Lightning striking the Dacona oil fields in Colorado.  Three lightning bolts from this fast moving thunderstorm striking down next to an oil well pump jack.  9-19-2014  8:89 pm –  ISO 200- 30 sec – f8 – 75mm.  This is one of the last images of the my 27th season chasing lightning thunderstorms and may be my last.   Time will tell.  Now I can finally enjoy my nights without going crazy every time the weather kicks up.

 Colorado fine art nature landscape lightning weather photography poster prints, decorative canvas prints, acrylic prints, metal prints, corporate artwork, greeting cards and stock images by James Bo Insogna (C)   – All Rights Reserved.

A new picture but the same subject…BOKEH!  I can’t help myself.  I focused on the olive tree once again and made sure the car reflections were positioned “strategically” in the frame.  This time I tried to make an artful image of it.

Bokeh Moon

Today it is pouring rain, there is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect, the skies are dark and dreary; the air feels heavy, ominous.

Today is a day for battening down the hatches, curling up in a snug blanket while waiting for the storm to pass.

I feel like this is my life as of late, always waiting for the storm to pass. During these storms, these daily battles I use painting as my comforting blanket, my solace.

Here is an owl painting that was constructed while I worried endlessly about my life; it brought me calm and chipped away at my feelings of helplessness. I painted this owl on a highly textured background; I fought the paint against the bumpy road of the surface, like I am fighting against the bumpy road of my current state of affairs.

Today it is pouring rain, it is dark and dreary, thankfully, tomorrow’s…

What would you like to become? I think about this most every day. I feel as though I am in a fairly constant state of being and transforming. I am always looking for the next new idea or experience. Not content to be still for very long I love being aware. It makes me feel alive and engaged. At times I am still and I contemplate what it all means and then I am off again. My artwork today is a representation of my latest leg on my journey. An extreme indication of a creative mind. I am compelled to visually extract my lessons into a physical realm and here they sit waiting for an unsuspecting viewer to wander by 🙂

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Abstract This brand new, haven’t put it in anything…how do you like it…I would love to hear from you…thank you Sherri

Out from the archives is an image I took at the Oakland Aviation Museum some time ago.  The original was in color, but for today’s MMC, I decided to put an artistic B&Wish twist on it.  Hopefully I’ll be back behind the camera lens soon!

Please check out Leanne Cole’s blog later for the entire gallery.

Oakland Aviation Museum