MOMENTS | Barbara and Daniel Bell

A Special Mother and Son Exhibition

Watercolors by Barbara Bell

Photography by Daniel Bell

"If you want to learn what someone fears to lose, watch what they photograph."
- unknown

The course of human endeavor is uncertain. Progress is made, and yet even in the best of times, much is lost. Our steps are always tenuous, our momentum always fragile. We are a part of nature, not apart from it. These works represent a landscape that is forever altered by our presence. They don't mourn what has been; they are only recollections of where we've stood. Often depicting simple, unremarkable subjects, they endeavor to preserve the emotional impact of memory: bright sparks in a long night. We hope to share the profundity of the commonplace: late afternoon shadows in spring, the impossibly light texture of a fresh snowfall, the languid sway of the grass in a fall breeze. These small moments represent our connection with the world more than any grand, sweeping landscape could. They are not our special occasions; not our vacation destinations. They are the everyday work of our lives, the beauty of the world close at hand, as we remember it. 

February Roses | 22" x 30" Watercolor by Barbara Bell

Photography by Daniel Bell