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21.9.12





"Grace"

Photographs by Robert Manz

A show of large format -- 24x36 -- prints on the subject of light as a medium of spiritual connection.
At the Cataumet Arts Center, October 6-27, opening reception Saturday, October 6, 4pm - 6pm.







9.7.12

god is gracious







for J
Skaket Beach
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ps.  one year ago today, they stopped my heart, and made me whole.
thank you.








22.6.12

for mary colt



Mary Colt left us on June 20, the day before I made
this picture.  Mary was a great person and artist, always encouraging
others, and always a great correspondent.  She once told me
that I would find some special place to do my art and make a special
spiritual connection.  I don't know if I will ever find just one, but this
place is one of them, Nauset Light Beach, with towering views over
the ocean from the top of the sand cliffs.

Yesterday I was there with a friend to see the second sunrise of the
summer.  This is one of the pictures I made there.  In some way we were
keeping our own vigil for Mary, and I offer this to celebrate her life and passing.

~ Robert





nauset light beach
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16.5.12

in the studio



With apologies for the quality of this picture -- from my cellphone -- I put this up here to
say something about what I'm doing in my studio.... I like the way that Antonio Machado does this .....
I have recently started to take a really hard look at an abstract minimalist style, both in the image and
in the presentation.  This sunrise I saw last Sunday is now a 20x26 inch pigment ink print, mounted flush
against a piece of non glare glass, held in a thin maple frame by a wooden strainer secured by
screws.  On the left is a varnished print done about seven or eight years ago... it is these
frames that I am reusing.  On the right is a classic florentine gold frame, which I love to 
use for portraits and landscapes.

But it is the style in the middle that excites me right now.  I see the possibility of putting big
blocks of color and emotion on the wall in a pure form.  Probably, eighty years late, I am 
thinking of being an abstract expressionist.

Anyway, here it is.  I hope you like it.










13.5.12

ocean sunrise - thanks





when a friend helps you through a crisis
shows care, sensitivity, tact
there's only one thing to do.....
give thanks
and rejoice in their friendship










nauset light beach
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sunrise







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