Watercolour Paintings of Salmon Swimming Upstream
Submission for exhibit called ‘NEXT’. Like the salmon, we have all spent the last few years struggling to make it upstream. The flashes of colour and rippling water could be likened to a dance of life. The salmon story to … Continue reading Watercolour Paintings of Salmon Swimming Upstream
Pink and Green in the Plant World
Nature has a thing for pink and green in the plant world… Dieffenbachia in Puerto Vallarta with pink and green markings. Pink waterlilies in a pond at Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden, Mexico. Soft green Bromeliad with pink thorns and markings. … Continue reading Pink and Green in the Plant World
Playing with Motion
I rarely deliberately take photos of objects in motion, not sure why. Sometimes they only show up by mistake, as when I accidentally opened the scanner lid in the middle of scanning. Me accidentally taking a photo while moving, creating … Continue reading Playing with Motion
Sketches of Ripples in the Nearby Duck Ponds
January was a long month; trying to find items to do for a Sketch-a-Day Challenge over the 31-day month was challenging. That problem went away when I started doing sketches of tight crops of photos of water ripples. For Day … Continue reading Sketches of Ripples in the Nearby Duck Ponds
My Photographic Groove
My first thought when I saw the Lens-Artists latest photo challenge ‘Photographic Groove’ was MACRO. I immediately put together a batch of favourites from the last few months and then I discovered that my groove could be better described as … Continue reading My Photographic Groove
Seeing Double: More Natural/Unnatural Diptychs
In an effort to present the dichotomy of Vancouver here is another batch of eroded urban objects combined with close-ups of nature. A row of used red concrete forms combined with the first horsetails of spring (36 x 16). Abstract … Continue reading Seeing Double: More Natural/Unnatural Diptychs
Triptychs or Three of a Kind
In the case of my art I’ve mostly planned diptychs and triptychs in order to get a long continuous scene onto the wood panels I use. Here I fudged up a few photos of Stevns Klint chalk cliffs in order … Continue reading Triptychs or Three of a Kind
Eroded Urban Objects: Layers of Tape
One of the small things that absolutely delights me is layers of tape that have eroded into pieces of accidental art. An old chair taped up in Mexico City. Getting in closer: a taped-up chair seat on nearby Commercial Drive, … Continue reading Eroded Urban Objects: Layers of Tape
Using the ‘Fresco’ Filter in Photoshop on Industrial Shots
I love the gritty feel that Photoshop’s ‘Fresco’ filter gives these industrial images. Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver. Pinko Industry Corporation. Dolly. Oil can in a metal shop. Granville Island in Vancouver. Mini-bulldozer. Rusty corrugated metal building. Reflection of a … Continue reading Using the ‘Fresco’ Filter in Photoshop on Industrial Shots
Straight Lines in the Form of Corrugated Metal
Whether it’s weathered rust or brand new, corrugated metal has long been one of my favourite muses. Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada, and Penang in Malaysia are the best sources of this lovely material. Abstract blue and red corrugated metal … Continue reading Straight Lines in the Form of Corrugated Metal
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