I have been taking pictures for over twenty years, since I bought my first camera at age fifteen. As my life's journey unfolds, I have developed a vision of the world through my lens. As I hike along a San Francisco Bay area trail, or walk down a city street, something will catch my eye --a curve, a smile, a texture. And that moment of composing and capturing something I see as beautiful or striking is a moment of pure bliss, a fog that always leaves a trace of disappointment as the moment passes. My goal as an artist is to convey a spiritual luminescence that attracts the viewer on both an intellectual and emotional plane. My photos strive to capture natural beauty though simple abstraction, in the same way that Japanese printmaking can capture the elegance of nature with just a few brushstrokes. I'm very attracted to the underlying compositions inherent in nature, the natural still lifes that surround us and only reveal themselves to those who walk slowly, look around, take a deep breath and look again. http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/photos/156062504_Pvus2-Ti.jpg http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/ 2009-10-26T13:03:01Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Vacation/Our-Cruise-Vacation-2009/10097820_Pjn2U">Our Cruise Vacation 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Vacation/Our-Cruise-Vacation-2009/10097820_Pjn2U" title="Our Cruise Vacation 2009"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Vacation/Our-Cruise-Vacation-2009/IMG0915/694058969_uf4Ri-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Our Cruise Vacation 2009" title="Our Cruise Vacation 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-26T13:03:01Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Vacation/Our-Cruise-Vacation-2009/10097820_Pjn2U <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Sonoma/2869845_uLc9r">Sonoma</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Sonoma/2869845_uLc9r" title="Sonoma"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Sonoma/Sugarloaf-Ridge/154327152_9RGbn-Th-7.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sonoma" title="Sonoma" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-10T22:59:46Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Sonoma/2869845_uLc9r <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Beijing-China/2856104_mSgHr">Beijing, China</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Beijing-China/2856104_mSgHr" title="Beijing, China"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Beijing-China/DSC2173/194456297_GWAH2-Th-2.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="Beijing, China" title="Beijing, China" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-10T22:59:26Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Beijing-China/2856104_mSgHr <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Nature-Abstract/2885405_89K7o">Nature Abstract</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Nature-Abstract/2885405_89K7o" title="Nature Abstract"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Nature-Abstract/Ferns/155024882_yMGUX-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="Nature Abstract" title="Nature Abstract" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-10T22:58:44Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Nature-Abstract/2885405_89K7o <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Industrial-Abstract/2869843_z5QUe">Industrial Abstract</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Industrial-Abstract/2869843_z5QUe" title="Industrial Abstract"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Industrial-Abstract/Rust/154317907_xZjaK-Th-4.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Industrial Abstract" title="Industrial Abstract" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-10T22:57:10Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Industrial-Abstract/2869843_z5QUe <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-Additions/3458275_wR2nR">New Additions</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-Additions/3458275_wR2nR" title="New Additions"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-Additions/DSC2173/195145552_3dSG6-Th-2.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="New Additions" title="New Additions" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-10T22:56:43Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-Additions/3458275_wR2nR <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Europe/2904295_EqmBU">Europe</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Europe/2904295_EqmBU" title="Europe"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Europe/Irish-Cross/156306796_bWVer-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Europe" title="Europe" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-09-18T19:45:55Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Europe/2904295_EqmBU <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/California/2897272_bUeCM">California</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/California/2897272_bUeCM" title="California"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/California/Fort-Point/156561438_VPwSN-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="California" title="California" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-09-12T20:00:44Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/California/2897272_bUeCM <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/People/2887313_ZLAzb">People</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/People/2887313_ZLAzb" title="People"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/People/Russ-Yoga/155868873_jhFUd-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="People" title="People" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-09-10T18:02:48Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/People/2887313_ZLAzb <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/China-Travels/2856151_eB5wh">China Travels</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/China-Travels/2856151_eB5wh" title="China Travels"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/China-Travels/DSC1003/153220385_WSyjg-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="China Travels" title="China Travels" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-09-10T16:30:28Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/China-Travels/2856151_eB5wh <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-York-City/2908335_b6h3B">New York City</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-York-City/2908335_b6h3B" title="New York City"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-York-City/NYC-Smog/156563642_coaEL-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="New York City" title="New York City" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-05-27T00:14:24Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/New-York-City/2908335_b6h3B <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Latin-America/2908322_XQAd6">Latin America</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Latin-America/2908322_XQAd6" title="Latin America"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Latin-America/Cusco-Wall/156562168_nbquU-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Latin America" title="Latin America" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-05-26T23:51:33Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Latin-America/2908322_XQAd6 <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Americana/2885417_WobLi">Americana</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Americana/2885417_WobLi" title="Americana"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Americana/Montana-Silo/155034201_LnhRi-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Americana" title="Americana" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-05-26T17:16:33Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Americana/2885417_WobLi <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Black-White/2869841_3XH76">Black & White</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Black-White/2869841_3XH76" title="Black & White"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Black-White/Santa-Rosa-Rural-Cemetery/155018475_CULrH-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Black & White" title="Black & White" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-05-25T13:06:17Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Black-White/2869841_3XH76 <p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com">Richard Saint Cyr</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/National-Parks/2885424_4m6XM">National Parks</a>'</p><p><a href="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/National-Parks/2885424_4m6XM" title="National Parks"><img src="http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/National-Parks/Balanced-Arch-Arches-NP/155066639_85UWP-Th-5.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="National Parks" title="National Parks" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-05-25T13:02:57Z Richard Saint Cyr http://richardsaintcyr.smugmug.com 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