This Challenge is about linking images not only to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge but to other people who willingly put themselves to the huge amount of work in hosting challenges. First a spectacular Bird of Paradise in flower for Cee’s … Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Double Dipping
When I typed ‘window’ in my Finder I got a rather oddball collection and realized that ‘window’ comes with a variety of interpretations. Here are a few from the last couple of months, all in Vancouver as I haven’t gone … Continue reading Windows from the last few months
In December 2020 I found these two photos next to each other in my photo previewer. I liked the way they complemented each other and I added it to my ‘Favourite Photos of 2020‘. Although I didn’t realize it at … Continue reading Favourite Thing to Do with Photos in 2021: Diptychs
Finding beauty at home. In January we made it out to Steveston, a short drive away. I liked the mood of winter light on this fishing boat. In February I peeked in a metal shop on Granville Island and saw … Continue reading It’s All About the Light: Favourite Shots 2021
Shimmer: a rippling light, most often found in water; or an atmospheric effect from extreme heat where the scene shimmers before your eyes as if it were reflected in rippling body of water. Because I like to play with words … Continue reading Shimmer: Like Rippling Light on Water
For the Cee’s two-colour challenge I had wanted to do green and pink. But there were so many permutations of green and pink that I ended up retreating back to some mood boards I had started years ago but hadn’t … Continue reading Grey-Green with Two Pinks: Terracotta and Rose Pink
I came across a glorious red dumpster last month. Thinking of my diptych series of Natural/Unnatural I said to myself, ‘Too bad trees don’t have bark in this colour red’. Then I looked at Adobe Bridge where I usually sort … Continue reading Autumn Red Abstracts
I used to tell people, “I paint rocks”, but when everyone took that to mean that I was painting on rocks, I changed it to “I’m painting portraits of pebbles”, quite a different thing! I have always been a pebble … Continue reading Painting Portraits of Pebbles
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
Twisted tangles of kelp & seaweed on the beaches of Vancouver Island, Canada. Kelp untangled and floating in the soft green waters off of North Vancouver. More of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Twisted or Squiggly. Continue reading Twisted & Tangled Seaweed
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