"Even fire creates art. With her flames she caresses, enjoys herself...then signs and is gone!" www.flickr.com/ph... It's words and images like this that keeps me returning to see Dower's work. She has an unusual ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary and then photograph it in a way that immediately a… Read more

"Even fire creates art. With her flames she caresses, enjoys herself...then signs and is gone!" www.flickr.com/ph... It's words and images like this that keeps me returning to see Dower's work. She has an unusual ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary and then photograph it in a way that immediately appeals to your senses and imagination. You feel the old weathered door under your fingers. You feel a naughty desire to peep through the dark key hole. She then couples this with great words - almost a haiku - like the line above, and suddenly allows you to see the world through her eyes. It's a Peter Pan-ish world of joy, beauty, creativity, mystery and optimism. And for a brief moment, you're transported out of your ordinary, into her extraordinary. And so far, that's been a very fun place to be!