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Michael took to ceramics in the late 1950's becoming a ceramic sculptor and teacher in Cornwall, England and Venice, California. In 1972, he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and became a documentary filmmaker, producing with his cinema photographer partner, Jack Parsons, the award winning "Rio Grande" and the 'Lifeways' series. "Land and Cattle", an award winning book, also resulted from this partnership. He has contributed drawings, paintings and text to a variety of publications. After moving to the Texas hill country in the early 1980's, he began to paint. Later, he spent a brief period in Mexico and then moved to Port Aransas, Texas. currently, with no fixed abode, he continues to paint and write. His novel, 'Master of the Stars' is in final editing and a short detective story 'Corpus' will be available shortly.
update; "Corpus" has been published along with my short story, "R.I.P. Also, "The A to Z book of Birds, an abc for young bird lovers" water colors of the birds together with informative text. working on several other books, fiction and un-fiction. "The A to Z book of Weeds and other Useful Plants." should be next.
A series of masks associated with the Mexican culture
#6 in the series of Mexican masks
#9 in the series of Mexican masks
#18 in the series of Mexican masks
Displayed by the side of the road, in the sometimes massive indoor markets or outside simple village stores, Mexican Produce is unlike its counterpart found in the USA. Aside from the fact that there are exotic fruits and vegetables not found in the states, the manner of display and the character of produce is unique to the region.
Markers, commemorating the dead, placed by the side of the road where the event took place have captured my notice for many years. Originally it was in Mexico that I saw them. They have appeared increasingly throughout the Southwest and eventually I began to photograph them in Texas. Most take the form of a simple cross but some are elaborate memorials.
“Carts and Door”
“Calle Hermanos Dominguez”
“La Sirena”
“Laughing Calavera”
“Tigre and Jaguar Warriors”
“Negrito y Flor de Limon”
“Pitahaya”
“Berenjena”
“Cebollas, Tunas y Tomates”
“Star Fruit”
“Rogelio USA”
“Ricky's Easter”
“Reflection”
