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Home Towns

02.07.2020 by Peter J. Crowley // 7 Comments

Coventry arriving in 1954

Willimantic was the big City maybe cause I was 0-4 in Worcester so Willi assumed the role. Perhaps the first car expanded my world. 

Happy nails spent many a day there of course in it’s prior life as Willimantic Camera and video. 

The Brick School House in Coventry 1825, no I did not attend school there. I went to the Center School on Main Street that later burned down. 

Coventry New England country life. Waiting for spring after coffee at Bruce’s we took a  short ride finding before I found an image.  March but the last time by the pond was still iced over. Now just barely visible are the red tree and bush buds. Here in Olympia I have flowers blossoming  in my garden.

Not a home of mine, it is at Carl’s in Manchester. I lived in a couple places in Manchester oh the tales form 1969, ’70 another post. For now just a place were I was always at home Carl’s.

peace pjc

 

Categories // A Life in Photographic Art, Artist Portrait, B+W Fine Art, Color Fine Art, Coventry Ct., Film, Uncategorized Tags // B+W Fine Art Photography, Color Fine Art photography, Reflections

Willimantic Norwich Mill Towns. From ’94-’14

01.09.2020 by Peter J. Crowley // 2 Comments

Just a few from a past life I have visited in the last couple weeks. TriX 

Perhaps my most loved image from Willi Three Doors, all open many roads before me adventures unfolding.  Whidbey  Island  Wa. Teach  Photographic Philosophy. ArtSpace Norwich  2001  a studio  a new  mill town  to wander and create. An Art community gallery shows many friends. A theater across the street, an award. Writing a column on Nikonians about seeing, using your camera not being used by your camera manual images made in your mind understanding of creative process.  

The Balloon Festival an antique auto show. I see graphic studies of light be it an old car or a nude. “All anyone ever photographs is light the subject merely a vehicle to transform the light into emotion.” A mantra that I live by today. In the mid nineties as AI had griped the film camera industry Auto Everything. Still through my column, speaking to Photo Clubs tutoring Studio workshops in Norwich many embraced the idea of thinking. 
Arnold cutting stone from “a lazy sculptor’s work.” There was never enough time to be sipping tea or working on a documentation. He gave me this piece created from my photo. “I’d rather work from Peter’s Photographs then a a live model.” He told Claudia laughing as only Arnold could. ” The models always talk too much and have to go pee” His images allow me to see the front, back, sides at the same time.” Trips to the Port of Galilee he would sketch, I’d make color photos his easel “you are much easier and fun then lugging all the paints. At home he would use my photos and his sketches to paint from. 

 

peace pjc

Categories // A Life in Photographic Art, Artist Portrait, B+W Portrait, Humanity, Norwich Ct, Uncategorized, Willimantic Tags // B+W Fine Art Photography, Humanity, Simplicity

Media Week here at Casa De PJC

03.27.2019 by Peter J. Crowley // 1 Comment

“Art takes time, time is money, money scarce and that ain’t funny!”

Ray Davies and me

Sunday March 17th barely into my second cup of coffee  I was the guest of Cristina Querrer for her yourartsygirl podcast

Cristina is a multi discipline verbal and visual artist I met at ArtSpace Norwich Ct. She adds some history to me and the process to becoming a Photographic Artist. During the interview a window kept opening telling me my connection was unstable I thought so what me to,  perhaps why I sound…. Listen and decide how I sound.

Early spring temps soar to the 60’s on Saint Patrick’s Day to the eighties as the week progressed. I strolled around 1. 25 miles round the neighborhood. A very long walk for me these days.  

March 17,2019

So now I’m ready for my for my close up. Wednesday March 20th I appeared in a video for Homes First  my excellent landlord. The video was created by Media Marketing Solutions my apartment became a set. “Real Artists of Western Washington” A great biographical sketch of me and how I ended up here in Olympia and how much I like where I live. Brandon and his crew created a real, relaxed atmosphere. I’m looking forward to the finished video. Premiering soon Black Tie I’m sure, really it will be on Homes First site in a bit. 

On the 20th it was a bad breathing day, as they set up I was making sauce is short bursts 5 minutes to sit down repeat. Stress is apparently quite a trigger for COPD. Stress not related to the video  but sitting in my chair lights camera action I’m on. Those of you who know me and have been experienced [been subjected] to my story telling know we ran long. I look forward to seeing the finished project.  If it isn’t raining I walk daily, not far on the 20th enough to see and create around the property where my apt. is located.   

Patty’s garden is inspirational a painting of the Earth by Patty and the Earth.

Color and light a four season exhibit a few paces down the walk. A friend who sees. 

Around by the garage by the back walk new life springs from old. This stump now a host for other new life.

A bit of slightly over saturated leaves in our sidewalk garden. They will be this rich in a month I couldn’t wait. Then there is the age old photographers problem. If there is bird shit on a leaf do you leave it or clean it and now with all the tech do you use a tissue with a bit of spit or photoshop?

peace pjc 

 

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