Peter J. Crowley

Fine Art Photographer

Barn When I Was A Young Photographic Artist

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I grew up and lived in Coventry, Mansfield, Willington Ct. I never shot barns seeing them as touristy and functional. I look back now at the old barns and wish I had seen these barns as documents to a changing world. Now I see the texture and feel the history hear the words these old “Family Farms” speak of, lives well lived hard work yet a work of love for the family. Terry “Davo” Davis a well known New London artist who years back did a series of drawings of Historical Barns saw one of the other barns on my site. So I am getting maps from Ct. Historical barns and one day soon we will be out to seek many of the barns and do a twenty year update. enjoy pjc

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February, Cold and Lonely We Wait………….

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For lunch on the deck without mittens. The warm spring sun inspiring creativity. A few more minutes a day of light to make images of winter skies and waiting trees. Winter seems to have a more dramatic sky as it threatens the India ink trees below. enjoy pjc

Photographic Art warmer waiting

Along This Road I Travel Still.

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Early spring traveling on Rt. 87 Lebanon this day by car to the darkroom at Photosynthesis  but my mind wanders to my youth as I would ride this road on my bike with friends from Coventry we would set out to explore sometimes riding 20 – 30 miles in a day. A new pond to skip rocks across, streams and big hills to race down fearless immortal kids. Fifty years later to the Lab, ten or so years ago to The Centennial Theater for summer theater dress rehearsal in Simsbury to photograph.
Yesterday hoping for an image or two between the rain drops or on the way back to chase the Golden Hour of late light. But there was no between the raindrops or Golden Hour. There was a visit with Carl and Maarit that made the sun shine within and the conversation with Tiana sharing her youth and dreams with us three sharing stories of youth and dreams. I told her I never thought I would be photographing barns but now as I think of being a kid in Coventry playing in haylofts the circle seems obvious.                                                    enjoy pjc

Photographic Art Between Here and There