Peggy Hering Art Works Photography

Through the Lens.....

Nature. A figure in environment. This is my inspiration. These images, in part or in whole, often find themselves in my paintings. My camera is my traveling sketchbook and personal way of viewing and recording visuals for further exploration. I look for light, texture, pattern, mood, atmosphere. Details, vistas, anything that demands a moment of attention and more often than not, awe, will find it's way into my reference file! While seeing through the lens was primarily to spark memory, it has also sparked a keen interest and appreciation for making art with the camera itself. Sometimes a snapshot to capture a light reference results in an image that is strong in visual interest or mood and can be appreciated and enjoyed for its own value.

“It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.” Berthe Morisot

Northern Coastal

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Dramatic light Sunset, Boothbay Harbor, ME	Transparency	Water Art Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Balanced pattern Portland, ME	Water art Pier at Gloucester, Mass	Fleeting moment Casco Bay, ME
Time still Gull on green marker.	Sculptural shape	Red, yellow, blue Casco Bay, ME
Diagonal Casco Bay, ME	Neutral texture Deserted clam shack Chebeague Island, ME	Weathered wood.
Character Captain	Quietude Chebeague coast, ME.	Tranquility Chebeague Island
Converging vision Chebeague coast, ME	Horizontal pattern, blue palette Tremont, Maine	Staccato color Tremont, ME
Granite texture Maine	Natural texture Driftwood, ME	Shell beach, Chebeague, ME.
Sensation contrast Butterfly on thistle	Whispy Texture Milk thistle	Texture, sharp, soft
Up close Maine	Golden rhythm Goldenrod.	Glorious Sunset, Chebeague Island, ME
Textural mass Chebeague coast	Whimsical texture Queen Anne's Lace

The Tropics

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Delicate Light, whispy movement Bimini sunset	Pink and white Pattern Bimini Beach	Horizontal Texture Bimini Beach
Postcard moment Bimini, BAH	Repeat Pattern Conch Shells, Bimini Beach	Balance Bone Fisherman, Bimini
Contrasting Pattern Bone Fishermen, Bimini Beach	Turquoise Transparency Bimini
Dramatic Light Harbor Island, BAH, Storm	Mood Reflection After the storm, Harbor Island, BAH	Patterned Texture Nassau produce stand, Nassau
Yellow Vibrance Yellow Croton, Nassau	Red, White and Wood Harbor Island, Bahamas	Marine Asymetry Nassau, Bahamas
Verticles and Reflections Potter's Cay, Nassau

Travel: Pattern and Light

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Calder Reflections Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME	Light in Fall Maroon Bells, Aspen	Pond Patterns Monet Garden, Giverny, FR
Converging Vines Burgundy, FR	Luscious Beaune, FR	Narrative Beaune, FR
Intimacy Garden, FR	Study in Contrast Winemaker, Louis Jadot Winery, Beaune, FR	Geometric artistry Countryside, FR
Time undisturbed Wine Cellar, FR	Texture undesturbed Vintage Cellar, Beaune, FR	Verticals and Planes French village vineyard.
Liquid color	Movement, repeat pattern Cellar in Beaune, FR	Light in repetition Riddling Rack, Reims, FR
Liquid light Reims, FR	Movement	Romance Les Crayeres, Reims, FR
Tone on Tone Les Crayeres, Reims, FR	Night light Eiffel Tower, Paris	Staccato red with pink Tuilleries, Paris
Dramatic night Notre Dame, Paris	Clerical perspective Notre Dame Interior, Paris	Point of View Louvre, Paris
Point of View Louve, Paris	Perspective Louvre, Paris	Symmetry Louvre, Paris
Mass Paris	Dusk commentary View from Place de Concorde, Paris	Pattern, light, texture Stained glass dome in restaurant, Printemps Dept Store, Christmas, Paris
Directional movement Seine, Paris	IMG_5912_edited	Night street light Paris
Mood, light Louvre at night, Paris	Night light pattern Seine, Paris	Neutral pattern with red accent Paris
Texture, color Paris	Perspective Paris	Grandeur Swiss Alps
Scale, solitude Swiss alps	Scale Swiss Alps	Scale, perspective Swiss Alps
Omnipotence Swiss Alps	Infinity Swiss Alps	Movement Through the Bernina Pass
Night light Notre Dame, Paris	Fun	Orvieta, Italy
Gossamer movement Orvieto, Italy	Monastery Italy	Pattern Sorento, IT
Repeat Patterns Ponte Vecchio, Florence, IT	Color Pattern Arno River, Florence, IT	Impressionistic Texture Giverny, FR
Floral Mosaic Giverny, FR	Window pattern Rodin Museum, Paris, FR	Spring light Paris, FR

“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”

Pablo Picasso

PEGGY HERING

Art Works

Through the Lens.....

Northern Coastal

Dramatic light

Sunset, Boothbay Harbor, ME

Transparency

Water Art

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Balanced pattern

Portland, ME

Water art

Pier at Gloucester, Mass

Fleeting moment

Casco Bay, ME

Time still

Gull on green marker.

Sculptural shape

Red, yellow, blue

Casco Bay, ME

Diagonal

Casco Bay, ME

Neutral texture

Deserted clam shack Chebeague Island, ME

Weathered wood.

Character

Captain

Quietude

Chebeague coast, ME.

Tranquility

Chebeague Island

Converging vision

Chebeague coast, ME

Horizontal pattern, blue palette

Tremont, Maine

Staccato color

Tremont, ME

Granite texture

Maine

Natural texture

Driftwood, ME

Shell beach, Chebeague, ME.

Sensation contrast

Butterfly on thistle

Whispy Texture

Milk thistle

Texture, sharp, soft

Up close

Maine

Golden rhythm

Goldenrod.

Glorious

Sunset, Chebeague Island, ME

Textural mass

Chebeague coast

Whimsical texture

Queen Anne's Lace

The Tropics

Delicate Light, whispy movement

Bimini sunset

Pink and white Pattern

Bimini Beach

Horizontal Texture

Bimini Beach

Postcard moment

Bimini, BAH

Repeat Pattern

Conch Shells, Bimini Beach

Balance

Bone Fisherman, Bimini

Contrasting Pattern

Bone Fishermen, Bimini Beach

Turquoise Transparency

Bimini

Dramatic Light

Harbor Island, BAH, Storm

Mood Reflection

After the storm, Harbor Island, BAH

Patterned Texture

Nassau produce stand, Nassau