:: Pareidolia ::
Pareidolia ( /pærɨˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-doh-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse. The word comes from the Greek para- ("beside", "with", or "alongside", in this context meaning something faulty or wrong, as in paraphasia, disordered speech) and eidōlon ("image"; the diminutive of eidos – "image", "form", "shape"). Pareidolia is a type of apophenia.********There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good- will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us. --David Hume*
:: My Stone Sculpture 2010 WIP ::
Work In Progress***These are the latest stacked stone sculptures that I have made here in Turkey. Originally I got the idea to make these from visiting Cappadocia back in 1977. Years later having forgotten about the rock formations there I started to make these. Upon a return visit a few years ago I realized where the original inspiration came from.These sculptures are from around Bodrum and Bitez. In most cases they only last a day. They are incredibly fragile so even a heavy wind can knock them down. They are built with the idea that wounds and hurt feelings can be diminished by making these. In ancient times this was the norm for the passage of travellers around Greece and In Turkey. Piled stones have always been a way of marking special places or grave sites. I hope you enjoy my humble stacked stone sculptures. In some cases I wish the weather was better but when the mood calls and the stones reach out to me, I must build them. I have been doing this since I was a boy in Maine. Different rocks produce different kinds of sculpture and in the end you have to work with what is immediately around you. Many times they have fallen before i could even complete them.
:: Doorway to a Stone Mason's Dream ::
Details and Views of Stone Houses from Southern Turkey
:: Pamukkale at Night. ::
:: The Temple of Aphaia, Aegina Greece ::
This is the one of the first feminist temples in the world.
:: Sea Shell Details ::
These are sea shell details form the Bodrum area of Turkey.
:: Denizens on the Wall* Montreal Graffiti ::
Montreal has a prolific group of avant guard Grafitti artist. MOST OF THESE IMAGES ARE NOW GONE. With a hot spot in Mile End for their creations. Always changing, many of these have disappeared soon after I photographed them with new works of Art. What makes this body of work so interesting is that it is unlike anything that was produced in Montreal over the last 25 years that I remember.
:: Neo Crete Sculptures 2000AD ::
I started making balanced stacked stone sculptures nine years ago on Crete. These are the firsts ones that I made. They are not very good but at the end of this Crete Collection I have put a few that I have done just now in February 2012.
:: My Abstract Expressionist Photography ::
These are photographs of the moldy lichen covered walls and rocks inside an ancient church in Bitez ,Turkey. I photographed this last year but forgot where I down-loaded the images to and returned again this year and made new ones. I have accentuated the tonality here by extending the images saturation. I found the resulting photographs to be like Paintings done in Abstract Expressionism manner. I have started with a photograph of the church I did two years ago and followed up with one I did this year. I found this Church by walking the dry stream beds north from the coast. To my surprise and delight there are some rare Byzantine dolphin mosaics on the floor. If i had not been just out there wandering I would never have found this place because it is not in any tourist book or map. After traveling around the world a few times this is the best find I ever made. See the Dolphin Mosaics here at my other gallery.
