There are names, and then there are NAMES. In the Pacific Northwest, places like Portland, Eugene, or Klamath Falls have normal, family-oriented names, while Deadman Pass, Cape Disappointment, and Starvation Creek are another matter entirely. How did they get these...
I will be updating this page frequently to show my current projects, and to let people know about future projects. Sedona, Arizona Trip, April 2025 Courthouse Butte, Sedona, Arizona ©2025 Gary L. Quay We travewled to Sedona, Arizona in April...
A long time ago, I ran across a book called “The Art of Seeing.” Not to be confused with the book by Aldous Huxley, this described a way of seeing the world in such a way as to easily paint...
Things are popping up all over the place. Really, all the best titles begin with a Don Martin sound effect. Sproing! For those who read Mad Magazine in the 20th Century, you know what I am talking about. I...
The Portland Saturday Market 2025 Season I will be selling at the Portland Saturday Market on the warterfront in downtown Portland, Oregon for the 2026 season starting in March. Check here for dates. My Current Art Market Display These are...
I have my first photography exhibit in since 2015 starting Saturday, March 6, 2021. It will be a washington-centric show, with only one Oregon picture showing (this post’s Featured Image – Under Rowena Crest, Autumn 2020). A few of the...
Infrared Film Infrared film has been a long time passion of mine, but as I mentioned before, infrared film stocks have diminished over the years. My go to film has been Konica IR 750, but it was discontinued in 2005....
I started a new gallery on the main site. It’s called “Locations”. I will be exploring various places that I have concentrated on as a photographer in the last 30 years. These range from the Oregon Coast to Hood River...
Terra Incognito Terra Incognito is the name I jokingly give to the wide open spaces between towns, especially to places that I have never been able to relocate after I took my first pictures there. Mapmakers used the term (but...