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Beautiful That Afternoon  Later, I painted what I missed while reading. ©2014 Jann Alexander I was lucky to never lose my first true...

Light Between the Lines by Jann Alexander © 2014 When I’m out with my camera and determined to make a photograph, I’m looking for light...

Alone Along the Highway by Jann Alexander ©2014 Lost: Johnny A. Lucero. Found: A roadside grave along the highway, New Mexico. Not...

Serendipity at the Lobster Shack by Jann Alexander © 2014 “It’s a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you...

Maine Pattern by Jann Alexander ©2013 What does a photograph mean to me? To you? Photographs, like all art, elicit our emotions and our...

Unfolding by Jann Alexander ©2013 Just like a plant that’s spreading  its fan of color, my  Naturescapes Shop is unfolding today—making...

All of us who practice the creative arts are voyeurs.  As writers, we use our imaginative powers to conjure up insights into others’...

Room with a View by Jann Alexander © 2014 Is is not every writer’s dream to have a room with a view? A room just for writing needs not...

Patience on the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2014.jpg “The greatest art is to sit, and wait, and let it come.” —Yogi Bhajan She was still,...

Water Under the Bridge by Jann Alexander © 2014 In photography, as in life, timing is everything. Shooting boaters from an Austin bridge...

In Panama City Beach, Florida, clouds find harmony with the setting sun’s palette in a daily dance that twists from sea to sky.  ♣ A few...

A Twist on Fall Color by Jann Alexander © 2014 “The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.” —JAMES HILLMAN...

Twisted by Jann Alexander © 2014 I don’t really believe in ‘directions’ in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that’s all. —GRAHAM...

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

Mocha Art by Jann Alexander © 2011 It was a typical order for a barista: “a mocha cappuccino, please, for here.” I like to be served on...

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

Water Colors by Jann Alexander © 2010 “Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they...

Pampas Waves by Jann Alexander © 2014 Nature is rarely still. Witness the waves of pampas grass, always  on the move  thanks to a...

You’re in a car and on the move,  itching to shoot what’s flashing by, but there’s a window and 75 mph between you and your...

Not So Coy by Jann Alexander © 2014 There’s nothing too coy about koi. Perhaps because they’re not much more than common...