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nature morte
Firstly, I must fess-up, I'm not too used to still-life set-ups, as they're a bit of a new thing for me. But knowing those few basics about three being better than two and five being better than four objects, gets you into the right arrondissement of Nature Morte!...
The Bull on the Hill
This was taken on one of those hot summer days early in the morning when there was thick fog in the valleys. We were travelling to inland Otago via a road known as the Dunstan Trail which was used by the early settlers and miners heading to the Dunstan goldfields in...
soft blues
Its uncanny, but when I look at this image, I'm transported back to painting scenic backdrops for Harrods Bridal windows! I had the job of doing all the back few dozen windows, all the while being chased from window to window by the designers. Not that they had...
sweet peas
These sweet peas were growing over a neighbours fence and I appropriated a few flowers on my way past for photographic purposes. *notes to self to remember to plant some seeds next year*. Processed as follows: Curves layer to adjust the contrast Archival canvas @...
hare tricks
With Easter on its way, hopping through all this thawing snow, I thought I'd try something a little experimental as well as seasonal with our textures. I was after an antique surreal scene, perhaps in the style of the old master Alfred Stieglitz 'Camera Work'. I used...
brushes (with the law)
In my little old French house I have a kind of a studio, where the walls are still rough as I've not yet decorated . It used to belong to a Dutch professor of colour therapy. He's still in France because I keep getting his speeding tickets! Anyhow, he said this top...
Drive-By
Another drive-by shooting...I'm getting good at taking photos out the car window, thankfully I'm the passenger so I have plenty of opportunity. I won't be around for the next week or so but Paul will be here taking care of things. A lot of textures went into this...
Blueberries
I have one blueberry bush in my garden. It dates back to the days when I was studying horticulture by correspondence at one of our NZ universities. As part of our studies we had to attend a week long block course which for me meant travelling to the North Island. It...
The Chase
This is proof that it pays to keep your camera handy! I just managed to capture the lead figure before he was lost into shadow. The before image has already had the Painterly effect and a texture. I removed the green lens flare by painting the warm texture tones with...
Gently
More roses from my mothers garden, she has inherited lots of standard roses with trunks like small trees! I'm not a big fan of that style of rose bush myself but can see the advantages, you don't have to bend over to smell them and they're much easier to weed around,...