"There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it." — Georgia O'Keefe

"There are connoisseurs of blue, just as there are connoisseurs of wine."— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"You know that great pause that comes upon things before the dusk, even the breeze stops in the trees. To me there is always an air of expectation about that evening stillness." — H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"Blue is the closest color to truth" — Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)

Black & Blue is a love song and a lament, a suite of ideas - rendered in intaglio prints and photographs (Dusk), and embedded with layers of black flowers, blue atmosphere and intertwining black branches. The images convey moments of mystery and contemplation. The color and concept of black (noir) has deep roots in history, music, literature and art. I am adding my own interpretations here.