Indian Corn T-Shirt

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While visiting a friend in Murphy, North Carolina, I photographed some things that we saw at a produce stand.
Thanksgiving decorations typically include some colorful ears of dried corn, commonly referred to as “Indian corn.”

When Columbus took maize (Zea mays) across the Atlantic to Europe, he might have referred to it as the chief crop of the Indians; therefore, it was Indian corn.

The history of maize is, well, a-maizing. The corn we know today is the most domesticated of all crops. It can’t survive on its own; it has too be managed by man. Rice and wheat have naturally wild versions of themselves that still grow in nature, but there is no wild corn, it is purely man-made.

The earliest corn-like plant was called teosinte. It's a grain plant with very small, vertical kernels. This plant was bred with something else, maybe gamagrass, and over time became early maize. Early maize was then bred back to teosinte, and the cob emerged. A recent articl...

Although born in upstate New York, I grew up mostly in Nevada and California. The fabulous panoramic views of the far west inspired me to begin painting and photographing it’s beauty. I’ve lived in various areas in the states and in Europe but always had the desire to express through painting and photography. While living in the Mediterranean, I was especially influenced by the great Renaissance art and the chiaroscuro work of Caravaggio. I began with oils, worked with a wide variety of mediums but now mostly work in acrylic, oils, and photography. I studied mostly engineering in college but ended up with a degree in Technical Illustration, one in Psychology after several moves and colleges, one in Art Education. My experience as a...