Aug. 23 2009
Days separate and dissipate. Moving and shifting. Something stirs in the nearby woods and is encapsulated by light and color. Something here was caught, but not by malevolent forces. Benign it is and safe it becomes. This piece below, It Surrounds You, was made within the context of chiaroscuro. 2009 mixed media collage.
Aug. 08 2009
"Inversion Layers" 2009 mixed media on found aerial map.
Jul. 29 2009
Wow, these are extraordinarily odd times. One minute you feel good, the next you feel like never waking up again. How can anyone really be a working artist these days? Methinks it is an impossible goal to attain. So for the sake of art imitating life, here is a new piece dedicated to the ephemeral nature of all things creative and hand-made. "Migration Sequence" Found image with mixed media on wood panel configuration.
Jul. 22 2009
Days revolve around intrinsic clocks and unseen rhythms. Pulses through and here and passes by and there. We are everywhere and never anywhere. Made one night in diffused light came forth in fluorescence of a new day. Time passed. This new piece below generated in lieu of these thoughts.
Jul. 16 2009
Alpenglow (from German: Alpenglühen) is an optical phenomenon. When the Sun is just below the horizon, a horizontal red glowing band can sometimes be observed on the opposite horizon. Alpenglow is easiest to observe when mountains are illuminated but can also be observed when the sky is illuminated through backscattering.
Since the Sun is below the horizon, there is no direct path for the light to reach the mountain. Instead, light reflects off airborne snow, water, or ice particles low in the atmosphere. It is this circumstance that separates a normal sunrise or sunset from alpenglow.
Although the term may be loosely applied to any sunrise or sunset light seen on the mountains, true alpenglow is not direct sunlight and is only observed after sunset or before sunrise. Hence below, Joe Ryckebosch's own take on this phenomenon "Alpenglow at 8" 2009 mixed media on found image.
Jul. 10 2009
From the late '80s to the early '90s my family and I would take week long summer vacations in Yosemite National Park. Though this piece below, "Lake Effect", is certainly not Yosemite, it was created in summer as an homage to all national park visitors. I miss those days of youthful abandon and river adventures. Please enjoy these natural wonders and step lightly so that future generations may enjoy them as well.
Jul. 04 2009
The green that once was slowly dissolves into earthy light browns and neutral hues. Here we have "Forest Relics", a new piece dedicated to the change in season.
Jun. 28 2009
Timestamp and all.
Jun. 24 2009
Never blink twice while riding through the woods. You will miss such things.
Jun. 21 2009
Within the first few moments of the 2009 summer solstice. Remnants of a time once spent.
