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I have a deep respect and love for the natural world. I grew up near woodlands in central Missouri and loved nothing more than playing in the streams and walking through the forests -- nothing much has changed! Except now I bring along digital photographic equipment and maybe a sketchbook.

Subjects: the natural world, wild things, anything that catches my eye
Medium: Photography mostly but when I have time, painting (Casein, Watercolor, Acrylic), printmaking
Inspiration: Water, Zen & Taoist ideals, Light/Color interplay, Nature's cycles, etc.
Influenced By: John Shaw, Magritte, Ansel Adams, Turner, Thomas Hart Benton, Seung Lee, Hokusai & Hiroshige, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City MO, Charles Schultz, Theodore Seuss, Edgar A Poe, the tarantula that lives in my garden, many more...

I consider Flickr a playground where I can try out different things, be a bit playful, and not have to worry about serious stuff. ...and Oxherder, Oxherding...? Its an old Taoist/Zen parable about finding yourself and that is definitely not serious!

Take care,
DJS

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