Naturescapes

Mirrored By Nature

What man has made of steel and concrete becomes beauty when mirrored by nature; and the mind can only improve upon what’s not seen. Imagination takes over to create a much more eloquent vision than three bland office towers, standing above an Austin shoreline.  ______ BUY A PRINT of On the Lake by Jann Alexander and […]

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A Restorative Walk in the Woods

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.“ —JOHN MUIR, 1938 The power of the woods to restore: I found Cedar Creek in Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas, during a restorative walk in the woods, with no destination, no deadline and no demands, on a crisp fall day. More of my photographs […]

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Reflections on Making a Mark

.    .    . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection. Reflection is defined as “the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. The law of reflection says that for specular reflection the angle at which the wave […]

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Weird Is A Typical Austin Day

A woman you meet at a gallery opening has loved a real cowboy, and had a varied career as a founding designer for Texas Monthly, as an LA Times art director, as a NY restauranteur and now plans to be a screenwriter. The temperature soars past 100 and locals tell you that’s about 20 degrees […]

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