Gerald Bailey

I'm finally starting to get back into routine now that the holiday's are over and my first order of business for this week was to add Gerald's work to my blog.  This is the third time I've shot for Gerald now I think and he always brings me something interesting.  Mostly we photograph wall hangings and my favorites are almost always like the first one below.  

 Nothing must ever go to waste in Gerald's studio since if the piece doesn't come out it gets broken down and reused on another one.  I asked Gerald if he had to make pieces specifically to be broken but he said he had enough old work he didn't like as well to use as bits and pieces for his wall hangings.  

This is one of a series of pieces, Gerald played around with different colors as well as geometric forms.

 Sometimes it is the happy accident that helps a piece stand out and for me the large crack on the top and the two smaller ones on the sides only add to an already lively work.

While we were shooting Gerald wanted to know what each piece make me think of.  He wanted to see if what he was thinking at the time was coming through the abstract nature of his work or if other's would primarily bring their own meaning to it.  Quite a few times I thought just as he did, I can't remember if the piece below was one of those times but I'll tell you what I see, it makes me think of a nest of sea turtle eggs just after they have hatched.  What about you?

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