Category: Tricia Chatter

A Visual Hodgepodge of My Here, There, and Everywhere.

Best Little Tea House in Boca

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Another wandering around Boca Raton produced yet another great find:  The Spice & Tea Exchange.  This wonderful little find in Mizner Park provided me with a wonderland of teas, spices, specialty salts, sugars, and oils- everything a foodie could love.  If you love cooking… and drinking tea, this is the place for you.   Take at least an hour to wander around this wonderful place.  “Come in And Smell the Spices!”  Their top selling teas include: Green tropical, Black Chocolate, Coconut Oolong, Mystic Dragon Tea, Mango Green, Pear Caramel, Ginger Turmeric tea, and Hazelnut Plum.  Best selling spices include: Tuscany Blend, Butcher’s Rub, Backwood’s Hickory Rub, Pirate’s Bite, Expresso Steak Rub (dying to try!), Black Truffle Salt, and Crazy Chicken to name a few.  Enjoy!

Mizner Park
426 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
(561) 910-1289
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Holistic in Boca With Nature’s Symphony

I was wandering around my neighborhood the other day and stumbled across this cute little aromatherapy store, Nature’s Symphony. At first I noticed the sage sticks and the sarcastic side of me responded with “Sage sticks in Boca? How appropriate”  but then I was drawn to the organic oils, soaps, perfumes, candles, lotions, creams and even doggie soaps-OH MY!  I found heaven for a brief sweet smelling moment.  I spoke with Pat, the owner, and she explained how their oils were all organic and how aromatherapy can help in healing everyday ailments. Right up my alley.  I’m a big believer in natural remedies so we got into a very informative discussion. Next time you’re not feeling up to par, stop by and check in with Pat. She will probably have a wonderful smelling tincture for you. Enjoy!

All images © Tricia Chatterton Goldrick/Chattergold Studios.  All Rights Reserved.

That Little Green Box You See on Facebook

That Little Green Box You're Seeing On Facebook

For those civilians who are not in the visual effects industry (that’s the industry I’ve been a producer in for the last 13 years), you may be seeing green screens on various peoples’ facebook pages. This is a sign of solidarity, standing up for the visual effects artists that work on those movies you love to watch. These artists work around the clock every day for months on those movies you love, much of the time without overtime compensation-without even going home for sleep or a shower during deadline! Ang Lee, who won for the “Life of Pi” didn’t even recognize his visual effects company, Rhythm & Hues, who MADE his movie so beautiful and who ALSO had to file for bankruptcy BECAUSE Ang Lee didn’t want to pay for the real cost of what it took to create the of “Life of Pi”. Now hundreds of visual effects artists, producers like me, who worked around the clock, are not going to be paid. Those of us with the green screens are showing respect for our fellow vfx artists that slaved on this movie. These are talented, dedicated artists who are responsible for executing the director’s vision, not button pushers. THEY made “Life of Pi.” You can’t low-ball art. Unionize vfx.

Artist Statment

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Self, a photo by triciachatter on Flickr.

“We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect…. but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs.” – Aaron Siskind

In my life, I have explored several artistic directions: drawing, painting, ceramics, music, theater, graphic design (motion graphics), cgi, and visual effects as a multimedia producer. The most significant visual medium that I have concentrated on in the last fifteen years is photography. Photography allows me to include a personal relationship into the artistic event. Unique personality traits are revealed as I impose a closeness between the subject and camera. My photographs provide a framework for the viewer to experience the metaphor I have guided them to perceive. These metaphors may be suggested at the critical photographic moment or with words, phrases, and sentences as well as specifically color toned areas. To the viewer looking at these photographs, extraneous emotion may be suggested. The words and phrases inscribed may often be verbal contradictions to the perceived interpretation of the actual photographic event. They are chosen to not only evoke a response from the viewer, but questions. I leave it up to the viewer’s discretion to answer these questions.

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My New Years Resolution

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Oh, WordPress, how I’ve neglected you so.  I’ve been so busy with my photography and my other social media sites that I haven’t given you the attention that you deserve.   https://www.facebook.com/chattergoldstudios
https://twitter.com/triciachatter
http://triciachatterton.blogspot.com/
http://www.bitsandpiecesnyc.blogspot.com/
http://triciachattertonstudios.blogspot.com/
and my latest obsessions, http://triciachatter.tumblr.com/ and
http://pinterest.com/triciachatter/

But this year will be different.  I will blog here at least once a week for 2013.  Stay tuned for my here, there, and everywhere adventures for 2013.

All Proceeds to Hurricane Sandy Relief

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For the month of November, I will donate all profit from the “Beaches” gallery on my website to RED CROSS & NEW YORK CARES to aid in restoring/rebuilding the northeast after Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. Give the gift of giving for the holidays-everything from prints to canvas to T-shirts and even downloading the imagery for your personal branding. Please spread the word. Thank you!
http://www.chattergoldstudios.com/Photography/Beaches/19384796_nNTnwm

Buy This Card and Donate to Breast Cancer Research

In honor of Breast Cancer month and inspired by a friend,who is a breast cancer survivor, I am donating 50% of all proceeds from this Thanksgiving card I’ve designed with my own photography to Breast Cancer Research. The card is 5″x7″, made with high end thick card stock that gives my photo a gorgeous sheen. The quote on the outside reads: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” by Albert Camus. Inside, the card reads “Happy Thanksgiving.”

This lovely card and that bottle of wine you’re bringing as a gift to the Thanksgiving dinner you’ve been invited to makes a lovely gift and it’s a great way to give thanks for all of the people in your life who have beaten this terrible disease.

Get three 5×7″glossy photo cards made with premium card stock with white envelopes for $15.

You can order from the Etsy link below.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/85125274/donate-to-breast-cancer-research-3

Thunder! Lighting! Halloween is Exciting!

Happy Halloween! Haunted Central Park, New York, New York. Sepia toned.I woke up this morning to rain and thunder, which inadvertently put me in a Halloween mood. Need some Halloween inspiration in your home? Order this as a print or canvas to spook up your Halloween decor. And don’t worry, the “proof” watermark won’t be on the print you order. Enjoy the countdown to spookaliciousness!

Happy Halloween! Perfect Imagery for Your Halloween Decor and Greeting Cards

angel in cemetery. Happy Halloween!Are you a Halloween addict? Send something special to your friends this Halloween; make a Halloween card from one of my spooky images and use a quote (am I feeling Edgar Allen? Yes, I am). Click here and peruse the image options!)