The assignment was to think about what we did with paper and then construct an artwork of it. For me, as a commercial artist, one of my favourite things to do with paper was to construct brochures with a surprise … Continue reading Folded Paper Paintings
Pixels can never truly reproduce the tactile quality of real textures created by paint; textures so delicious you want to reach out and touch them. There is however, visual texture, such as in all the fine detail in an old … Continue reading Textures: Pixels Vs. Paint
Just back from Huatalco in Mexico where I was taking macros of one of my favourite tropical flowers, Bougainvillea, and running into an old problem which I call ‘red flare’. These shots were from 2010. My old camera had a … Continue reading Macros of Bougainvillea, a Tropical Vine with Bright Papery Flowers
‘A’ is for antique. On an old building made of corrugated metal on the former industrial site of Granville Island, the letter ‘A’ has almost faded into oblivion. ‘C’ is for crow. The letter ‘C’ made abstract by graffiti. Sculptural signage of the … Continue reading Single Letters
Here I am trying to create landscape paintings using photo apps – mostly Waterlogue which has a dozen different watercolour styles. Ireland’s Bloody Foreland is sort-of okay but the Waterlogue app seems to need more details in the image to … Continue reading Landscape Paintings
Once I had to illustrate the ‘all about bugs’ section of a grade seven Science textbook. While admittedly I felt a bit crawly drawing all these insects I also learned a lot about their place in our world. As far as … Continue reading Insects, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Horse art from around the world. The yellow horse riders in Vancouver’s Chinese New Year parade. Statue of Pancho Villa on a horse in Zacatecas, Mexico.Old wooden rolling horse in India.Strange creature with horse hoofs at a temple in Hanoi, … Continue reading One Word Photo Challenge: Horse Art from Around the World
Grains of wheat in a field next to one of our many French picnics. A comment from one of the few bakers in Canada that is capable of producing bread that tastes like real French bread: “In France they use … Continue reading One Word Photo Challenge: Grain
Several photo apps that I use extensively have ‘frame’ options. This screen grab of a flower run though the photo app Snapseed shows some of the current 23 ‘frame’ options. The ‘frames’ all print out high quality, the ‘Frame Width’ … Continue reading Adding Frames in Photo Apps
A collection of fish art from around the world. A shop decorated with metal fish of all sorts in the harbour of Carnlough, a small town on the Coastal Causeway Route of Ireland, UK. Photo exhibit in Siem Reap has … Continue reading Fish Art from Around the World
Batz Gallery 