A Sense of Place

In anticipation of one of my art meetings coming up tomorrow evening, I have been thinking about our challenge to come up with a concept for everyone in the group to use as a stimulus for a small piece of art. I went back through a bunch of Quilting Arts Magazines because they have readers challenges every so often that would speak to this challenge pretty quickly and easily. It wasn't a readers challenge that peaked my interest, rather a phrase used by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) for their exhibit in 2007: "A Sense of Place" (QA Apr/May 08)

So, essentially, that's what I'll present to the group tomorrow. And my original idea for my sample to present to the group was going to use a discharge travel photo how-to from a more recent QA (Dec 09/Jan 10). I still want to try this technique, but for now, the "sense of place" has sent me on a National Geographic tangent.

I started off the evening seeking environmental inspiration and landed on an image of Thorncrown Chapel, a place I must definitely see someday:

by architect E. Fay Jones; Photo © Timothy Hursley

 

The following images are ones that I've had as desktop images on my computer from time to time, all from National Geographic:

 "Toad River Valley, Canada" Photograph by Michael Christopher Brown

 "Rock Fort, India" Photograph by David Lazar

"Sandbars, Australia" Photograph by Paul Chesley

And finally, we'll end with one I found today and of one of my favorite sites on vacation this year:

 "Owachomo Bridge at Night, Utah" Photograph by Jim Richardson

 Here's one of my images of Owachomo (taken from the other side):

 So many places to see, so little time.

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