@jameshoustonarts.bsky.social
Polymathic purveyor in photography, poetry, music & paint...
WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE SKY
#canadiantire #canada #streetphotography #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #eyewrite #inkthink #ollyollyoxenfree
OPPOSITE END
Almost everyone
I know
Has exited
Or has been
Hustled
Out the door
And I...?
I am the stranger
At the
Opposite end
©️ jameshoustonarts 2025
#poem #poetry #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #writeitdown
WORLD SERIES 2025... Despite the rude and rising salaries, the grand stadiums, the hype & the hoopla, every game for me is on a sandlot, it's always tied in the bottom of the ninth and I'm swinging for the fences.
#worldseries #baseball #littleleague #sandlot #playball
BOY OUTSIDE
"When I look at certain things, I find them attractive or interesting or beautiful, and I take pictures. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're not so good..."
~ Saul Leiter
#streetphotography #streetart #eyewrite #inkthink #whatisee #ollyollyoxenfree
The Awful Offal Office.
20.10.2025 01:22 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
LIGHT REFRESHMENT
#foodtrucks #refreshment #grilledcheese #monochromephotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #deerlakepark
INTERNATIONAL
There is a switch on the dash
You can find in the dark
That will light your way home
©️ jameshoustonarts 2025
#eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving #ollyollyoxenfree #fountainpen #international
DIHEDRAL
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LIMINAL
"The Barn"/Sundance Ranch
PRIMITIVE RENDERING No. 73
Thompson-Nicola Valley
British Columbia
Watercolour/Ink
©️ jameshoustonarts 2025
"ABSTRACT REALITY"
Main Street
TEQUILA TRUCK
"Plein Air" sketching has always been a daunting prospect, requiring errant confidence. But, in my quest to design, fold and then push my own envelope I completed this watercolour/ink drawing at a picnic table in the concession area of the Neil Young concert... not my comfort zone.
OTHER SENTENCES
This is how it feels
When I am spoken of in
Other sentences
©️ jameshoustonarts 2025
CHIAROSCURO
05.09.2025 20:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bruges, Belgium
June 2025
Watercolour & Ink
©️jameshoustonarts 2025
NEW SONG MORNING/1923 MARTIN 2-17
Early mornings like this one do not, unfortunately, occur as often as they once did... working a new song as the sun spreads along the length of the studio. Time subsequently spent with a new piece is all about cadence, tonality and mood.
Macro Morning
Mayne Island BC
PANACEA SUI GENERIS
Attending social occasions
I invite myself as a guest
So that I don't have to be
The only one to suggest
That it is time to leave
Panacea sui generis
©️ jameshoustonarts 2025
Emergencies Only/Femme Fatale
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
Steveston BC Canada
From: THE UMBRELLA SERIES
Sea-to-Sky Summit
Squamish BC
After all those notes, the last ones are stunners.
29.07.2025 03:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"performatively ambitious" (chortle)
23.07.2025 14:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GOLDEN TONES... the cello closely parallels the range of the human voice. This gentleman, located in the underground walkway beneath L'Arc de Triomphe, played beautifully.
17.06.2025 10:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
INCIPIENT RAIN
This morning
I swallowed the sunrise
Washed it down
With incipient rain
©️ jameshoustonarts 2025
#eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #poem #poetry #seeingisbelieving #vanspc #vanspc_member #ollyollyoxenfree #streetphotography #streetart
Painting the clouds and the clouds, themselves.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
SHARED SOLITAIRE
4 HANDS, 2 BEAUTIFUL SOULS, 1 DECK
"You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you."
~ Anonymous
12.05.2025 16:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY "Cloud-of-the-Day" May 11, 2025 - Crepuscular Rays/Vancouver Skyline
Chuffed, am I, that this image was broadcast worldwide by the Cloud Appreciation Society. It was taken from the seawall of Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC
Happy Mother's Day to all Mother's everywhere
SHADOWS & ARCHITECTURE
Momentary Agreement
Sinclair Centre
West Cordova Street
Vancouver BC
#shadows #architecture #street #streetphotography #vanspc #vanspc_member #ollyollyoxenfree #sinclaircentre #vancouverstreets #downtown #uptown #allaroundthetown
NO RELIEF FROM YOURSELF...
Not today
Probably not tomorrow
Chin up
#streetphotography #street #eyewrite #inkthink #writeitdown #seeingisbelieving #thisandthat #ollyollyoxenfree #vanspc #vanspc_member #norelief
