Tag «Youpa Stein Visual Arts»

Art for the Earth Project

It has been awhile since I posted because I have been working on the Art for the Earth Project as the Artistic Director and Producer. Originally it was intended to be a live performance but because of Covid-19 it evolved to a two-part video program which includes a variety of art forms exploring environmental problems …

Paddling with My Camera: Invasive and Native Aquatic Lilies

Recently I was kayaking on a lake in northeastern Washington and took some photographs of water plants. This Fragrant Water Lily, not native to the state, is classified as a Class C noxious weed. The plant is quite lovely and I can understand why gardeners have been drawn to cultivate it in their ponds. Like …

Walking with my Camera: Columbine, Water, Sky, Green

Most days I walk along an irrigation ditch that runs through Confederated Salish Kootenai Confederated Tribal Forest land. There are invitations for connection if I notice. This time of year there is a place where Columbine unexpectedly grow along the bank. Toward dusk the petals have a delicate lightness and seem as if they want …

Driving with My Camera: Mission Mountains in Northwest Montana

In late November I was driving south on Highway 93 near Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge. The edges and lines in the Mission Mountain range compelled me to stop the car and take a quick photograph. I had a small camera so I couldn’t get all of the detail I wanted but even so, you can …

Card Packs for Sale – in Missoula, Montana

Still looking for a little something for a gift? I am offering a gift pack of five cards with images of Firebush leaves in the snow. One pack of five cards for $18 (The cards normally retail for $4 a card so, the one 5-pack price is a savings of .40 cents per card) or …

Walking with my Camera: Spring Flowers, Leaves, Glass and Snow

I recently returned from a trip to Seattle where spring was looking more spring like than the snow that fell here in Northwest Montana today. The earlier snow has evolved to a soggy wet saturated foggy haze. As I write big plops of wet snow are falling off the roof. While in the Seattle area …

Skiing with My Camera: Melt, Mud and Blackbirds

The snow is slowly melting. I took this photograph today. Our road has the deepest muddy ruts we have ever seen in our many years living on this hill in Northwest Montana. My trusty little Subaru gets through them but in a few places it is a bit of a battle. This photograph was taken …

Skiing with My Camera: Tracks in the Snow

When it was colder and we had so much snow I didn’t see many tracks. Now there are lots more critters moving around. The deer have to work hard to get through the snow. I am not sure what made these tracks. Occasionally we get some Elk in the area so maybe one came through. …

Skiing with My Camera: More Snow and Ice

Today was sunny and cold with a morning temperature of -13 degrees Fahrenheit. There was a wind chill alert for -57 in Havre, Montana today so our temperature was much warmer than many parts of the state. My sister posted photographs from their ranch of the new born calf they had to warm up in …