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Center Disctrict Schoolhouse, Bethany CT
Center District School 44 Peck Rd., Bethany CT This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”). If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as I did my research. At time of writing this book was available on AMAZON. Cheryl and I headed over to Bethany for the purposes of adding to our collection of “one room schoolhouses” in CT. This school is located on the grounds of the Bethany Community School. It occupies a small island…
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Swirling Abstract
I was simply trying to create art using a 12″ long kitchen whisk in which the steel was coated with red rubber. To me this has kind of an outer space look but the beauty of abstract art is that it takes on whatever meaning you interpret it as. I set up the shot in my studio in a pitch dark room using a black background. The whisk was illuminated with an on camera flash then the red swirls were light painted by hand with a small torch and a red slip on filter over the end. Jason D. Page is, sort of, the Godfather of Light Painting. His work…
