"Eyes"

A few pictures from the "Eyes" assignment. Click on any one of the pictures to see them in full size.

Eye with dove by Karen McMahon	Hmmm by Ian Peters	Owl by Dawn Dingee
Trike by Dawn Dingee	Ivy's eyes by Gail Goldberg	Lense eyes daisy by Karen McMahon
Eyes #4 by Ian Peters	Bear by Dawn Dingee	Animated eyes by Karen McMahon
Gull on the nest by Ian Peters	The Stare by Bert Schmitz	eyes #2 by Steve Balkin
eyes #1 by Steve Balkin	Olho by Pat Vanicky	Goth beauty By Madelon Grobman
Hockey by Brian Wilcox	Eyes #3 by Ian Peters	eyes #5 by Ian Peters
Little girl on internet bt Madelon Grobman	Eye see a dandelion by Karen McMahon	Body art by Ian Peters
Eyes reflected by Karen McMahon	Deer eyes by Bert Schmitz	Butterfly by Karen McMahon
eyes by Ian Peters	Bee up close by Karen McMahon	Mask by Lazlo Gyorsok
I spy with my little eye by Ian Peters	eyes by Steve Goldberg	eyes #2 by Ian Peters
Tonia by Lazlo Gyorsok	eyes #3 by Steve Balkin	This is fun by Ian Peters
Eye of the forest by Karen McMahon	Painting of bird eyes by Jane Rossman	Pied Kinfisher's eyes by Ian Peters
Katrina by Lazlo Gyorsok	Sad sesl eyes by Jane Rossman	Girl with butterfly nose by Karen McMahon

A visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston by Pamela Peeters

R remember that blizzard at the tippy end of January? Well, I happened to be in Boston at that time and it was the perfect moment for taking some dramatic pictures of a wild winter storm. The day before the chaos, all was calm and I choose to spend half a day at the Museum of Fine Arts. What a great decision that was! I started in the Egyptian section and stopped in my tracks frequently as the modernity of some of the pieces were not to be ignored. While I was snapping a picture here and there, I noticed some humor too. If you look closely at the first image, you can see two very tall men and a woman as well as a boy and a girl on a much smaller scale holding on to a leg. The boy is putting a finger to his lips and to me it seemed as if he wasn’t so sure if being in that position was a good place to be. What was he even doing there? I am not sure if I’ll ever have that question answered.



While walking through the museum maze in an organic manner I discovered more humor, compliments of the Belgian artist Michaela Wautier, a “forgotten” female painter from the 17th century, who only recently entered the limelight and this some 400 years after her birth. In her series “the five senses,” one will notice unusual expressions and compositions that I highly recommend exploring for yourself. I decided not to take pictures as sometimes the discovery of something new, that “first time” moment, is THE picture you need to take with your mind, and hold as a memory that will last a lifetime. I will never forget that Boston blizzard moment, a never-ending flow of wild snow that shifted into a very calm sunrise with the perfect orange on the horizon and a repeat of that same color in the tunnel right across of our hotel room window. This is one of the photographs I submitted for the last competition and I will have to wait and see if that picture conveyed the magic I witnessed a couple of weeks ago.



In April, I will go back to Boston and will return to the Fine Arts Museum. If you have a favorite art piece you’d like to have an image of, I can gladly snap a picture for you,. Sometimes you do need to rely on a photographer to create lasting memories!

Pamela Peeters

Walking around Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford by Lazlo Gyorsok

On President's Day I had a chance to spend two hours to walk around the Hartford Riverfront . The area has gone after a complete re-rejuvenation since the 1980's at it looks absolutely amazing now. I have been there quite a few occasions previously, but this time it was very different. Not sure if it was because of the President's day holiday or due to covid restrictions, the whole area was completely abandoned. I do not think I saw more a dozen people during my two hours walk. It felt very eerie like I was in a dystopian movie . So here are a few pictures from my trip.

Connecticut Science Center. No one in sight

Walkway bridge supporting braces

Reaching up to the sky

The Lone Warrior.

Masked marchers.Science Center.

Travelers building