Homage to E.A. Autrey's People Photography

Remembering the late, great E.A. Autrey (my father).  While updating my list of photographers I like on Pinterest - some examples here: https://www.pinterest.com/lucyawilson/people-photography/,  I realized some of the old pictures my father took of his children fit in quite well.  Here is the quintessential sullen teenager in 1965 - capturing the true essence of that episode of youth I don't miss at all.  I doctored up the picture somewhat, especially above where I added some original art to the background.

Swimming with Sharks

What you can't see very well can't hurt you - or can it?

Fort Bragg Beach

The beach in MacKerricher State Park in Fort Bragg in the merry month of May.

Albion Art

Four disparate new 7x10 pen & ink and watercolor paintings done in Albion, CA.  I was inspired to name the two "flowers in vases" paintings after socializing with friends.  The Snow Leopard painting was an attempt to incorporate text with a picture of a vanishing snow leopard, which had been featured on the cover of a magazine found in the house.  I did wonder who had worn the kid's antique cowboy boots when they were new, years ago.

Top to Bottom
1.  Three Old Friends (rose hips in vases)
2.  Dinner Party (flowers in vase)
3.  Snow Leopard FOCUS
4.  Kid's Cowboy Boots

Yellow Crowned Night Heron Animation

Magical Trees in Mendocino

Variations on a Bear Theme

Digital bears (from a pen & ink & watercolor original) on the left; Quilted bears on the right.  The polka dotted bear is my latest - created for a new creature quilt.  Can't get enough of this bear!

Spring has Sprung in Mendocino

This and 76 other new photos now up and available in my Shutterstock portfolio here:  https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Lucy+Autrey+Wilson

Beautiful Mt. Diablo in Vibrant Color

And a lot more photos from a recent outing now up @Shutterstock
photos https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Lucy+Autrey+Wilson

The Road to the Beach

Another beautiful day at Pt. Reyes National Seashore.  More photos in my Shutterstock portfolio here:  https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Lucy+Autrey+Wilson

Hard Working Woodpecker

I did a double take when I noticed how many acorns this industrious woodpecker and his pal had drilled into this neighborhood utility pole.

Blue Song Bird

Oil + Digital photo experimentation.

Mad Crow on a Tin Roof

In the Neighborhood

Watching Crow Flying Up in the Clouds

Photo collage, recent addition to Shutterstock Portfolio at https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Lucy+Autrey+Wilson

Reaching for the Stars

I photographed a child's hand print embedded in concrete on a sidewalk in town, and I wanted to do something with it.  This is what happened.  The pink stars, with raindrops, are from an antique tile embedded in a wall at Robson Harrington gardens.

Crow Contemplating His Next Move

Photo collage

The Past Becomes Present

1967 photo taken by the late, great E.A. Autrey in Santa Barbara, merges with a recent photo of a brick wall in San Anselmo's Robson Harrington House garden.  Nothing ever really dies, it is all just recycled.

Rose Hips Variation #3

Wet, winter rose hips in the rain

Winter Tree Reflected in Raindrop

Photo shot in the rain at Robson Harrington Park Gardens