My Least Favourite Colour: Middle Grey
Lately all the clothing shops and furniture stores are filled with something I call: ‘Comes in any colour you want as long as it’s grey.’ And it’s not even an […]
Author Archives: Albatz Travel Adventures
Pink Bougainvillea, a Tropical Vine
My flower of the month has been messed up by the weather. After a cold snap in November we had unseasonably warm December and January, and tons of flowers, even […]
Witch Hazel with Two Different Point and Shoot Cameras
For January’s ‘plant of the month’ I have chosen to photograph the spiky yellow Witch Hazel flowers with two different Point n’ Shoot cameras. Waterproof Nikon Coolpix AW130, with 5x […]
Complementary (Contrasting) Colours
Complementary colours are opposites on the colour wheel and together they sing! Blue/Orange. This is my favourite and the one I use the most in my paintings. Morocco painting. Red/Green. […]
A Rose By Any Other Name
Peace Rose in my ex-garden. Vancouver is a bit too wet for most roses and this one succumbed to various molds.Then I discovered old-fashioned roses. They seem immune to mold […]
Some Fig Trees with Twining Growth and Strangling Habits
I saw my first Banyan tree in San Diego in 1976 and the first thought that came to my mind was to make a macrame art piece of it – […]
Cosmic Challenge: Upside Down
I thought I didn’t have anything upside down; then I found this reflection of tulips down in LaConner Washington. Next thing I knew I was turning all sorts of reflections […]
