Newsletter #185: October, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved. Canadian Impressionism A few days ago, I received my monthly National Gallery of Canada (NGC) Newsletter, and became aware of a painting exhibition titled “Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons” which is presently on tour in Germany and France. When we discuss Impressionism today, most think […]

Newsletter #184: September, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved. Paddling the Bowron Lakes A 50th Anniversary Adventure!  Timeless When the morning mist and the water became one, there was a sense of timelessness In Search for Possibilities: I love the idea that I have no idea. I love the idea that I have no […]

Newsletter #183: August, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved. Freedom of Expression To have freedom of expression in any artistic medium is a blessing. When I pick up my camera and head out into the world, I recognize that freedom, and I feel artistically liberated. I haven’t always felt this way, but recently, I […]

Newsletter #182: July, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved.   Hello everyone, For a change of pace, I am inviting subscribers, especially those unfamiliar with the plateau landscape of south-central British Columbia, to join my wife Rita and I on a 1-day circle road trip that we made just over a week ago. We’d […]

Newsletter #181: June, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved.   Hi everyone, Two events happened this month which brought about new ideas. First, I had several 2-day workshops planned which were about to be cancelled by COVID-19 restrictions. Instead, I decided to offer them to small groups of 5 -7 participants where social-distancing could […]

Newsletter #180: May, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved.   Hi everyone, While still staying close to home, I have continued to revisit old adventures, re-discovering many images I never took the time to process. It’s been a most valuable and memorable experience. In this month’s Newsletter, along with two local photographic adventures, I […]

Newsletter #179: April, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved. Hi everyone, While isolating at home, I embarked on a photographic project that connected me with all my images of the past three years. What a valuable and memorable journey it has been. I discovered several dozens of wonderful images which I obviously did not […]

Newsletter #178: March, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved. Hi everyone, It was full moon and I couldn’t sleep, so I got up to read. Surprisingly, I began to reminisce about a visual experience I had nine years ago. In this newsletter, I thought I would share with you my ‘reflection back in time’. […]

Newsletter #177: February, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved. Art and Health Hi everyone, While teaching a photographic workshop to a group from the Montreal Camera Club last fall, I felt the presence in the room of a very distinguished gentleman. While chatting later in the day, he gave me his card; it read, ‘Danny Taran, Art […]

Newsletter #176: January, 2020 © Chris Harris. All rights reserved.  This is my 176th consecutive monthly photographic newsletter. Enjoy!   Hi everyone, One of the greatest things I can do as a photographic artist is to visually express myself; to communicate how I feel about the world around me, or some aspect of it. For […]