The sun plays with the landscapes in Maine during all seasons turning the average scene into dream like visions. I love adventuring out in the late afternoon to capture this reality. – Ramona du Houx
Interesting Article: 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently appeared in the Huffington Post by Carolyn Gregoire
Creativity works in mysterious and often paradoxical ways. Creative thinking is a stable, defining characteristic in some personalities, but it may also change based on situation and context. Inspiration and ideas often arise seemingly out of nowhere and then fail to show up when we most need them, and creative thinking requires complex cognition yet is completely distinct from the thinking process.
Neuroscience paints a complicated picture of creativity. As scientists now understand it, creativity is far more complex than the right-left brain distinction would have us think (the theory being that left brain = rational and analytical, right brain = creative and emotional). In fact, creativity is thought to involve a number of cognitive processes, neural pathways and emotions, and we still don’t have the full picture of how the imaginative mind works. Continue reading
Every month Ramona du Houx exhibits her work on her online gallery and at her studio in Solon, Maine. Every month the theme changes reflecting the personality of the “lightgraphs,” she has chosen for the month. “Lightgraphs” are a technique she created that makes photographs resemble watercolors. This month’s theme is watercolor like flowers.
Ramona said, “Painting with the camera can create the sense of being personally close to an object through colors, textures, memories, and the seasons. To take a photograph of a flower is obvious and can be simplistic to some. To me that is the challenge- for flowers are complex and can show us the universe if we dare to look. To show the energy and light within a flower and how it relates to its surroundings can be like viewing the Milky Way with the Hubble telescope. There seems to be a distance between stars, there appears to be voids between flowers but the energy we don’t see binds them together. Continue reading
Every month Ramona du Houx exhibits her work on her online gallery and at her studio in Solon, Maine. Every month the theme changes reflecting the personality of the “lightgraphs,” she has chosen for the month. “Lightgraphs are a technique she created that makes photographs resemble watercolors.
February’s theme is Maine Landscapes. Continue reading
From the news article in Maine Insights by Morgan Rogers
Takafumi Suzuki is holding a photographic exhibit of his images of the World Trade Center Twin Towers of New York City.
“Now, when I visit New York City there is a void where the Twin Towers once graced the skyline. While the city has put up an inspired memorial and a new World Trade Center to replace the lost towers I still look for those familiar buildings, I still expect to see them,” said Takafumi.
Suzuki is a professor at Nihon University in Tokyo and studied as a graduate student in the 1980’s in New York City. While living in the city he took many photographs. When the devastating tragedy of the 911 terrorists attacks occurred he, as millions of people did, reflected. And he revisited the images he had taken.
Now, to help heal the still open wound he is exhibiting those images in Even now— I miss you! at Gallery Storks in the art district of Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading
Sometimes there are community projects that are so exciting that everyone should spread the word are happening. The Art At Work project in Portland, Maine stands at the top of that list. Art is a part of our soul, it heals, brings people together and makes us human. It’s transformative powers are just beginning to be understood.
When Marty Pottenger came to Portland, Maine seven years ago after living in New York City she felt compelled to get involved with her community. With fresh insights she took on challenges most people would shy away from and perceived she could inspire like-minded citizens to help their city through art.
Since then, her arts nonprofit Terra Motto Inc.has partnered with the City of Portland to pilot Art At Work.
“The idea that’s become “Art At Work” came to me while I was thinking about the scale of challenges we are facing in the world and how innovative, sustainable solutions would very likely be local. The idea was to put creativity to work improving a city’s municipal government by tackling non-arts community problems by designing and implementing arts projects,” said Pottenger. “The basic goal was that art could help cities save money, deepen residents awareness and expectations of local government, and increase the sort of pride among neighborhoods and residents that leads to robust civic engagement.”
Pottenger’s projects have helped bring the Portland community together more as she worked with local police, community leaders, poets, artists and concerned citizens building bridges with art.
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INSIGHTS can help artists & writers with public relations—
There are so many artists and writers in Maine that don’t receive the attention they should have. For many creative people in the state finding a way to gain more exposure to a wider audience is still dependent upon being able to garner the attention of the media.
A new public relations company Insights, can help. The actual concept of having a media relations firm focusing on artists and writers is unique in Maine. Continue reading
From an article in THE EDGE 
MIAMI – Maine artist Ramona du Houx is in a current group exhibition with her Maine photos of seasons in Miami, Florida Dec. 3 – 8 at the Red Dot Art Fair.
“It’s a wonderful chance to showcase Maine’s seasons the way I see and feel them,” said du Houx. “It should give folks in Florida a taste of Maine some may miss.”
Du Houx is represented by the art’s district Gallery Storks of Tokyo, gallerystorks.com, which exhibited her work in a solo show in February of 2012. Du Houx sold a copy of her photograph, “Whisper Song,” in the October Affordable Art Fair in New York City, where 50 galleries were represented.
“Ramona’s work is unique and captures emotion that stirs the soul. It’s timeless,” said Takafumi Suzuki, Storks Gallery Owner. “It’s a privilege to represent her.” Continue reading
The following article appeared in Maine Insights by Morgan Rogers
In order to highlight artists and writers with Maine connections Ramona du Houx has created a new website/blog, INSIGHTS. For many creative people in the state finding a way to gain more exposure to a wider audience is still dependent upon being able to garner the attention of the media.
INSIGHTS lets the public know more about these artists and writers and how they can obtain unique works of these artisans and writers, when their exhibits will be held and how to contact them.
“There are so many artists and writers in Maine that don’t receive the attention they should have. INSIGHTS is a media website that will showcase the talent we have here,” said du Houx. “I will be adding more artists and writers to the site over time to build an online community where we can work together to promote and discuss our work. If anyone is interested they should contact me.” Continue reading
I’ve exhibited my work from Tokyo, to London and New York City. I believe art should be affordable and accessible.
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Seascapes –
The following article appeared in Maine Insights by Morgan Rogers.
Maine artist, Ramona du Houx, is in a current group exhibition with her Maine photos of seasons in Miami, Florida from December 3 – December 8th at the Red Dot Art Fair.
“It’s a wonderful chance to showcase Maine’s seasons the way I see and feel them,” said Ramona. “It should give folks in Florida a taste of Maine, some may miss and it’s a fantastic cause.”
Du houx is represented by the art’s district Gallery Storks of Tokyo, which exhibited her work in a solo show in February of 2012. Du Houx sold a copy of her photograph, Whisper Song, in the October Affordable Art Fair in New York City, where 50 galleries were represented.
“Ramona’s work is unique and captures emotion that stirs the soul. It’s timeless,” said Takafumi Suzuki, Storks Gallery Owner. “It’s a privilege to represent her.” Continue reading
Photographic art by Ramona du Houx 