Smoke & Mirror & Illusions
My 2020 COVID walks have sometimes been a show of smoke & mirrors and illusions. COVID poster from the middle of March, extorting us to just ‘Stay Home for the […]
Category Archives: Photo Challenges
A Pink & Yellow Mood
One of my favourite pink and yellow photos is of a metal sculpture of Don Quixote up against a yellow wall with a pink bougainvillea on the end of his […]
Sage, October’s Plant of the Month
October is the month when the Sage Brush puts out yellow blooms in BC’s Okanogan. An ancient weathered sage with pale greens and oranges in the background. Look at these […]
Fossil Inspiration
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 […]
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 […]
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Pick a Word
A miscellaneous collection of words transformed into thoughts. Requiem for My Old Comfortable Chair. The excitement of Growing a New Baby Pineapple (and having a new camera at the same time!)The […]
Everyday Items: Spoons, Forks and Knives
Going through my photos of a reconstruction of an 1864 village in Denmark I found beauty in the small everyday details. This rack of old spoons and plates, probably pewter […]
Blue Lupins Painted from Life Instead of from Photos
My knee started to go on a Manning Park hike up the Three Brothers, so I sent everyone further on and settled myself down amongst the mosquitos with my sketch […]
Life Drawing Session with ‘Spring’ Tumbling in Slow Motion
March is the month of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. My favourite part is the life drawing sessions. This year was supposed to be the 20thanniversary season of the Festival, […]
Roses, June’s Plant of the Month
Wandering around the city this month checking out roses. Yellow Rose Brocade. This single rose was done up in the photo app in Pixlromatic. The same rose times four, also in […]
