PATTERNS AND TONES

Five years ago on February 4th I started my weekly blog Patterns and Tones because I was stuck. I needed a self imposed deadline that would drive me to create work, as a way to push myself to perpetually create. It's been an inspirating platform for me to explore ideas and create visual narratives that I want to share with others. This year I thought I would explore my passion for painting but quickly realized that it takes large swaths of time and that is one luxury I do not have much of these days. I also missed shooting and thinking about the photographic processes.  So back to the darkroom I go and hope you continue to visit and enjoy my weekly blog. Every anniversary I like to look back at the top 10 most visited posts in the Patterns and Tones departments.  I'm very happy to see that the Tone of the year went to punk rock legend and all around great guy Frank Portman in " A Rock 'n' Roll Checkup with Dr. Frank ". This blog post saw more than 1...

"Everybodies Girl - Blag Dahlia No. 1" 2017 Continuing to dig through my archives from 1995, I unearthed this image I shot of the one and only Blag Dahlia, the lead singer extrordinaire for the seminal San Francisco punk rock band The Dwarves ! I think the original black and white image lends itself nicely to my new technique of color and text overlay. I was shooting for Sunny (Andersen) Chanel's magazine Girlyhead at the time. This image  was part of story we did to illustrate an article on french kissing featuring Blag and Tina "Boom-Boom" Lucchassi . Needless to say the whole experience was filled with fun and tongues! I recently got in touch with Blag for a brief interview. It was great to once again experience his quick wit and sarcasm. That's why he's " Everybodies Girl ", Julie Green May 20, 2017 Julie Green:  I remember seeing you for the first time in a red smoking jacket at the Mabuhay Gardens in the mid-8T's...