In my last post I’d mentioned, I was next going to do show and tell with the new camera lens. Yesterday’s photo experiments were great fun at the little nature park down the road! I took quite a few duds, but these two I rather like. I like their Colours, the softness and the depth […]
Discipline can be a hard task master. You know how it is. When you get first get something new, you feel the overwhelming desire to spend all your time with it! But, I’ve put aside my cleaned repaired camera, with its shiny brand new prime lens, for …today. I’m feeling a bit desperate. […]
“Nobody sees a flower – really- it is so small it takes time – We haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe Another Georgia O’Keefe quote I like is, “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, its […]
What wondrous things a palette knife can do! Soft diffusions of colours and tones and heaped up delicious globs of paint, I think I’m a bit obsessed with my PK 1008 palette knife. But I’m sure you can see why its so easy to get lost in all the delightful patterns, textures and colours that’s […]
My artist’s eye is quick to see what my friends and family often miss. I imagine you can relate! The artist’s eye never slumbers, never pauses. Throughout the day, all day long … its constantly searching…. for textures, colours, shapes, lines, patterns and tones. Maybe that explains why some are just a wee bit tired […]
Henry Matisse has many great quotes, but two especially, resonate within me: “Would it not be best to leave room to mystery?” and “I do not literally paint that table but the emotion it produces upon me.” The spirit in which I paint integrates both of these concepts. Matisse painted […]
Lovely and gorgeous, I couldn’t resist this delicately coloured rose-pink hibiscus on my fantastic “detour” the other day. I took photos not only of Autumn Water Reflections, but a number of very intriguing subjects as well. I can’t wait to get out there and accidentally, of course, have a few more happy detours […]
I had lots of Good intentions today, but I admit I was led astray… or rather down the garden path. Its my day off, I had a large ‘to do’ list with going to the shops first on my agenda. However – I stopped and grabbed my camera off the kitchen bench as I was […]
Forest Lake Reflections a semi abstract composition using Cerulean Blue in watercolours and Burnt Sienna in inks. I’ve allowed the two colours to merge and flow into intriguing patterns making sure there is adequate light tone, mid tone and dark tone through out the entire design.