Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
Comments (25)
wysiwig
Magical stuff. Really beautiful. Thanks for the link. Next time you are in the area visit the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. They give live glass blowing exhibitions and display some of the works in the galleries. http://museumofglass.org/
blondeblurr
What wouldn't I give (?) to see any of his exhibitions in real life - anywhere in the world ... ahhhh! I am one of Dale Chihuly's greatest fans (probably debatable? ;)) his creations just leave me forever spellbound ... you are so lucky Lucinda, to experience all that beauty and what an amazing present for your Sister Gail, it's like a 'Water Symphony' ! Warm Birthday wishes from halfway around the world to her and good health - and take a deep breath and try to blow out those gorgeous red birthday candles ;P BB PS thank you for the lovely letter with all the news, will respond asap.
durleybeachbum
I vie with Brigitte as a fan of this work! A wonderful birthday gift.
jayfar
A superb birthday card and dedi Lucinda.
jendellas
Beautiful, amazing colour, haven't heard of this before but looks wonderful. xx
alanwilliams
what a magical shot
magnus073
Wow Lucinda, I absolutely love this warm and colorful birthday dedication for you're sister Gail. I've never had the pleasure of visiting this magical place, and can't wait to see the video you linked to.
clbsmiley
Absolutely Chihuly!!! Love it! Hope all is well.
Faemike55
Very beautiful work Great dedication to your sister Happy birthday Gail.
mickeyrony
It look fantastic for your sister Gail.... Happy Birthday ....my Beautiful all you have in your mind ((5++))
Rob2753
Very beautiful and what a lovely birthday dedi :)
helanker
Such a stunning dedi for your sister :-) Happy Birthday to her :)
flavia49
beautiful
drifterlee
This is gorgeous!!!!!
Cyve
Marvelous creation somposition !!!
mgtcs
Such a marvelous colors Lucinda, amazing composition, lovely Gift!
auntietk
Happy Birthday to Gail! :) Getting someone a Chihuly is quite a financial undertaking, and here you've given her a whole garden! :) I love the reflections on the floor. Fabulous!
bmac62
One gorgeous photo! Such striking color and clarity. I know the subject helps but you've really captured this like a pro.
jocko500
wow I saw this artist on TV doing some of his work. it much more that I thought. I love this work
anianiani
Lovely gift and a beautiful Art.
dochtersions
This is an amazing beautiful birthday card, dear friend! I'm too late for a Birthday wish for your sister, but not to late to see this fantastic card, and the amazing video. Thank you for sharing, Lucinda. (Now that concerns me a bell. Hope this is good English. ;-))
emmecielle
Fantastic image and dedi! :)
KatesFriend
That is very gorgeous Lucinda. I've always loved how light plays with coloured glass. There is something etherial about this display. It's more than just a collection of glass pieces. They reinforce each other as if the total is greater than a simple sum of parts or colours for that matter. Or perhaps both sides of the same coin seen together like fire and water.
anahata.c
Like Bill said, "I know the subject helps but you've really captured this like a pro." Yes. It's not hard to get basic glitter and sweep in any photo of chihuly; but it's truly hard to capture a whole symphony, harmonious and with its power. Your lights are crystalline-clear, they stand out beautifully against that rich black; the pov allows a slight angle, so everything is on display to us, as we look backwards (a little lower, and much of the center would have 'compressed' to our eyes). The saturated hues don't vie with each other---this can always be a problem in photographing both saturated and sheen-laden hues; here there is no vying, rather a harmonious symphony. And you gave a generous amount of black, on top, to give the context of a garden of lights emerging out of deep dark. It's splendid, Lucinda. I mean, yes, the art itself is by someone else's; but you've presented it so splendidly, in shot after shot, that it's just splendid photography. A beautiful dedi to your sister---happy birthday Gail! Hope you can find room for this on your bureau! A beautiful piece for your sister. And of course, more splendid chihuly capture...(I'll check out the video soon---I took down the URL, some days back, but never saw it. I saw a full length film on chihuly once, and I'd love to see more.) (Lucinda, my fav's have been ornery, mean-spirited, and coquettish for some time, so for a while I'm leaving them be. ((They won't show up in my gallery.)) So just know, your whole gallery is a fav, and I adore your work: So keep that in mind if you find no fav's this time around. I'm not faving anyone this time around, so it's not personal!)
danapommet
A beautiful capture - the Saint Petersburg, Florida exhibit was much smaller!