Notebook

Notbook is an informal collection of ideas, paintings and photographs revealing the creative process of contemporary artist Chris Page.

Walking Fort River

Walking Fort River 08.04.2017

Would I have seen the formation of the leaves,
had I not first seen the clouds?

 

Cloud Be Gone

Sky Ecstasy 02.25.2017

Two hours looking west at the Fort River Conservation Area, Hadley MA  2:10–4:02 PM

 

2:12 PM

 

2:59 PM

 

3:23 PM

 

3:28 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walking Slowly Toward Dusk 02.22.2017

Part of the series from the winter of 2017 using my old 90mm Leica lens. Walk was between 4:30 and 5:30 at the Fort river Conservation Area

The Woods From Home

Morning 01.27.2017

Afternoon 01.28.2017

Snap Shot Series 01.04.2017

Instead of the usual walk, I stood on the dike of the Connecticut River in Hadley, watching the changing world of the sky. These photographs are the first of my Snapshot Series, where I will be taking average shots of the landscape and making them look as good as I can. 

Walking 12.26.2016

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Walking at Fort River Conservation Trail the day after Christmas. The clouds cam in as a solid field of gray. The rain started soon after I got through walking

Flying 12.11.2016 — 12.15.2016

December 15

December 11

Flying between the cloud layers I am in a temporary world of light and dramatic form.

Cloud Dance 07.18.2016

I am beginning to create images with creative passes in panoramic mode. The arc of the camera is like a single zen gesture. This group of images has become the basis for the show EYES TOWARD HEAVEN at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center that runs from October 28, 2016–January 8, 2017. Images from a twenty five minute period July 18, 2016 4:33–5:08 PM while walking the Fort River Trail, Hadley MA.

July 18, 2016 5:08 PM Hadley, MA

Five Ways of Sky

World of Form, Form in Emptiness, Approaching Emptiness, Emptiness as Void, Emptiness as All Things Visible. This is similar to the ox herding pictures often depicted in Zen arts.

Unfolding Performative Process 400 Million years and Counting

Unfolding Performative Process
400,000,000 years and counting

Soft Gaze Meditation Field.

Experimental work from several years ago using pastel text on a sky photograph. The upper text comes from a combination of internet research and thought awareness that arose during a walk. The bottom text is the optical technique I used for experiencing this particular sky. The blue paint is totally accidental as this was lying around the studio for several years. 

Dark & Light Stripes 04.02.2016—a Walk at Wentworth

This a second set of images from the Evening Sky Walk 04.02.2016 looking west into the sun while walking at Wentworth Conservation Area. 

 
 
 

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