Pat Ludwig
@avataristic
Handmade art photography using traditional stone tools. NOT AI. All images-words original unless otherwise noted.
Echinaceadrangia (2026) A patch of echinacea in love with a hydrangea. Intimacy ensues in purples and pinks and shades of green.
Modular Worlds (2026) Modular Worlds mashes up 2 fine pieces of landscape art at Jardin de Metis. Each globular world of "Gravity Field" by Terrain Work contains a sunflower defying gravity growing from a portal on the bottom of the globe. The door "Courtesy of Nature"Johan Selbing and Anouk Vogel.
Forest Spirits Awaken (2026) {Photo collage includes a photo of a sculpture by Ed Elliott)
Three Spheres At Dawn (2026) (Photo collage Incorporates botanical paintings by Denise Pelletier)
Soft Serve (2026) The body like soft serve, dripping down in the June sun I tried to shoot a thought, but the thought sunk Nothin' to do but scratch words in the dirt and Watch the water roll down - Mike Doughty
Wipe Out (2026) “While men my age wait for their circle to become complete; I let the waves break over me, lost between this savage baptism of water and blessed forgiveness of rain . . . “ - Lawrence Schulz
Grace Runs The Voodoo Down (2026) {Photo collage includes a photo by Robert Mapplethorpe of Grace Jones body-painted by Keith Haring}
Fast & Bulbous (2026) "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?" - Don van Vliet
Misty (2026) Misty had a good life and was much beloved by my brother and sister in-laws family. But she was a good pup and left this earthly plane too soon and will be missed...