A photo vist to Mineral Point

      On our last day in Wisconsin, Dean took us to Mineral Point. This is a very cute artist community/old time small town. We walked around the town, looking at all the old buildings, visiting art galleries;

      If you visit though, you may want to skip Mondays, as alot of the town was closed down. I will say the folks that were there were some of the friendliest ever. We could of spent hours and hours talking to one artist who worked in huge 3d clay murals. fascinating man. Oh, and at another gallery we met a man, (great artist himself), who was friends with Pedro E Guerrero,( they were having dinner that night, and he showed us some projects in the back Pedro was working on)! Who is Pedro E Guerrero you ask, (C'mon, someone must of asked!!). He was the official photographer for Frank Lloyd Wright, (small world HUH??) . Some of his original photography was available in the Taliesin gift shop, beautiful stuff, to the tune of $1200 to $1500 per shot. And here we were touching some work he was currently working on, COOL HUH !! I will leave you with a few more pics from this very cool, little town;

      Last post from Wisconsin, coming soon reviews from many local Vermont restaurants and a great history walk, taken right in our backyard, Downtown Burlington. Not to mention our major remodeling project. And some great, easy, Fall recipes, so stay tune.

Photo Paintings

        I recently started playing with a new software program which allows you to manipulate your digital photos. The software uses an extreme version of HDR ( High Dynamic Range Imaging and NO I do not know why it isn't called HDRI), to change your pictures into what look like paintings. I, then send the image file to a company that transfers it to canvas and the results, to me anyways, look like a nice piece of art. I'd like to make up a few of these and try selling them at local farmers markets and craft fairs. What do you think?

Before My Photo titled Lone Oak;

And after running through my software program;

One more, this one titled Lobos Ravine before;

And After

Bored yet? Last one , this one called Lighthouse, (Yeah I know , I have to work on titles, OK new title Mans' Resistance to submit to nature results in despair); Before

 And final after Image;

And here is one that I did a bit ago, hanging on the walls of my house;

      This is an old ranger station in Seattle. So what do you all think, is this a money making opportunity? I was thinking of making a few up to sell at craft shows and then offering to turn customers photos into their very own art work. Pricing for a small canvas, 13 x 13 or 12 x 16 would have to be between $60-$75 and a large poster size , (Like the ranger station) between $125-$150, reasonable? outrageous? are you CRAZY? I'd love to hear from you . Oh and if anyone wants to get my business started, send me a photo and let me know what size !!