Venice -67
Trip to Venice, Italy. Most of the images were taken on early morning walks before everyone started moving about. What a beautiful place to see.
Water of Life
This fountain is located in the Memorial area of the First United Methodist Church in Winter Park, FL.
Beach Color
Taken at South Beach, Miami, FL
Weathered Wood
Old hand carved wooded logs seem to all tell a story. I wonder who made them by hand and what happened inside the walls. Located at the Visitor Center to the Great Smoke Mountains National Park, NC.
Green Orcas Lamp
The old lamp patina caught my attention. I liked the texture and shadows to I made the image while resting one evening at a friends house on Orcas Island.
Rusting Iron
Another Architectural Artifact found at the Reclamatioins in Highlands, NC.
Tired Iron Wheels
This set of Iron wheels were all taken in Highlands, NC at the Reclamations Architectural Artifacts. I have had fun taking many pictures at this location as their inventory changes.
Eola Art
This is the moving art at night found around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, FL.
Orcas Island Beach
Stones are ground smooth by wave actions on the beach. i wonder who many years it takes to make a beach of stones like these. They were beautiful.
Alaska Green Door
Part of an old door I came across while wondering away from my wife who was shopping in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Childs View
Playgound in the downtown area of Cashiers, NC. It cought my eye while my grandchildren were playing.
Venice Water
I ran across this water fountain just outside our hotel in downtown Venice, Italy.
Savannah Cobblestones
It was late at night when the reflections of the street lights on the old Savannah cobblestones after a rain just had to be taken.
Ford Running Board
Rusty running board of an old Ford had been retired at the Highlands antique store.This is part of an ongoing body of work taken at Reclamations in Highlands, NC. They specialize in repurposing antique artifacts. Actual productions can be seen at their website www.theglobalcraftsman.com.
Iron Wheels -Two
Boat Chained
While in Key West I came across this old sailboat with a rusty chain attachment to the forward bow spar. The feeling and colors just made me take the photo.
Iron Wheels - Two
Iron Wheels - Three
Rusty Chain
i ran across this old rusty chain next to a store in Key West, FL. These are a group of images that I am doing on old wood. I like the texture and feeling the old wood conveys. It is almost like the old wood is trying to tell a story.
Rusty Grinder - Two
This large orange rusty grinding wheel just had to have a picture taken in Highlands, NC at the Reclamations Architectural Artifacts. I have had fun taking many pictures at this location as their inventory changes.
Big Wheel
This large iron wheel was taken in Highlands, NC at the Reclamations Architectural Artifacts. I have had fun taking many pictures at this location as their inventory changes.
Green Gate
I like the contrast of the green and rust. Taken in Highlands, NC at the Reclamations Architectural Artifacts. I have had fun taking many pictures at this location as their inventory changes.
Rusty Grinder
Wooden Block
I thought the old wooden rope block was a thing of the past. I used to have one as a kid to upright trees in Florida after hurricanes. This is part of a group of images I made one morning at the Barberville Pioneer Settlement in Barberville, FL.
Kingdom Keys 02
This is part of an ongoing body of work taken at Reclamations in Highlands, NC. They specialize in repurposing antique artifacts. Actual productions can be seen at their website www.theglobalcraftsman.com.
Block & Pulley Study 20
Old Wood Study (Color) 01
I had to start a study of old wood. They look like they could tell a story. The beams date back to the Civil War Period . I found them in the Reclamation barn in Highland, NC.
Old Wood Study (Color) 02
Old Wood Study (Color) 03
These old reclaimed wood beams were found at my contractors house in Highland, NC. The old rusty nails and how they were stacked just caught my eye
Old Wood Study (Color) 04
Old Wood Study (Color) 06
The old wood beam was a siding on one of the cabins in the Great Smoke Mountains. The old weathered grain of the beam just looks like it could tell a story.
Gears at Work (Color)
Working Gears (Color)
McCormick No 200 (Color)
Scale Study 01 (Color)
Strubler Computing Scale (Color)
Sands of Time (Color)
Firestone Tire (Color)
Scale Study 02
Ford Gum Ball Machine (Color)
St Lawrence - 045 Quebec Fire Hydrant
Old Wood Study 33
These are a group of images that I am doing on old wood. I like the texture and feeling the old wood conveys. It is almost like the old wood is trying to tell a story.
Old Wood Study 26
Old Wood Study 28
Old Wood Study 29
Old Wood Study 31
Log Fence
I came across the old log fence in the Smoke Mountains early in the morning. It was REALLY cold and the frost on the wood made the image.
