Artist and his Work

My new updated schedule is posted which goes through the end of the year. As I write this update while in New Jersey, I�ve reached the midpoint in the show schedule for the year. In the previous six months, I�ve spent some quality time in Mendicino County photographing the northern California wine country and sea. Wonderful scenes in Sonoma Valley and along the Pacific will enter my portfolio as soon as I find the time to work on them. Oil is on my mind as I view the magnificent scenes along our seascapes in California. For the first three months of the year, I photographed along the west coast of Florida again enjoying the magnificent blues of the Gulf. My concern is the Gulf, the Keys, and the Atlantic. May we work to find the alternatives sooner than later to our energy needs. I�m sure if the wildlife could speak, they would be speaking louder than us. As I photographed one of my favorite birds, the brown pelicans, who have made a strong enviromental comeback over the last two decades, it pains me to see these seabirds coming ashore in Alabama dead and covered with oil. I spent the better part of winter at shows in Florida where I met some great new patrons as well as past patrons in the cities of Naples, St. Petersburg, Venice and Jacksonville.

I photographed the last evening launch of the Shuttle program and kicked up some wonderful sand and images along the beaches of Cocoa Beach. I�m wishing that the sands along the gulf stay pristine� though my heart weighs heavy today as I write. My summer and fall are heavily scheduled. If all goes well you�ll catch me from Chicago to Virginia Beach� Rochester, New York to Morristown, New Jersey� Manchester, Vermont to Columbus Ohio, and even my current hometown of Cincinnati over Thanksgiving weekend! Check my attached schedule and hope my vehicle keeps purring along. I�ve got some new images and many familiar images from the past to share as I wander the backroads of our special country. Stay healthy and thank you for coming out to the venues where I appear. Barry