Churches are great subjects to photograph. Some of the older churches have the most exquisite and dramatic architecture.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
Mission San Xavier, Arizona
Mission San Xavier, Arizona
Mission San Xavier, Arizona
Mission San Xavier, Arizona
This is a work in progress. I’m almost finished, but for now I wanted to post what I have so far. I call this piece “Meditation Mountain”, aptly named for the visualization I have while meditating. (I wrote about this on my writing blog.) I painted this very similar to the shape of the landscape I saw during these meditations except that I added more vivid colors.
Today I opened up a book by Ted Andrews called “Nature Speak” to page 194. Its subtitle was “Beaches and Dunes.” On the page is a photo of the same mountain/beach that I have seen in my meditation. Is this an incredible coincidence or an insignificant miracle? I’m going to say the latter, because I believe that coincidences happen for a reason.
"Meditation Mountain" - work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
"Meditation Mountain" - work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
"Meditation Mountain" - work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
At this point I realized that I wanted to add a moon, so the red had to go. I also wanted some of the red to show through the blue.
"Meditation Mountain" - work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
I wasn’t happy with the way the mountains look. Believe it or not, mountains are difficult to paint because of their terrain. So I did what I do best and added more color.
"Meditation Mountain" - work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
The moon was a huge task alone. Drawing a circle is easy with the right tools, but painting a circle can be very tricky. One slip-up and you have to start over. Since the moon is not bright white, adding the right amount of grey was a challenge. In fact, I am still working on the moon, which is why I haven’t finished this piece yet.
"Meditation Mountain" - work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
In my mind, the moon didn’t look the way it did on canvas. I decided that in order to balance this piece out, it needed a little bit of cloud coverage. Colorful ones, of course!
"Meditation Mountain" work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
This is Salem. He likes to be an assistant to everything I do, even though he’s not exactly helpful leaving blue paint paw prints on my chair. 
"Meditation Mountain" work in progress by Shannon Hart Hudnell
I am surprised at the great response these photos have received, especially since some of these require a real stretch of the imagination. Thanks to everyone that appreciates my work!
Do you see the cowboy on the bull?
Bullrider
I see a man’s face peeking around the right side in the very center.
Peeking Tom
I call this one The Falcon and the Rubber Ducky.
The Crab
The Crab
The Hand Model
The Hand Model
Most people that know me well say that I have a pretty active imagination. As an artist, I would hope so! Some people have told me that I often point out things to people that they wouldn’t have seen otherwise. I suppose that can also relate to the matrixing in the dancing flames. What I see may not be what you see, however.
Here, I see a woman in a hat carrying shopping bags.
Woman in hat
In this one I see several different things: a horse’s head (or a dragon’s head), a sled, and the TV alien ALF.
ALF is back!
The first thing I saw here was a black panther hiding and looking at a goat’s leg sticking out of the ground.
Fire Gazing by Shannon Hart Hudnell
This is a unicorn looking at its reflection in a pond.
Unicorn admiring its reflection
I call this one “The Flamenco Dancer & The Rose”.
Flamenco & the Rose
Gazing into fires is both magical and hypnotizing. When I started fire gazing and taking photos, I swear that at times I’d capture faces or souls trying to reach out to tell me they are still a part of this earth. Here are a few examples of what I’ve seen (which is considered “matrixing“).
Look closely. Do you see the backbone and ribs? A portion of a skull?
What do you see?
Three dancing witches?
Dancing Witches Rising
ET phone home. 
Can you see ET?
The dragon is beginning to rise…
Rising Dragon I
The Pelican and the Dancer…
The Pelican and the Dancer
A baby dragon is born…
Baby Dragon
While I was working on my Paranormal Project, I came across movie director Ron Howard’s contest on Youtube called Project Imagin8tion. Unfortunately, I was too late for the first part of the contest that involved setting, mood, and character which was intended to inspire a short film. However, I still had an opportunity for the second part of the contest (sponsored by Canon) which involved using script inserts from the movie and interpreting them with photography. You can imagine how excited I was when I saw that the movie not only had a paranormal theme, but also used words and all of the other creative and imaginative things right up my alley!
I had less than a week to create up to 8 photos for each script insert if I wanted to enter the contest. This was right before Christmas, so I was traveling, making my gifts, and working, but somehow I managed to come up with 6 out of 8 that I was happy with.
Script insert: “Lisle moves closer, pushing branches as she goes. And that’s when she sees it.”
Deep Impressions
Script insert: “Suddenly, the creature transforms into the figure of a woman.”
Out of the Darkness
Script insert: “She slowly and gingerly steps back from the edge.”
Script insert: “She is Joanne, his wife, a beautiful ghost.”
Script insert: “A hollow wind echoes all around.”
Abandoned
Script insert: “Suddenly, I was in this place I’d never seen… And everything was white.”
Distant Memories
For several months I’ve been working on what I call the Paranormal Project. It’s another of my artography projects, but the reason it’s taken several months to even begin is because I needed the right material to do so. I have a ton of photos, but if I don’t have what I need to make what I see in my mind, then I have to find it.
This is the first of a series. I call it “Ghost Town”.
Ghost Town
