Art Form

“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.”
Marshall McLuhan 1911-1980

21st century?

Just Watching

“You can observe a lot by just watching.”
Yogi Berra

Observing the western edge of the North American continent

Some Degree

“All art is an abstraction to some degree.”
Henry Moore 1898-1986

San Jose street photography

The Art of God

"Nature is the art of God."
Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881

City Lights

“There may not be a Heaven, but there is a San Francisco”
Ashleigh Brilliant

This is the city in December. She likes to dress up for the holidays.

For Eyes

“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer
into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.”
Brooks Atkinson 1894-1984

Sometimes it’s the little things.

The Secret of Happiness

“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”
Margaret Lee Runbeck 1905-1956

There was a welcoming bench tucked behind the tree but this elderly
woman happily marched on.

The Soul

"The sky is the soul of all scenery."
Thomas Cole 1801-1848

The western sky over a sliver of sea

Pie in the Sky

“Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.”
George Bellows 1882-1925

A lone sailboat on San Francisco Bay sails past her sister shape… the TransAmerica Pyramid. 

Empty Road

“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back”
Chinese Proverb

Nobody to ask. But the commute looks good.

On the Fence

“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon.
In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.”
Patti Smith

Imagine two well balanced sheep munching on a fence.

Buoy Oh Buoy

“Puns are the highest form of literature.”
Alfred Hitchcock 1899-1980

This is a sea faring house in Point Arena, CA. Must be Bob’s house.

Fall Into Winter

“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.”
George Santayana 1863-1952

It was the day after Christmas but this gold capped tree was still hanging on to autumn.

Not Yet Elderly

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
George Bernard Shaw

The kid and the grandkid attempted to raise the roof on New Years Day.

First of All

“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.”
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Happy New Year! Be careful out there.