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Diptychs: A Conversation between Natural and Unnatural. Used concrete forms and tree bark from around the neighbourhood.
Abstracts, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Textures, Trees13 Comments

Accidental Art from Dumpsters and Concrete Forms

1Porthgain featured dark blue-grey slate that turned bright orange with rust wherever it cracked and the innermost rock was exposed
Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Rock Formations4 Comments

Rust and Shale Rock Formations in Wales

Tree bark with orange lichen combined with a rusty dumpster with cracked metallic blue paint
Abstracts, Trees8 Comments

Dialogues Between Tree Bark & Abstract Textures

Flowers, Murals, Plants7 Comments
Striking striped leaves of the Canna Lily.

Stripes & Checks: Man-Made and Natural

January 29, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Man-made Stripes. Red striped bathing huts at Knokke-Heist on the Belgian Coast. Striped painting in a gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark. Matching one’s blue striped outfit to a blue striped mural on Granville Island, Vancouver.   Natural Stripes. Small scrub struggling to grow … Continue reading Stripes & Checks: Man-Made and Natural

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge1 Comment
These stacks of yellow industrial stanchions made up a batch of interesting patterns from every angle.

Stacks of Things at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

I found stacks of all sorts of things at the nearby Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver. Stack of light green metal turning orange with rust. These stacks of yellow industrial stanchions made up a batch of interesting patterns from every angle. … Continue reading Stacks of Things at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Flowers, Plants2 Comments
Stromanthe sanguine 'Triostar' is a member of the Maranta family has cream leaves with green markings are red underneath

Patterns in Leaves and Flowers

January 20, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Cee has been keeping me busy looking for leaves and flowers with surface patterns on them, and I’ve discovered that the patterns come in several variations. Veining. Sometimes the veining only shows up in the fall when the leaves change … Continue reading Patterns in Leaves and Flowers

Abstracts, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Textures11 Comments
macro of mossy wall looking like a mass of tiny green stars

It’s a Small World (Especially Right Now)

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

I prefer to travel around the world but right now I’m going for walks around the city, and only to places I can get to without taking transit. The other day I went for a walk up to Shaughnessy, the … Continue reading It’s a Small World (Especially Right Now)

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge8 Comments
The building next to this one has been torn down leaving a shadow of its former self on the wall (Vancouver)

Urban Erosion in Vancouver

January 13, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

My COVID walks have been mostly along back alleys and busy thoroughfares, alone, just me and my camera. Anyway, alleys have potential for ‘urban erosion’ shots… Dumpster in front of a concrete block building. Weathered corrugated tin and wood building … Continue reading Urban Erosion in Vancouver

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Photo Apps, Trees1 Comment
Sun Yat Sen Garden boardwalk with autumn Maple leaves run through the photo app Snapseed

Seasons Expressed in Leaves

December 16, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

Each season turns a new leaf in the book of the year. Spring. Summer. Fall. Winter. Christmas. More of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Trees & Leaves. Continue reading Seasons Expressed in Leaves

Painting, Watercolour1 Comment
The sight of the brilliant red and olive sockeye salmon spawning was inspiring for paintings as well

Salmon Spawning / Healthy Water

December 11, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

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

Abstracts, Textures4 Comments
Accidental landscape: a frozen lake appears the blackgrafitti on a white panel van

Black & White (+ 1) Abstracts from Around the World

December 7, 2020December 8, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

Black & White Abstract. China News stand in Vancouver.  An accidental landscape with a frozen lake appears in the black grafitti on a white panel van.   (+ Grey). Two black and white abstracts in scratched and broken plaster on … Continue reading Black & White (+ 1) Abstracts from Around the World

A Photo a Week Challenge, Abstracts, Textures2 Comments
Cracked wall with efflorescence at the Britannia Community Centre

Cracked Wall with Efflorescence Abstracts

December 7, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

Cracked wall with efflorescence. More of Nancy Merrill’s Photo Challenge: Cracked. Continue reading Cracked Wall with Efflorescence Abstracts

Artists, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Photoshop, Textures7 Comments

Trying to Work Out the Meaning of Wabi-Sabi

December 3, 2020December 4, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

I learned a new word/concept this week: Wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. When I googled it I got a lot of images of interior design, all images of simplicity combined with a lot of irregular texture … Continue reading Trying to Work Out the Meaning of Wabi-Sabi

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