art | color | inspiration | photography
Late Afternoon Walk (a cure for jet lag)
Late Afternoon nature walks refresh the mind and body!
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art | color | Impressionist | inspiration | painting | photography
Being Inspired
Sometimes we wonder where to find inspiration, where to find beauty, where to find our muse in life. The daily tasks, unexpected emergencies, the routine daily grind seem to take their toll and leave us just a bit tired and jaded. I found my breath of inspiration early this morning, drinking my hot coffee watching […]
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art | color | photography
Hot Pink Bouganvillaea
Another Beauty from our Garden, this hot pink bougainvillaea with magenta undertones has a lovely curving grace to her. Beautiful lines. Plenty of foliage greens to complement the hot pink flowers and the soft edges in the background serve to advance the flower even further into the front. Upon close inspection you can see the […]
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art | color | inspiration | mixed media | photography
Bee Inspired Art
The humble honey bee, attracted to my lavender was a cheery, busy little thing inspiring me to get busy myself and take some photos. Which in turn gave rise to the bee inspired semi abstracted prints. Taking the actual photos this close to the bee was just a bit daunting, without my telephoto I […]
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Passion Flower “Espina de Christo”
In Spain the lovely passion flower has been called “Espina de Christo” Christ’s thorns. Apparently around the 15th century Spanish Christian missionaries decided that this flower with its unique structures would make a good symbolic flower. The sharp leaf tips were to symbolise the Holy Lance; the tendrils symbolise the whips used on the […]
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art | color | inspiration | photography
Passionfruit Flowers Photographs
Passionfruit flower photos just in time for the holidays ! It is an exquisite flower, with the lovely cobalt-lavender and yellow complementing each other. I love the tendril like fronds that seem to be stretching right out, reaching out to touch and connect. The bottom image with its gorgeous misty soft edges in the […]
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Snail Nestled In Fallen Leaves
I love leaves. All sorts of leaves – scarlet, yellow spring green, fallen leaves, skeleton leaves. I do not like snails! Yet here I am featuring a snail in my art post. How did this happen? I was in my garden having a quiet morning amble, a little zen, yoga, relaxation, enjoying the refreshing cool […]
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art | color | photography
Indigo, Cobalt Teal, Yellow Green Vase
One of my favourite vases caught my eye today. Its deep indigo, ultramarine, cobalt teal, yellow green seemed to call out to me to look, to pay attention. The vase had been tucked away behind many of my art supplies for a number of months, but today I saw it with new eyes. As I […]
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art | color | inspiration | photography
Scarlet Red Flowers: Photographs
Stunning scarlet red flowers create powerful and dramatic photographs with their fiery colour displays. Flame tree blossoms, poppies, roses and grevillia provide lovely eye treats with their colours bursting into life full of red delicious warmth and vitality! Red is a powerhouse colour; strong, dominant, energetic, lively and full of heat. As I have mentioned in […]
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Textures and Patterns in Nature: Photography
Photographs of simple common subjects with intriguing textures and patterns often create stunning images that capture the artist’s and the viewers’ eyes. Fallen Leaf photograph taken in Canning Vale, WA has great Soft edges in the background which creates recession in the photo, whereas the sharp detailed textures and patterns in the foreground bring it […]