Arminta Nelson

The Faces of Fire Arminta Nelson

After living in Southern CA for 11 years I went back home to where I'm from to start my life over again, after going through a traumatic experience. It's not been easy having only God & prayer for support but I've been amazed at the things have just come my way out of nowhere. After getting back to the Midwest I started hanging with some people who were some of my best friends growing up. We were having bonfires, most of the time, in the woods at the Wabash River frequently. The experience of coming back home has, for the most part, been healing. I immediately started taking photos of the fires & it quickly became my new passion. I would even arrange the wood & logs to see what would happen with what I saw in my photos. I am amazed at things I was seeing in my photos! The different color schemes were surprising & beautiful. I was fascinated by all the different directions & colors of the flames in just 1 photo but the most intriguing thing to me is that I could actually see faces & animal shapes in quite a few of my photo's. Another fascinating thing to me is when I show people my photo's, they see different things than I have been seeing! Everyone I showed my photos to are intrigued & want to see more so I thought it would be cool to provide a coffee table book of my photography so more people could enjoy what I've been able to create. It has been really nice to finally focus on 1 of my artist abilities again but I now pray, hope & trust that driving for a living can soon take the back seat over being an artist.