of this exhibition in Tsingtao.

This is actually only one of two exhibitions in China I will be a part of this month. The other is West on the Left, East on the Right, the 2016 version of the event I participated in last year. As was the case last year, after the reception for the show, 188Art (the show sponsors) will be taking the Chinese and American artists on a 10 day tour. This year we will be vising a number of locations in Gansu Province, with a short trip into Inner Mongolia as well. If the tour is anything like last year, it’s going to be a great experience. The folks at 188Art are very generous and thoughtful in their treatment of the artists.

Poster of West on the Left East on the right

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POTD: Foraging

FA4278Foraging
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Frustrated by the difficulty in capturing the non-stop dragonflies, I turned my camera momentarily on this finch foraging its way through the grass around the pond. Of course the minute I did that, it decided to fly off. Still it was easier to track and I got this interesting action shot.

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