Accidental Art with Negative Spaces
My cousin in Denmark wrote: “Negative spaces – what is meant by ‘negative’?” I tried to explain but wasn’t sure that it made any sense and then I thought of […]
Category Archives: Abstracts
Artworks and Photos of Dark Purple Calla Lilies
The Calla Lilies blooming on my deck inspired me with their white speckled leaves and deep purple, almost black flowers. Last year I did some watercolours of these Calla Lilies […]
Cracked and Peeling Paint
I love it when paint cracks and peels away. Decay is such a thing of beauty. Peeling paint on the ancient door of a Tudor house in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rusty wall […]
Delicate Agaves Azules, Blue Agave
Let’s face it, Agaves are not particularly delicate-looking plants. But despite their solid fleshy forms and often serrated edges, their colours are soft and delicate.Which brings me to this Agave […]
Wave Abstracts from the Weathered Hulls of Boats
The painted hulls of the Swedish and Irish boats have been weathered into ocean-like abstracts of frothy waves crashing White caps out in the ocean.Breaking waves tossing white froth up […]
Metal Staircases Run Through the Photo App Stackables
In last week’s ‘Fine Art Monochrome’ challenge I was tempted to use this unedited image of a metal staircase in the Bridgeport Brewing Company down in Portland. But I decided […]
Rusty Textures on Canada’s Wet Coast
Lots of rusty textures available on Canada’s Wet, oops West, Coast. First off some appropriately rusty ‘rain’ scenes. Walkers out in a sprinkling of rust. Rust about town… A couple of […]
Cosmic Challenge: Textures from Mexico’s Walls
Some textures, mostly of plaster walls, from Mexico. Puebla. San Angel. Puerto Vallarta. The colours of this crumbling adobe and plaster wall would make a great backdrop to my Guadalajarian-style pottery. This […]
Circles A-Go-Go, a Polka Dot Abstract
Who doesn’t love arrays of circles arranged in a polka dot pattern. This is the original polka dot sculpture in Bilbao, Spain, cheerful but slightly grimy.This is the sculpture brightened […]
Two Types of Texture: Tactile and Visual
I’ve been thinking about the nature of tactile texture versus visual texture. Tactile is texture that draws your hand out to touch an object – it can be rough as […]
