Nomeca Hartwell Photography

Welcome to my galleries where I hope to share whatever Visual project I am developing.

We are entering into a strange period in 2023 ... almost a regression or undoing of everything that made up the passage of our years. I continue selling work at Gallery One on G St., the Museum is still functioning, I am enjoying our  talented Wild Rivers Photography Group, the Pickleball Tournaments are rolling around on schedule but  now gas stoves are anathema, dark chocolate is dangerous, and wine is not so good for your health after all. Nature is under more and more threat of extinction  and now I feel the pressure to see some of her magnificence before it disappears for good.

 Gun Violence and the Ukrainian War to survive have dominated the first half of 2022. On a more local level, I am still putting together a group of photos from the devastating 2020 Almeda fire , one of the issues facing our rural area for an October group show at Club NW.  Meanwhile, one of the photos, 'End Times' ,was accepted into the Umpqua Valley Arts Show called 'RURAL' which will run from June 17th through the 16th of August in Roseburg,OR. Another photo, Jetboat Sunset, has been selected to be enlarged and shown in a downtown window for our community Library's walkabout Storybook Project. Along with the traditional town 'bears', it will be a fun summer to visit our little town. 

       Covid-19 continued to turn our lives upside down in 2021  and yet I was able to find joy and peace in a  second camping trip to Lassen. This time we visited Butte Lake and took on the challenge of climbing the 'Cinder Cone' . It was well worth it, the spectacular views and volcanic barrenness. In the Fall, I spent a few days  enjoying the beaches of Bandon from the now defunct Bandon Beach motel. We loved seeing the whale spoutings  from our room and had 2 wonderful nights of photographing the Milky Way as the fog drifted in and out.

What a strange year 2020 was, yet still photographically adventurous for me. A friend and I just completed a wonderful 22 day trip that included Amsterdam, Tanzania, and Zanzibar on the 29th of February when our world began to change as the  Covid virus took hold. And yet, I found a way to visit and explore many places closer to home that had long been on my wish list such as nearby Mt. Lassen national Park , a quiet jewel  hidden away in NE California . Later, in September we spent a little time at Oregon's coast and photographed the Milky Way over Whaleshead beach. In December this very shot was chosen by Oregon's Secretary of State to be the cover shot for Oregon's 21-22 Blue Book.

 

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