Detroit you’re always on my mind
My recent trip to Detroit was life changing. I want to share some favourite images with you.
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Detroit
define, detroit, she rises like a giddy debutante from the ashes of dumpsters, automotive wrecks and scarred skylines. pity her not, her vitality, energy and creative spark, stamp this tough love town, Denise Honan
Doing what I Love
Painting is a hard mistress. I spent some time away from her pursuing my interest of exploring Detroit, partially funded by the Fiona Myer Travel Grant Encouragement Award. I returned mightily inspired but my painting mistress was not amused. I had abandoned her. She made it difficult for me to start again. I struggled and thrashed
Dabl African Bead Museum
On the edge of Detroit is an eclectic visual art museum . Its founder and creator, Dabl, has lived here for sixteen years after a nomadic existence opening and closing galleries around downtown Detroit. Dabl having been gifted land, peddles mainly imported African beads, and creates his unique, outdoor installations from junk. The two houses
Michigan Central Train Station
Breathtaking in its decaying grandeur, the Michigan Central Train Station, located in Detroit.
Popps Packing
I went to @ open studio last night at Popps Packing, Detroit. I met artist in residence, German photographer, Franziska Klose. She is based in Leipzig, a German city, home to a thriving creative community. Her work looks at how vegetation is growing in abandoned, damaged houses. This shot has chicory growing, an agricultural business my
Abandoned Fisher Body Plant 21 in Detroit
I found this abandoned factory a stimulating visual environment . It is the abandoned, Fisher Body Plant 21 in Detroit. I paid more than one visit, even though it is abandoned, and not really open to viewing.