Hello and welcome to the online home of Dana Ballentine, a lifelong educator, traveler and visual storyteller who has spent over 30 years using photography and verse to document experience, time and place. What began as a simple desire to preserve memories and create a timeline of travel has evolved into a powerful, multi-sensory way of storytelling. Dana’s images and words work together to evoke the spirit of the landscapes she walks in the United States, along the ancient paths in Spain, Portugal and France or the windswept trails in Scotland.

Her work has been exhibited in juried art fairs across the midwest as well as in private collections. Through the interplay of image and verse, Dana invites visitors into moments of stillness, discovery and connection.

She hopes what you see will evoke a sense of what many times is unique about the ordinary and perhaps remind you of your own experience, time and place.

Enjoy!