Patrick Feller's photostream  

I'm a Texas artist in several media, as Accent on Eclectic, who has loved the camera for decades.

I've done wedding photography, family photography, travel photography, advertising photography, catalog photography, photographs documenting the construction projects, and site survey photographs. Ages ago, I developed and taught a course in underwater photography.

Now I paint murals and other decorative art, and do faux and cabinet finishes in Houston, Kingwood, Sugar Land, Bolivar Peninsula, Dallas, and beyond. I try to help bring the clients' own visions to reality, whether in art, texture or finish. I work in a variety of media and products, including Venetian plaster, various glazes and metallic products.

My photostream is a mixture of old and new photos for photo's sake and photos recording my art, projects, etc.

Some of my photography is prompted by regret over photos not taken over the years, passing a bridge or a movie theater and telling myself that I really should take a picture of it, before its gone, only to pass it some time later, and it is gone.

Some of it is prompted by a here-there thing: the windows, the bridges, the old movie theaters, the books...

Born downtown, I've lived in metropolitan Houston all my life. I get exasperated with our casual attitude toward our architectural heritage, and with some other things. I'm still enjoying exploring Houston, learning about it, finding new perspectives. For all Houston's faults, my love affair with the place continues.

I also have more than forty years of slides and negatives, the best of which I hope to find time to scan. They document my love of Texas, the Gulf Coast in particular, the sea in general, and more.