About

David Blohm’s love for nature was kindled at an early age.

David still remembers his trip to Yosemite and the magic of the Firefall from Glacier Point. He was four years old. Since then, he has made many trips to Yosemite and experienced much of its grandeur, including one bear encounter. The damage of that encounter is still evident on the frame pack and tent that the bear decided to investigate.

Experiencing the outdoors was one of those simple pleasures that was easy to do in the 1950’s and it didn’t cost very much. His family spent many days in New Hampshire’s White Mountains picnicking and backpacking. Beginning at the age of eight, David spent a few summers at Berkshire Boys camp where he learned outdoor wilderness skills. There, at the age of ten, he went on a solo survival hike in which frog legs and wild blueberries were his principal diet.

David became interested in photography in the mid 1960’s when the introduction of the Kodak Instamatic and easy to use film popularized it for the average consumer. The Instamatic allowed David to experiment with subject and composition and his interest grew rapidly. He later served as the photo editor of his college newspaper where his interests turned to black and white film. He built the college darkroom and then one in his family’s home and pursued a variety of subjects.

But, photographing nature was always his primary interest. He continued to enhance his experience, knowledge and equipment and accomplish more of his objective – sharing his love for nature through his photos.

Then he got busy with life and career and his photography was “back-burnered”. Thirty years later, after a family with four children, two companies that he took public as CEO, and a diagnosis of MS, he is back pursuing his goal of bringing nature to people through his photography.

David hopes that his images allow you to experience nature as he does.

Mary’s interest in art was kindled as a young girl by the John Gnagy, Learn to Draw set that she received from her aunts.  Raised on a tobacco farm on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Mary observed light, form and color in the natural world around her.  In her early youth, as one of twelve children, she had little time for formal art training, but created simple sketches of her natural surroundings in charcoals, pastels and watercolors using dime-store kits.  When the John Gnagy set arrived she developed her skills using the lessons it provided.

Although art was a passion, the pressures of school and life kept art in the background.  Her first job was in Washington DC working for the Department of Agriculture located in the midst of numerous art museums. She spent her lunch hours roaming the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery. She especially focused on the Asian and impressionist artists which influence her work today. There, she also admired John Singer Sargent for his use of shadow and light.

Now her natural world is the shore of Lake Sunapee, NH where she focuses on painting the nature she sees using watercolors. And, she has more time.

If you wish to reach us please call at 603-763-4620 or email to dblohm@blohmgroup.com.  You can also reach us by FAX at 603-719-0339.