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Blue Window by Jann Alexander © 2014 I can’t resist a window . When I travel, I collect images of windows, and their siblings, doors,...

Open by Jann Alexander © 2012 “Art is everywhere: in nature, in architecture, in literature, and more. It’s anywhere we see beauty and...

Austin in Lights by Jann Alexander © 2014 Blue. Austin, Texas is so damn blue in spring. It’s Austin’s most consistent feature most of...

Letters from Genesee by Jann Alexander © 2012 By Jann Alexander Letters from Genesee’s Past: It’s not often you score three times in...

Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Royalty-free art is everywhere. Why rip it off?   One of my cherished,...

Desert Reflections Jann Alexander ©2010 Reflections of the vast brown Chihuahuan desert that surrounds a vivid green church in the tiny...

Pistachio Dream by Jann Alexander ©2013 If you dream in green and ice cream, you may want to dive inside a pistachio-colored booth at...

Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2013 In Austin, Texas, we take our local landmarks seriously , and our city ordinances decree...

The photograph (left) that inspired the painting (right) . See both here. As a photographer who paints, and a painter who photographs,...

Remember the Alamo by Jann Alexander © 2014 “Remember the Alamo!” If you’re leading a charge against a conquering army with but a ragtag...

Abandoned by Jann Alexander © 2014 Why am I so drawn to photograph abandoned places and things? My image library is overflowing with...

Frost Sunset by Jann Alexander © 2014 Ever notice how the Frost Bank Tower follows you all around downtown Austin and appears magically...

Those Halcyon Days by Jann Alexander © 2014 Some of Austin’s towers are getting pretty overtowering, but locally-owned Halcyon is...

We think of barriers quite literally, as physical obstacles in our paths. But barriers can be much more debilitating to our creativity...

Light meets design makes shadow creates pattern bathes piano attracts musician rides bike brings color makes music becomes art =...

How can you pass by an intriguing window or door by without making note, or making a picture? There’s a story to be told behind them . ....

Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2013 There’s no shortage of colorful contrast in Austin , and there hasn’t been in a long long...

Endangered Species of Austin poster, $25 It’s time for end-of-year portfolio assessments.  The giant wrecking ball that’s tormented...

What a city of contradictions is Austin. Old butts up against the new, old is lamented when exchanged for new. The town’s a shiny magnet...

Eternally Attracted to Color and Texture  by Jann Alexander © 2013 — Found: An oft-painted warehouse wall, pitted, cracking, alive with...