Vera Saltzman Photographs

Vera Saltzman lives on Treaty 4 Land near Fort Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada. She is represented by SLATE Fine Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan www.slategallery.ca. Many of her pieces are available as limited edition prints. To see more of her work, visit www.verasaltzman.com Thank you for your interest. PERMISSION All images posted are the property of Vera Saltzman. All rights reserved.

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Every year ice fishing shacks appear on the lake. Daring folks pull them out onto the ice behind their trucks or 4-wheelers. I'm always freaked out, imagining the worst, ice breaking away underneath even though I know it is thick. Or, at least I hope it is.

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Winter, you're beautiful, but I'm tired of you

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The beautiful Yolande...So happy to be invited to make a portrait of her.

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Hi Vera,

I was very happy to meet you last night at the Correspondences vernissage last evening. Your work is inspiring and I admire your consistency and focus. Something I struggle with. Also the balance of your compositions makes me feel better about my own need for symmetry and balance in my own work.

I’m finding my way on tumblr ( again ). I think the new owners have a handle on it and it will endure.

Cheers,

Tom (grandson of Vera)

Lovely to meet you and hear from you here. A while back I thought I’d return to Tumblr but it didn’t last long. Perhaps you’ll inspire me. Thank you for your kind comments! See you around Tumblr. Vera

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the wind howled, coyotes listened

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Hmmmm

Motel

COLOR TV

Now what would the sign read?

No Motel

AI

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the wrong side of the tracks

just a few feet in the right direction

could have made all the difference

i could have been beautiful

but no one noticed

or cared

all because of those few feet

on the wrong side of the tracks

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Over a concrete jungle

She holds court

Admirers always follow

and notice

In the bleakness

A reminder

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running into the fog

mystery followed

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My toes spread

Sink into the sand

Only to find the cold

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And somedays I just want to share a look into the life of Mr Bean, our yellow lab. American Poet Mary Oliver wrote:

“A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing.”

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dirty thoughts cloud my window, going nowhere fast

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Hand on Pillow

I'm playing. And it's so much fun.

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Hold your tongue!

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It's been a very long time since I've posted to this Tumblr account, opting to use Instagram instead. But, after all this time there is still something about Tumblr that draws me back...so I've decided to start posting again. Let's just see what happens.

Vera

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A little feature on my practice. Something positive that happened in 2020.