December 24, 2022
December 1, 2022
October 28, 2022
October 22, 2022
Foreshadow
There is a place of quiet and beauty by a river where it meets the sea. At this place a town was born and in this town a church was built. Times changed, the outlook dimmed, and all was left abandoned. Ruins of a church are all that remain where faith, hope and dreams once were found.
daylight dims
where sun should prevail . . .
curtain of rain
daylight dims
where sun should prevail . . .
curtain of rain
October 15, 2022
October 9, 2022
Conversation
conversation
lost in the crowd . . .
mockingbird song
The haiku received an Honorable Mention in The Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, 2021. The artist's book will be exhibited in the 2022 North Carolina Artists Juried Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 9 - 23, 2022.
September 15, 2022
August 5, 2022
July 18, 2022
Desire for Flight
notes before me
waiting for inspiration
desire for flight
waiting for inspiration
desire for flight
Desire for Flight, artist's book with haiga by Dan Hardison
Exhibited in the National Juried Paper Art Exhibition
Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, Virginia
July 6 - August 20, 2022
Exhibited in the National Juried Paper Art Exhibition
Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, Virginia
July 6 - August 20, 2022
June 19, 2022
May 3, 2022
May 2, 2022
In the Night
Gathered as a family watching television, a passing siren fills the air. More sirens follow and they stop down the street. A phone call confirms - the Institute is on fire. A school building over a hundred and twenty years old, it has been some twenty-five years since students graced its halls. Even in its sad state of neglect, it is majestic with stonewalls and castle like towers and turrets.
tattered leaves
covering the ground . . .
faded dreams
We walk the two blocks and watch from the sidewalk. The massive walls engulfed in flames crash to the ground in a spray of sparks. Nothing can be saved. It is just a decaying old building lost to time and flames, but for a six-year old, it will remain forever.
for a moment
the world stands still . . .
daydream
tattered leaves
covering the ground . . .
faded dreams
We walk the two blocks and watch from the sidewalk. The massive walls engulfed in flames crash to the ground in a spray of sparks. Nothing can be saved. It is just a decaying old building lost to time and flames, but for a six-year old, it will remain forever.
for a moment
the world stands still . . .
daydream
Top photo: Columbia Institute postcard (unused 1930-1945)
Bottom photo: 1959 Aerial photo after the fire at the Columbia Institute
More about the Columbia Institute
Bottom photo: 1959 Aerial photo after the fire at the Columbia Institute
More about the Columbia Institute
April 25, 2022
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