Stu Jenks' Fezziwig Press: Water

August 25, 2021

"Ararat River Cooper's Hawk"

Posted at 01:40 AM in Birds, Rivers, The South, Virginia, Water | Permalink | Comments (0)

June 01, 2021

The PBRC: Farnham Creek Moss, Virginia (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

Visited Brad and Glenn in the Northern Neck a couple of days ago. Really great to see them.

On the way home, I drove by the old home place which we had to sell in 2003 for help my mother survive after Dad's death. Sad we don't have that piece of the river to look at anymore. Sigh.

However, someone rich gave the federal government a big piece of land, just down the road along Farnham Creek. It's now a National Wildlife Refuge, with a couple of lovely trails, a salt water pond and beautiful views of Farnham Creek, a navigable piece of water feeding into the Rappahannock River that my Dad and I used to motor up in his cousin's boat.

I brought Pamela's Chair with me. Found a good spot. Took this pic. Besides the stunning view from a high bluff of the water, it's that green moss off to the left that took my breath away. For this desert rat like me, I don't think anywhere in Arizona there is that color of green. And it's too bad I can't photograph the smell of this forest.

A really lovely forest of new and old growth wood overlooking a wonderful piece of water. Hope you enjoy the pic.

Love, Stu.

(All images on this website can be printed by me on my archival printer, using archival paper, then signed, boarded, glassine-bagged, then mailed to you

8 1/2 by 11s are $45, plus S & H. 13 x 19s are $95, plus S & H. (Image rights are also for sale. Cost of those are specific to the client and the job.) Shipping runs between $10 and $20.

Contact me via email at [email protected], or through Facebook Messenger, if you want to buy something.

Stay safe. Love y’all.)

Posted at 11:40 AM in Art, Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Photography, Trees, Virginia, Water | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 17, 2019

Morrow Mountain Water Trees.

Posted at 02:00 AM in Art, North Carolina, Photography, Trees, Water | Permalink | Comments (0)

Nannie's Mirror on the south bank of Lake Townsend.

Posted at 12:16 AM in Art, Greensboro, NC, Nannie's Mirror, Nature, Water | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 16, 2019

Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, along the Osprey Trail.

Posted at 12:07 PM in Art, Greensboro, NC, North Carolina, Stu Jenks, Trees, Water, Wildlife | Permalink | Comments (0)

Canada Geese Over Lake Townsend

Posted at 10:40 AM in Birds, Greensboro, NC, North Carolina, The South, Water | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 02, 2019

Two things I resolve to do in 2019...

Two things I resolve to do in 2019.

Stay sober. Stay alive.

Other things are of course important in my life: gainful employment, producing more income so I can support myself and my family; gradually getting out of the hole of debt; being sweet and loving to my beautiful wife; continue to make art, music and books; being kind and compassionate to my friends and family and even to those I do not like; being of service to my community and to the world; bringing social justice to my country, in my own small ways.

But without breath in my lungs, a heartbeat in my chest, and a head clear of mood-altering chemicals, none of the above is possible.

Stay sober. Stay alive.

It's really that simple sometimes.

"The Rev. Dr. William Barber II of the Poor People's Campaign, during the Watch Night Revival, Dec. 31st, 2018, at Pullen Baptist Church, in Raleigh, North Carolina" (c) 2018, 2019 Stu Jenks and The Poor People's Campaign.

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November 28, 2017

I'm getting married and moving to North Carolina...

Yep. I'm getting married to a wonderful woman named Alexa! (As a writer, you're not supposed to overuse exclamation points, but this is the time for them!)

You can donate to our wedding registry at www.stujenks.org, to help me move my studio and my life to North Carolina in early 2018.

We will be getting married very soon, and neither of us are rich people. If you would like to give a cash wedding gift, you can do so at www.stujenks.org. It will really help. The money will go for things like a washer and dryer, a rented Penske truck to get my stuff to North Carolina, and resources to help us begin our life together. No gift is too small.

And if you would like to give a physical wedding gift or write us a check, just send it to P.O.Box 161, Tucson, Arizona 85702. Make the check out to me.

Thanks y'all for all your help, now and over the years, so I could be a working artist, writer and musician. It means the world to me.

You will like Alexa. I sure do. Photos of us will be forthcoming, on this blog and on my Facebook page.

I'm so happy to soon be Alexa's husband and she's very excited to soon be Mrs. Alexa Jenks! I'm joyfully misty-eyed much of the time these days.

Again, thanks for your help. And don't forget to give me your snail mail address so I can send you a thank-you card.

www.stujenks.org

Photos from top to bottom: "Alexa Reading, Mark Hewitt's Studio, Pittsboro, North Carolina", "Alexa Walking Away From the PBRC, Lake Brandt, North Carolina", & "Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Lake Brandt, North Carolina" (c) 2017 Stu Jenks.

Posted at 12:59 PM in Ancestors, Arizona, Christmas and Winter Solstice, Emotions, Family, Flora & Fauna, Forgiveness, Home, Hope, Love, Money, North Carolina, Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Plants, Sex, Sickness & Health, Spirituality, Stu Jenks, The South, The West, Tucson, Water, Women | Permalink | Comments (0)

May 08, 2017

From the road, south, east, and west...

[One of the best images from my trip south I think, because you can make up your own story about this woman and this chair. Mystery and magic are good things in art and in life.]

[John B. was largely unbanked, and had much hidden gold or so folks thought. I couldn't find his small headstone, but I think John would have found this image amusing, given his views on God, the financial markets, and the world at large. Rest in peace, John B.]

[I worked as a magician at Tweetsie Railroad, near Boone, in 1981. I lived in a mice-infested house just up the hill from Noah and Effie's graves. My old house is still there, looking about the same. Still kinda shitty.]

[Note to those wanting to be professional landscape photographers: Sit in one spot and wait for the light to come to you, and take tons of images. I took around 30 images to get the desired depth of field and to get those green pine needles in the mirror in proper focus. It just takes time, like all good things.]

[A rare moment at the Lincoln Memorial, when there wasn't a ton of people. Perhaps it was because it was late in the day and raining. One of my favorite spots in the District. Fun fact: My mother saw them building the Memorial when she was a child, living just across the river in Alexandria.]

[I bought these silk flowers at a Walmart in Oklahoma expressly for my mother's grave. My mother liked the color purple for it was the color of royalty. Been thinking many kind thoughts about my deceased, very complex mother. She was mostly a pain in the neck, don't you know, but she taught me some wonderful things when I was a kid, and frankly, she, along with her mother Nannie, were the only family members who gave a damn about Little Stu. Fun fact: Mary gave me $30,000 in 2008, before she got sick, so I could quit my day job and be a photographer and a writer full time. It was 10% of her worth at the time. That was very generous. The money is gone now but it gave me a very good kick start. Rest in peace, Mary. The Nannie's Mirror series is now as much about you as it is about your mother.]

[Was this image photoshopped? You bet your sweet bippie it was.]

[An incredibly tragic thing happened here. Google it and read all about it. Ghosts wander these plains.]

[I trespassed and spent all of ten minutes at John's house. The property is now owned by the man who owns K3 Lumber. K3. Get it? A very strong unwelcoming vibe was all around me, both at the house and all throughout the town. I'm guessing they has all heard the S-Town podcast by now. The property felt especially haunted and I don't use that word lightly. Everything is gone from John's house and his clock workshop. I didn't even go searching for the hedge maze, I was that spooked. I said a prayer for John, took photos of a lonely wooden chair on the porch and the three old chimneys and made my exit. As I drove away, I blew a kiss at the South Forty Trailer Park sign and made my way to the Cahaba River. Rest in peace, John B. and much love to all the folks in Shit Town, the good, the bad and the in-between.]

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April 27, 2017

From the road, east and south...

"Oklahoma, Rt. 66" (c) 2107 Stu Jenks.

"Tears For America" by Mark Hewill, Pittsboro, North Carolina. Photograph by Stu Jenks.

"Sea Dog by Andrew Wyeth", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina. Photograph by Stu Jenks

"Side Porch Pot by Mark Hewitt", Pittsboro, North Carolina" Photograph by Stu Jenks.

"Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair, Little Rock Central High, Arkansas" (c) 2107 Stu Jenks.

"Charlotte Skyline from Grandfather Mountain by Hugh Morton" North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, North Carolina. Photograph of a photograph by Stu Jenks.