Photography

George Strasburger – Art Exhibit Oro Valley Library

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Tucson artist George Strasburger’s portraits and landscapes are on display in the gallery of the Oro Valley Library. “Rosa,” the image of a confident woman, received the 1st Place award in the 2014 Members’ Juried Exhibit of PAOA (Portrait Artists of Arizona). George’s palette uses quiet colors that reflect tranquil moods. Even the crouching, cat-like male figure with bleeding wounds depicts concentration before action. A favorite of mine, George’s low-light landscape of railroad tracks and adjacent buildings zeros in on isolation and loneliness. The paintings will be exhibited until the end of November. (As of today, the library has not posted the exhibit on its web site.)

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BICAS (Tucson, AZ) – 14 Images Tell a Story

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Last week I donated a 10-speed bike to BICAS, a bicycle recycling and education center. I discovered an eclectic nonprofit that gets kids and adults spinning their wheels in a good way. Buy a bike. Fix a bike. Donate a bike. Learn bike mechanics. BICAS is all about bikes and community. Learn more about the organization. Go to the website www.bicas.org.

Exhibit at Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery

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Last week I drove out to see Construct: Putting It Together at the Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery (West Campus – Pima Community College). The exhibition, which runs through December 13, presents assemblage, collage, and fabrication. Sixteen artists worked with paper, wood, metal, fiber, found materials, and photographs to show their many talents. Joan Marum’s glossy mosaics created from soda cans take recycling to a higher level. David Andres, gallery director commented, “From visual arts to performing arts, putting it together is a means to arrange different concepts together in one cohesive piece. The title ‘Putting it Together’ comes from Stephen Sondheim’s musical ‘Sunday in the Park with George.’”    See gallery exhibits and schedules at http://www.pima/cfa.

Summer Images

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Utah and Colorado photograph beautifully year-round. My summer trip to visit friends gave me a chance to click my shutter a few times. I like to photograph quirky signs.  I found two that worked for me. Although one sign had been shot to hell with bullets, both messages were clear. At Snowbird where I often skied, kids had summer fun bouncing on the trampoline.  

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