395 Continues

It is getting towards December. I am spending my time writing my thesis paper and sorting through the images of 395 for my final presentation. There are a lot of details in the final months of a MFA degree.

For your viewing pleasure, more of the people I met along US Highway 395.

Thanks again for coming by and reading. You can see more at my website.

Vault, An Art Space

Porch,"where shelter and nature converge." a retail store in Carpenteria California was originally a bank. It came with the vault. The women who own and run Porch made the great decision to use the vault as a small gallery. This month, my work is being featured in this space. Come see the show and take a look at all the wonderful things these women have found to make your life more enjoyable.

The Artist's reception is Friday, September 25, 2009 from 5:00-7:00pm. I hope to see you there. To see more of my work http:eliotcrowley.com.

Santa Barbara Magazine

Recently, Santa Barbara Magazine did a feature article about me and my work. I was interviewed by Starshine Roshell a wonderful local writer who has a fun viewpoint in her weekly colums for the Santa Barbara Independent.

I like to call these images my cactus work. They were all made using a Holga Camera, an inexpensive plastic lens, and heart... no thinking involved.

I am honored to have Santa Barbara Magazine publish my work and give me such a showcase.



The work included in the magazine is some I have written about before on this blog. The entry is called Series.


For the next month or so more of this work is hanging in a gallery called Porch in Carpinteria California.

Folio Hunt

If you missed it here's a link to an interview I did with Scott Anderson from Folio Hunt.

395 so far

Well, it has been some time since I last posted to this blog. I'm happy to say I have been very busy. Some of what I have been writing has been for the APA (Advertising Photographers of America). If you're interested, you can read it here
http://searchapa.us/wordpress/wordpress/?tag=eliot-crowley

Also, since I passed my Midpoint review I have been working on my Master's of Fine Arts Thesis. It is called Highway 395 Revisited. My projected graduation date is December 2009.

What I am actually doing is meeting strangers along US Highway 395, setting up lights and making a portrait right there on the spot.

It is a pretty exciting project and keeps me thinking, learning, and challenging my creative spirit.

Here are some of them so far.