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The Avalon Motel is a quiet little place, on a Jackboro hightway, Texas. Local historian and author Ann Arnold wrote in 'Gamblers and Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s' that the Avalon Motel and Avalon Club were owned by a shady character named Asher Rone, a gambler whose 'rap sheet extended at least as far back as the 1930s.' The tower once supplied water to the motel. Now the motel uses city water, and the tower is just a reminder of days past.

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I was born and raised in Russia. I got my PhD degree in biology in St Petersburg State University (Russia) and continued my research work in the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1999, I moved to the United States to pursue my neuroscience research at the UT Southwestern Medical Center located in Dallas, TX. Being a scientist has been very rewarding in many aspects including creativity. However, I felt a compelling need to further express myself by taking an artistic journey. My artistic experimentation has evolved into a tremendously exciting form - mixed media collage, fine art photography, and digital art. I like experimenting with my photographs. I combine multiple images, textures, to crystallize an image that says something new...