“I see something that’s not literally there”

I went to the Anselm Adams exhibit in San Francisco with my dear friend Linda. I was curious to see very old photos of the Bay Area and see what it looked like in those days and how much it has changed. I was curious how Anselm would portray the landscape that had been my home for many years now. I also learned a lot about his way of making a living with his photos and scaling up to large prints when no one else was doing it at the time. And when he describes nature as an experience of God I was hocked.

“In my mind’s eye, I see something that’s not literally there.”
Ansel Adams – via The Masters Series – Knowledge Network

Which is pretty much the way I paint, “something that is not there”.

And last but not least he fought together with the Sierra Club to preserve the environment and the landscape, which is also my passion. Unfortunately, I could see even in his times the land had already been widely logged.

Here is an article about his efforts in protecting the environment he so loved…

Plant more trees with me and OneTreePlanted…

Below is a doodle from my sketchbook…