Family shots.
OCEAN BEACH
Exploring the world around you is an endless source of interest and inspiration............ everything then becomes INTERESTING and majikal.......
appreciating and LIVING in the moment creates a happy atmosphere for EVERYONE...
MAMMARY MAJIK
LEARNING HOW TO PLAY WITH THE GIMP FOR POST EDITING PURPOSES........... and joking around.... you got to have a sense of humour!
HARKNESS HOUSE- Isee: series of photos
Framed by the mature trees and seemingly floating in the sea mist the grandeur of a bygone age that is Harkness House.........playing with both composition and contrast.......i think it worked pretty well.....exploring with a camera pointing at the world encourages one to absorb consciously their surroundings i think.
Love the trees......................
HATE the sign age!!! so much for personal responsibility..........
Harkness house treated in sepia tone to help place the architecture in its rightful time.........
Love the trees......................
HATE the sign age!!! so much for personal responsibility..........
Harkness house treated in sepia tone to help place the architecture in its rightful time.........
HARKNESS BEACH HARKNESS HOUSE
On Memorial Day weekend .......Patricks brother Pete came to stay and we went to the beach at Harkness......the fun started in the carpark with the skateboard........Patrick showing the boys his 'style'..........
Drew and Patrick on 'THE ROCK'..........................
Nature provides her own beautiful abstracts.............isee:seaweed
isee: chance
Drew and Patrick on 'THE ROCK'..........................
Nature provides her own beautiful abstracts.............isee:seaweed
isee: chance
HARKNESS BEACH
this is the perfect time of the year for taking abstract photos in the environment.................
ARTISTS WANTED....JAMES AND PATRICK
Art wanted is an art site where many artists from around the world get together to upload their art share art and get comments, feedback and camaraderie from other artists.....As part of my involvement in Artwanted......i have met some great artists........James Shortridge is one of them........an amazing pencil artist i originally saw his work through this website. My dear husband and James on the Porch here in Connecticut.......
seems obvious to me that the www is bringing like minds together and for that i will always be glad about.......
The Age of the Big Stick
Feeling like an alien in a new culture is a very threatening position to find oneself in and i concede it does not leave me unaffected. Ranting and raving against the 'machinery' of society that imposes limitations is a complete waste of energy I understand...... but when one finds the public constrains infiltrating the private world of the individual once wonders at the so called evolution of the species!
So this is where my thoughts are heading and the whole tower series is re-emerging as an icon of safeness against the impassive face of government impositions on my personal world.
We move onwards and outwards and become creative ...... but to be honest it is a SHAME that humanity is still stuck in the AGE OF THE BIG STICK...........
DIVERGENCE DIVINE DIPTYCH
The latest gouache on canvas painting..........allegorical self portrait..........depicting pain externally contrived............
such a contemporary world with such barbaric moralities.........
PATRICKS BIRTH DAY
BIRTHDAYS ARE FUN WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS INVOLVED....... little artist at work on one of the presents....... handmade is such an important part of valuing the arts and an environment where the effort and the execution of artistic expression is what makes artists homes so full of sparkle.........
THE WILD SPACES
STUDIO PICTURES NEW LONDON...THE BEGINNING
Part of the studio space .......... my corner..... I paint sitting on the floor and need the tunes to make the space feel right.......the light is fantastic and the room has a delicious 'feel' and being at the top of the house means you have great views if you want to stare into space......which of course is part of the process for me.
Every time i use the studio it feels more and more like home......... though it is the first time i have EVER shared a studio with another artist ... it works really well and i LOVE working with another artist in the room......being COMPLETELY ALONE when i paint is NOT a requirement for me.........as long as people do not mind me being distracted........
ART FROM THE HEART
After spending some time creating a new studio space with Patrick....... I am ready to Paint...... it is amazing to me how ones creativity can be so strongly influenced by one's surroundings.....mine certainly is.
There's something about the need to feel 'comfortable' in a place. I did know that to paint I needed physical space and obviously a certain amount of organization, light and music.......This of course was easy enough to provide.. though after a time it also became obvious that it was also about me...........how i felt........how relaxed I was and how much the space 'felt' like my space.....
I guess i learned something there.
It transpires to all aspects of my life it seems........... as a creative person in a new world so to speak i am surrounded by difference which to me is exciting. There are moments though when all of a sudden I get a sense of homesickness which is both an unlooked for and powerful feeling.
The first of the new paintings ........ layers of paint and pva on canvas.........Looking out from beneath the tower........
POP PATRICK
Theres always a place for super saturated photos...............playing in Picassa with a distracted patrick photo....... i like the way the eyes turned out so intense......
TRANSITION COMMUNICATION ART AND EXPRESSION
On reflection of all the changes and there are many occuring right now in my life the biggest hurdle I face currently is the transition from COMPLETE independence......to a 'temporary dependency' on those around me....... and i am finding myself learning new depths to that lack of independence at every turn.
In a situation where one relocates country and there is an obvious language barrier for example one learns to expect difficulty with communication..... BUT when one only shifts ever so slightly the meanings.......so to speak as in the difference between Australian English and American English .... one can never even see the 'mismatch' coming until one is not understood....it leaps unannounced and fully fledged into a conversation......which is mostly kinda fun and harmless... but what it also serves to do is REMIND one of the constant need to check meaning....... never a bad thing.
so now i am re-focussing on the whole idea of collaboration and co-operation rather than getting all hung up on what i cannot do yet, i shall focus on what i can with an aim to increase that to encompass continued change and growth, after all thats what life's about!!!
Tho i admit i have a lot to learn ................ egads!!!! ;)
THE HYGIENIC ART FESTIVAL: NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT
The 27th Annual Hygienic Art Show began in Connecticut on January 28th 2006 ..... and thanks to Patrick Miller we both have an artwork hanging in the collection....... for me it is a first . As I was in the air during the opening show i did go and catch up with the artwork later on during the week when i caught my breath.....and was impressed by the diversity of the artworks on offer.......
According to the New London Times the Exhibition had some 495 individual art pieces this year.......
post flying flu fenomena...
The after effects of flying for 36 hours from Perth to Connecticut.....in close proximity to BUGS is the deep breathing in of many bugs ..and it really is not nice at all.......Drew and Jye......sleeping it off...very very sick little vegemites.
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