Spring is always an interesting time of year for me as this is when the ferns unfurl. Most of these ferns could be found in May on walks around the Pacific Spirit Park, located on the university grounds. Fiddlehead ferns … Continue reading Curves: Artworks and Photos of Ferns Unfurling
One exercise we had in a Mixed Media class was to think of something we did with paper. Me I thought of folded brochures, and the next thing I was doing was masses of sketches of paintings with folded paper … Continue reading Folded Paper Painting of the Chalk Cliffs at Stevns Klint in Denmark
This is one of the images that I picked for a submission, primarily because it was popular in an informal poll, and people mentioned the ‘blue’ as a positive step, transitioning to blue skies ahead. Diptych of Corrugated Metal & … Continue reading Inspiration from Corrugated Metal and Tree Bark
Wild flowers in the city. In the city there are empty lots where people have scattered wildflower seeds and they erupt from the earth like this. Most of the empty lots eventually get built on. Sometimes the city takes them over … Continue reading Wild Flowers, Weeds & other Urban Scruff
Years ago I had to design a web site for Environmental Chemistry Courseware designed to promote environmental awareness supplemental to 200-level Organic Chemistry laboratories. The key concepts were: air / earth / life / water. Originally I was a little … Continue reading Salmon Spawning / Healthy Water
Often called ‘Prayer Plants’ because their light-sensitive leaves fold up in ‘prayer’ in the evening. These plants are all part of the Marantacae genus, and consist of Clatheas, Stromanthes, Ctenanthes and Marantas. Plants always seem to me to be dancing … Continue reading A Selection of Works Inspired by the Prayer Plant
A long time ago my dad took me fossil-hunting and this became the inspiration for a series of images about fossils. And suddenly the marbles are teeming with creatures, the dead come to life again, the world turns!” Georges Cuvier, the … Continue reading Fossil Inspiration
Strolling along the Seawall this July I spotted a bunch of waterlilies in bloom. The shapes of the white flowers was beautiful but further along, just around a bend in the pond, were some pink waterlilies.The pink lilies were almost … Continue reading Artworks and Photos of Waterlilies at the Lagoons
I have been in the process of working on a Flame Tulip / Fire Dancer for a long time. Some Flame Tulips for inspiration…Flame Tulips combined with Fire Dancers using magazine collage. Watercolour painting of Flame Tulips combined with Fire … Continue reading Flame Tulip / Fire Dancer Painting
A pencil sketch of a Screw Pine that was just outside of our hotel’s restaurant patio in Mexico, done while sitting at the restaurant. I took a couple of reference shots of the Screw Pine for later. I have run … Continue reading Artworks and Photos of a Screw Pine (Pandanus)
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