As many of you may know, my wife and I recently relocated from Pacific, Missouri right into the heart of downtown St. Louis in the Washington Ave. Loft District. It has been a big change for us, but a very welcomed one. I have always had an affinity and reverence for the architecture of St. Louis, especially downtown. Now, with this wonderful architecture literally in my backyard, I was impatiently waiting for a chance to walk downtown and capture some new photography. Last Friday when we broke 70 degrees was the day.
In the coming weeks I plan on sharing my new art work on my website and social media. For the next few weeks I will have one of my photographs, “Grand Center” on display at the Soulard Art Gallery. My return to the St. Louis art community not only sparks new opportunities to display my art work, but a new beginning in capturing more of downtown St. Louis. This new body of work begins with a photographic capture called “Breach.”
While walking by the old U.S. Post Office in downtown St. Louis, I noticed a building behind the Orpheum Theater with many balconies and a single opened door. The break in the visual pattern jumped out at me across the series of flowing parallel lines. Add to that the lines from an adjacent building, and I thought it makes for a fascinating flow of lines similar to a flow like water. I always try to create a flow of depth with texture, sometimes with pops of color.