Russian Olive Trees- End of Times #2

More Russian Olive Trees

These trees are wind break trees along the exit ramp by my house.  My guess is that they do not receive very much love or attention.  Surprisingly, these trees are the most fruitful of my Russian Olive subjects.

Russian Olive Diptych - The End of Times #1

Russian Olive Trees

Artwork on Sale at Corazon Art and Gift - DT Mpls

See photographs by Michael McGraw at Corazon Art and Gift

Washington Ave at 10th Ave S, Dt Mpls, MN

612-333-1662

(Free parking behind the building)

Various Framed Prints, Various Sizes, Various Prices

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Small Glass Frames, Christmas Cards, 11x14 Inch Prints

North St. Paul Snowman Display

I'm excited to be collaborating with Corazon through the Christmas season. I am selling a selection of winter-themed photographs and cards, as well as photos from my Illness and Healing series which are photographs of small bits of nature in a state of transition to represent both the fragile and resilient aspects of health and healing.

Corazon sells work from many local artists including Megan Moore, Amy Rice, and many others. Lots of jewelry, books, and the sort of gifty things you'd expect at a boutique.

Also, it is a dog-friendly store (Link has sound).

Darkness - Cemetery Shrubs

Cemetery Shrubs

Art Attack Studio Tour - NE Mpls, MN

You Muuuuuust Stop By!

For artists like myself who are not yet represented by the big galleries or have work in museums, Art Attack is a big deal. The Northrup King Building in NE Mpls opens all of the artist studios for a celebration of locally made art. Some come by just to look. Others, hopefully you, are open to making a purchase or two of original art work.

This year I am selling Christmas cards, small prints, BIG prints, and enormous framed photographs. I also am having a drawing for one of my nicely framed Ice photos.

The event runs all weekend. All the details are linked here.

Crab Apple #32 (Nov 1)

Crab Apple #32

Suspended in Goo

This photo feels very dream-like, very codeine dream-like.  All of the blurry berries are floating in an ooze.  Now that the leaves are off the trees--Nothing but Berries!

Crab Apple #39 (Nov 1)

Crab Apple #39

Oak Tree #17 (Oct 6)

My first shot of an Oak this fall. I like the blurry yellow Maple in the background and the blue sky.

It took my Maple about 5 hours to drop all of its leaves. 

Morning...fine.  Evening...naked.

Humbug Holiday Card Sale

Holiday Cards

I have three style of Holiday Cards for sale this year:

Humbug / Season's Greetings--This photo is of a former neighbor's house who wrote Humbug in Christmas lights on the railing over his porch.  A lovely card for those with a slightly cynical view of the holiday season.

The North St. Paul Snowman--As a 30 foot concrete snowman along Hwy 36 in N St Paul, this image is of a familiar landmark that cannot help but make you smile, though I have met some people who are creeped out by it.  I bet those people are afraid of clowns as well.

Snoboy--This image is of the former Snoboy Fruit Company sign, now the site of the Mpls police station.

I am now accepting card orders for any and all of these cards.

Individual cards are $4 a piece.

Packs of 5 are $18.

Ask me about additional discounts for large orders.

I expect that these will sell quickly so let me know soon how many cards you need.  Paypal accepted.

Fall Crab Apple...again #5 (Oct 6)

Fall Crab Apple #5 (Oct 6)

I feel anxious that fall is going to end soon and with it will end this year's project documenting leaves, branches, berries, and olives.  I'm going to miss it.

I have no project lined up yet for the long winter.  It might be still-life, it might be of my cats.

The picture on the left is complex, beautiful, and has no meaning unless you choose to give it one. Today I choose for it to mean that it it a representation of how lucky I was to notice this tree, on this particular day. 

Late October...and it snowed today

Maple and Maple Tree

It snowed a bit today, and it as cold.  Remember last year in Minnesota when it snowed in the beginning of November and it stay cold until April?  G0d help us all.  Please.

A Traditional Maple Tree in Fall

Maple #23 (Oct 3)

I'm trying to avoid photographing the traditionally beautiful trees of fall.  So, I found a Maple that was past it's prime to see how things would work out.  I think this fits in well with the rest of my fall images because of how the majority of the photo looks like water.  

I love water.