My Farewell to Edgewater

Spring is sprung, the grass is riz,
I wonder where the flowers is. ~ unknown with multiple variations

Spring is sprung this month ~ new buds on trees, new energy in the air, new steps to take. My new steps include leaving Edgewater Gallery as a member and becoming a viewer.

I was an Edgewater member for approximately 4 years. It was always exciting to choose work to hang as feature artist, to place in a front window, and, quite simply, to hang in my exhibition space within the gallery.

Sometimes I chose work because I wanted it to be seen, no matter what era in my 50+ years in photography it came from. Sometimes I gave myself a theme. That especially happened with a feature spot, which gave me (gives all the artists) a chance to showcase work different than what is generally shown. For instance, a few years ago I had five pieces from 'The Feminist Series…' printed on a lovely rag paper at Braggadoon, much larger than I can print myself, and hung them with magnets, unframed. The images here are from features and windows I especially liked.

Thank you to all who now have my work in your homes or who gave my work as gifts, and to all who talked with me about images you were especially taken with, and why…mine and others'. And thank you to past and present Edgewater members, may you all continue making art with passion.

I am pleased to let you know I am participating in the Mendocino CA ~ Miasa/Omachi Japan Sister City exhibit at the Mendocino Art Center, July & August 2022. I have been in the Japan exhibit since 2019 and this is the first year Mendocino artists are exhibiting here alongside the Japanese artists. Last year the original plan, to send work to Japan for live exhibition, shifted to online in face of the pandemic. You will find the exhibit here: https://www.mm-artexchange.org/

Though I'm leaving the gallery, my Spring Ranch barns, on canvas, are available in Mendocino at Tangents (on Lansing at Calpella), varied Pacific-inspired work at Indigo (on Kasten at ) and varied images Sol de Mendocino (Main below Kasten). And in Ft. Bragg at KW Saltwater Grill, varied ocean-specific images from b&w to digital (Hwy 1 at ). And, of course, you can reach me directly at lahyderphotography@gmail.com.

I am looking forward to this next chapter as a visual artist & writer, thinking about printing onto images using a letter press, working on the many mixed-media pieces in my head or already sketched on paper, and printing images simply because they catch my fancy.

Enjoy Spring and let her catch you up in the dance of new beginnings.

Happy

Happy/L.A. Hyder
visual artist & writer