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About jonbutlerphoto

Jon Butler is a Zen practitioner, haiku poet, photographer and retired newspaper executive who changed his clothes to enjoy the passing seasons of life. He has been capturing and enjoying the natural light of La Cloche for more than 35 years. He concentrates on solitary, contemplative landscapes, natural colour and atmospheric effects. In 2015 Jon began creating a series of Photomontage prints using his original photographs. It is an opportunity to explore a sequence of dreams or dreams of a sequence. Jon and his wife Kerry summer on Charlton Lake located in the heart of the La Cloche Mountains. They are founding members of the La Cloche Mountains Preservation Society and the Willisville Mountain Project, dedicated to preserve Willisville Mountain and the beauty of La Cloche. The books ‘Visions of La Cloche, Contemplating La Cloche with Words and Photographs’ and 'La Cloche Spirit: Contemplating Beginner's Mind' are still available online at www.blurb.ca/user/lacloche. Jon’s exhibit ‘La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’ was part of the Toronto international photography show CONTACT2012 before exhibiting in Gore Bay and Sudbury in 2012. Jon’s photographs are available at Turners Gallery of Little Current, The Art Gallery of Sudbury shop and the Killarney Park Store.

Grateful

‘Grateful’ is now available at Turners in Little Current on Manitoulin Island.

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Red Dawn

‘Red Dawn’ is now available at Turners in Little Current on Manitoulin Island!

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‘First Light’

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‘Where the spirit moves you’

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Sphere Sequence

“To engage a sequence we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye.” – Minor White

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A Rothko Morning from Willisville Mountain

A completely different dawn today and one that over the years has been fondly named a ‘Rothko Morning’. “I use colours that have already been experienced through the light of day and through the state of mind of the total … Continue reading

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Beginner’s Mind – 2015 version

Today was our first morning up Willisville Mountain this year and while preparing for the early morning I once again revisited Shunryu Suzuki’s wonderful quote “If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. … Continue reading

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Sunrise Pass-a-Grille, December 28 2014

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Sunrise Pass-a-Grille, December 20 2014

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Sunrise Pass-a-Grille December 15

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