NEW YEARS DAY
11 x 14 Print
This is the first image which stopped me enough to get out of my car in sub-zero weather. I was on the may to my studio and the color and movement of the balloons are what attracted me and then it was clear what I was looking at.
Humboldt Park, Chicago
Speed Limit 35mph
NEW YEARS DAY: Beginning to fade
11 x 14 Print
Because this is en route to and from my studio, I watched it slowly wear itself down in the winds of winter. Each day it changed and for me the ways the colors stayed alive was engaging. Like the way youth moves away.
NEW YEARS DAY: Faded
11 x 14 Print
Slowly the life left this memorial yet still the memorial candle remained lighted. I don’t know if someone came by and relighted it as the winds were very strong in this Chicago winter.