My next stop is in Louisville, KY for the St. James Court Art show…. I catch a flight this afternoon. I’ll be travelling like a mule again; I have lots of artwork I need to bring. My dilemna is whether to bring my Hasselblad camera so I can shoot the city at night, or to bring extra art. […]

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Another brief break between shows…
In San Diego I stayed with an old friend, Nancy and her family. Her younger sister Ingrid Bouchard is my oldest friend. We met in Kindergarten and became close friends at age 10, remaining close friends ever since. She lives in Montreal, where she’s happily married with kids. In our teens and […]

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Wow, what a fantastic show in Portland… Art in the Pearl! Its a great city with great people…
And wow… I didn’t get a single alley shot. Saturday night I was fired up - ready to dive into Portland’s darker, grittier corners looking for diamonds in the rough. I drove and walked around with Pam for 4 […]

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I’m back in my second home: the airport. McCain has seven homes, I have two… The one where I have a fridge, and the one where I sit and wait.  I have 6 or 7 or 8 shows left, so I’m starting to see the light and what a glorious light!
I’m off to Chicago for […]

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I went to Lake Del Valle with Pam on Saturday… there’s nothing like lake swimming.
The area was not what I’m accustomed to in the East. Grass here grows naturally in the winter, for 2 months, then dries to a crisp for the rest of the year. This huge man-made lake (its actually a reservoir that provides water […]

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I’m at O’Hare in Chicago, flying back home to California. My friend Jason has very generously let me leave my van in his garage for 2 weeks until I return for the Port Clinton show.
The flight I’m on is packed… this is now the norm. I’ve asked for special permission to travel with the baggage. […]

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A small storm accompanied me on part of my trip to Chicago last night.
On my way to Ann Arbor from Minneapolis a few days ago, a massive storm gathered on the horizon as I drove down I-94. Lightning strikes were occurring more than once per second - I don’t think I’d ever seen that before. The sky […]

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I’m in Ann Arbor, MI (a little dazed and confused) for a few days before heading for Chicago for the Gold Coast show. Despite the slowing economy, my shows continue going strong and I’m eternally grateful!
In the Twin Cities this weekend, I went out shooting two nights in St. Paul, and I’m thrilled with the shots. I […]

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I got a chance to do a little daytime exploring of the twin cities yesterday (I’ve never seen so many lakes). I was here last year on a cross country road trip with my friend Alan from Toronto, and I got a shot in a downtown alley at night. It was a Friday night and […]

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I arrived home last night after my 12-hr drive from Seattle, and had a sweet 10-hr sleep … aaaahhhhh!!!
Then I woke up just in time for another day of madness - scrambling to get an impossible number of critical things done in one day. Now, 9:15pm, I have to go to the airport for the red-eye to Detroit. […]

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