Harborfest Anniversary

This weekend was the two year anniversary of my symbiont, Zach, and I: Harborfest. During the weekend, I took pictures of all sorts of things, though mainly flowers near my house and kittens at a farm we went to before we even really headed to Harborfest and the fireworks that followed. It was a great weekend over-all and I can't complain.

Last weekend, we went to the Renaisance festival in Sterling. We saw the glassblower and talked to him about our past, and failed, attempts to do anything with glass. We aslo taked to a seamstress where Zach bought a cloak, very stylish and slightly demonic-looking, but that's fine. I got a snazzy red cap with a really soft feather. Nice. I never shared those pictures with you, so I will do so now as well.

At the moment, I am printing out some of the picture to paint in watercolors, though I haven't had much success scanning my paintings. They never do the magic of the colors justice. But until I finish the paintings, you can look at these pictures instead...

Down By The River

Here are some more photographs that I took yesterday at the river near where I live. It is so peaceful and beautiful there. No one would know it was there unless they had been there. I kind of wish I could live in the house on the property, but the taxes alone would be far more than I could afford, probably ever, in my life. They couple that lives there say they will be selling it in a few years, when the two of them retire. It's too bad. I hope the next owners won't mind me going down there with the four-wheeler or my bike to take pictures, to read, to write, and to think.

At the moment, my 'someday' house is a log cabin kit with two bedrooms in the woods, and an art shed near by. A small, yet cosy home for at least two, if not more. But that is still a few years in the making. I have my reachable goal, and that is what I am going for right now. If I do end up being able to look a little more ahead, then I will. But for now, my dreams are modest.

Yay!!! New Camera!

On Saterday, I finally got the new camera I wanted. It is a Nikon D50, digital camera with optional full manual controls!! It is great having such a good camera, and I have to thank Jen McNulty for it. She and her fiance Patrick have a photography business and this was her first real camera. I think they got it originally for over a grand, but I got it for 350. She says she's really glad someone she knows is getting it (they were going to put it on ebay is no one around them was interested). She wanted to be sure that it was going to be used and enjoyed, not left sitting around, collecting dust. Well.. I have put this thing to quite a bit of use. These are just a few of the many pictures I have already taken with it. The battery is charging right now (I think it might me done) and I haven't downloaded the most recent pictures to the computer, but check them out.

Salmon River Walk

A few weeks ago, I went up to the Salmon River Reservoir, taking my camera and actually taking pictures, the first time doing so in a long time. These are just a few of my favorites. These were on a walk in the early morning. It was a good way to wake up after spending the night on the couch.

I took so many pictures that day, I shouldn't have turned my camera off. The night before, there was the most beautiful moon-rise, but my camera was being quirkie and didn't want to work, let alone adjust to the low light and do what it was supposed it.

I will be getting a new camera soon anyway. Hopefully, it will not be quite as annoying and my pictures will be of what I want them to be of. Maybe I am exacting when it comes to my work, but I want it to be a true expression of what i see and how I feel, not something that is only a vague representation. I want the beauty I see to be the beauty seen by others.

The Path Often Forgotten
The Labels Are Gone
"I Refuse To Die..."

Only One Way To Go

Reaching For the Sky

The Beginning

Hello, my name is Marissa Hill. I am an Art student and will be going to SUNY Oswego in the fall. I am 18 years old and I want to be an art teacher. Some people I have talked to, teachers mainly, have told me that the openings for art teachers are closing because the state does not see art as anything more as a side note compared to the massive number of classes the students have to take, especially those who passed the class but not the regents. I believe there will always be a place for art teachers, no matter where. I will be able to find a place for myself.

In the mean time, I am painting, drawing, and writing. I am working on anthologies of my poetry to sell at a craft show along with some hemp jewelry of mine. I plan to get a copyright on the collection and self publish off of my computer and give the copies to the bookstore at campus as well as the one in town. If people like them, it will be a steady income that I control of something that I created.

I am also a photographer, though, as with all my art, I go in spells of interest or drive and right now, for nearly everything, I am at a low point. But I know I will be back up in a little while. I will be posting photographs I have taken on here as a display case for some of my work, though I have a variety of art on my gallery in DeviantArt.com (see link at right).

Anyway, thank you for visiting. I don't know how often I will be posting, but hopefully often enough that I don't disappear from here completely.