| My roots are in rural Canada, but I was transplanted as a seedling to Long Island, New York. My love of the outdoors and of traditional women’s arts started at an early age. My mother, Ida Mae McLaughlan, herself a talented seamstress, taught me to sew at age 8 and to crochet in thread and embroider by age 11.
In my late 20’s I studied calligraphy, watercolors, and hard crochet (making baskets). In my 30’s I turned to photography and was trained to see composition, light/shadows, and texture by first using only black and white film. I also studied horticulture and put my hands to use in the garden.
In my 40’s I studied quilting, a traditional art that I had long desired to learn. There I found all my previous skills were put to use in sewing, composing patterns, using light and dark, textures and embroidery, and in combining and blending colors.
It wasn’t until my 50’s that I discovered digital photography and the wonderful new vistas it opened up to me. Now I compose, edit, paint, and texturize with the aid of the computer.
I hope my photographs will convey to you, the observer, some of the reverence and vitality I experience when I am in nature. Perhaps you may glimpse some of the forms and moods that capture my attention. Enjoy, and feel free to contact me with comments or if you wish to order any prints. Namaste, Jean George
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