A luminous figure appears — just in time for Valentine’s day! — and she reads a short, sweet poem to you as you watch her disappear
Mike ChambersOctober 31, 2021
Cara is Italian for beloved. What do you say to your beloved when you see her pausing in the doorway, her cup poised just above the saucer midway to her lips, barefoot, and enchanting? Do you say, "Hey!" Or do you just stand there, gaping, speechless, arrested by her charm?…
Mike ChambersOctober 31, 2021
This is the root of the mystery of portraiture: the subject sits and the artist interprets. Does the artist allow his or her own thoughts and biases and filters to affect the image? Absolutely! How could it be otherwise? Does the subject reveal all of her innermost thoughts and feelings…
Mike ChambersOctober 2, 2021
You might say that Coco was forged in fire and arose from the ashes. That's how she would describe it, anyway. The Backstory This image was featured in Character Development: Portrait Studies at the Trueblood Pop-up Gallery at Boise State University.
Mike ChambersOctober 2, 2021
The angel Gabriel has something important to say. "You'll want to be sitting down for this." So, Mary sits, hands on her lap as the angel whispers the news in her ear. See an Angel by accident.
Mike ChambersOctober 2, 2021
The friends gather at the No Name Bar every Tuesday night. Tuesdays are good because they are fairly certain they'll get to sit at their favorite corner table by the front window. Topics range from politics to daily life to work to family to the State of the World. They…
Mike ChambersOctober 2, 2021