Art + Photo + Words = Pairings
Words make art and photos better. And who doesn’t like a good story?
Time Stopped in Izamal by Jann Alexander © 2012 
Lovely Lilies by Jann Alexander © 2014 
Remember the Alamo by Jann Alexander © 2010 
Framed By Windows | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 
Toujours La Veuve, iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 
A Trio of Pumps, Shamrock, Texas by Jann Alexander ©2015 
Mexico Textures by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Tall Texan, Abilene by Jann Alexander ©2015 
On Deck on the Danube by Jann Alexander ©2016 
Every Edge Leads Up | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 
Time Warp in Shamrock by Jann Alexander ©2015 
Seaglass in Waterford, iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 
American Darling | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 
Casas Grande Door by Jann Alexander ©2007 
Nature’s Angles by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Melk Abbey Ceiling Pano iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 
Acanceh Fortress by Jann Alexander ©2014 
All Lined Up iPhoneography © 2105 by Jann Alexander 
Engraved in Abilene by Jann Alexander ©2015 
Escape from Hell’s Half-Acre by Jann Alexander ©1980 
Pink and Green by Jann Alexander ©2016 
Now Appearing at Lady Bird Lake: Stevie Ray and The Cranes | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 
Miles of Motel Doors, 1980 by Jann Alexander © 2014 
Mission Mexico Photo Painting by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Not Contained for Long by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Mexico Textures by Jann Alexander ©2014-0754 
HDTVs: Signs of Changing Times by Jann Alexander ©2014 
A Trio of Beachgoers by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Happy Flowers by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Message from Maya by Jann Alexander ©2014-0332 
Hut’s Endures by Jann Alexander © 2014 
Before the Bloom by Jann Alexander ©2016 
Warehouse Blues by Jann Alexander © 2010 
Chrome Chevrolet in Yellow by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Surprise Inside by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Alone in Seco by Jann Alexander ©2013
My habit of examining the details has informed my lifelong zeal for storytelling.
As a storyteller, I paint with words. As a pictureteller, I pair my photos with words. When I look at the details, I imagine scenarios.
Two rural Texas women must confront their habits of hiding to find their inner strengths, and unexpected gifts, on their transformative paths.
—A Habit of Hiding by Jann Alexander
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I’ve imagined the lives of two women battling small-town bias in the rural Texas Panhandle in my new novel, A Habit Of Hiding. One is grieving her hidden regrets when she finds herself a sudden widow after 30 years, the other is struggling to single-parent with an unplanned pregnancy and limited resources. They’ll have to confront their habits of hiding to find their inner strengths, and unexpected gifts, on their transformative paths. I find my voice on the path to Pairings :: Writing.
Like time traveling? I do, too. I love the discovery of what’s past but still present. I’m drawn to historic, retro and vintage things as though I have an ancient karma. And I love the irresistible scenic gumbo that is Austin, Texas, so I chronicle it with photos and words as it does a vanishing act. I call it Vanishing Austin. When I hit the road, it’s to indulge in a favorite pastime, Time Travels.
Can you imagine, as I do, how places dissolve and evolve? I’m fascinated by the era when the Spanish traveled north through Mexico and New Mexico, building mission churches as they conquered. Painting and photographing the mission churches is part of my journey to understand what once was. It’s my Mission: Mexico.
Explore my art, photos and words here, and if you like what you see, shop online here.
Another Perspective: Water Over The Dam by Jann Alexander ©2016 
Smoky Sunset by Jann Alexander ©2013 
Dreamy Dawn by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Where signs soar on the wings of hawks by Jann Alexander ©2020 
Day’s End on the Bay by Jann Alexander © 2105 
iDallas Beyond by Jann Alexander ©2015 
Heading Out by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Baxter Park Painting by Jann Alexander ©2014 
A Grill in the Valley by Jann Alexander ©2013 
Seaglass | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 
Under the Dome ©2014 Jann Alexander 
Patterns as Cover Art by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Underwater by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Setting Maine Sun by Jann Alexander ©2014 
Water Colors by Jann Alexander ©2010 
At the Crossroads by Jann Alexander ©1984 
Setting by Jann Alexander © 2013 
Sky Writing by Jann Alexander © 2014 
Pampas Waves by Jann Alexander © 2014 
Blue Pool by Jann Alexander ©2013 
Sunset at the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2013 
Setting a Trap by Jann Alexander © 2012 
Where Are You Headed by Jann Alexander ©2013
Are you captivated by light? I am. I study light: the way it plays, bounces, delineates, colors, dances and defines by its abundance, or lack thereof. I photograph places and things that seem painted by light, clarified by pattern or form and shape. They’re my Lightscapes.
I take comfort in themes, finding them over and over in my art, my writing and my life. They help me make order out of an expansive creative world. But I’m a fan of chaotic intervention, too, and things that defy my neat categories find their way, happily, into Off-Topic.
Paintings and photographs are less than whole without words.
Paintings and photographs are less than whole without words. So I show and tell about all of this, and more—what inspires me, why I photograph what I do, how I make pictures and paintings, where creativity lives and breathes in me, and in everyone, and what goes with art (everything) in Pairings :: Art + What Goes With It.
Being in nature is essential to creativity (certainly to mine, and likely to yours, too) so it’s a constant lure for me. The scenes and details that I paint, and photograph, find their way into my Naturescapes and into my Flower Power collection.
I am awed by technology today. I have a love-hate relationship with it. It make so much possible, yet it makes so much commotion in my mind. I cannot resist the engagement with strangers who become community, thanks to our common agendas. I live to try out all the latest tech tools and tricks, and all things Apple. But such complexity makes me crave simplicity, too, to make space for creativity. I try to make sense of it by writing about it in Pairings :: Creativity and in Pairings :: Art + Tech. —Jann Alexander
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