River Temple
Ever changing light transformed this structure to become a……….
Title : River Temple
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Points Of Vanishing
New black and white photograph……..
Title : Points Of Vanishing
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Parallel Lines
Here is a recent photograph. Would you believe it took 365 hours waiting to get a cloud in perfect parallel alignment with the building? Just like waiting for eclipse of the sun.
No….how about 24 hours……….12 hours…………6 hours……….1 hour……….5 minutes?????
Alright, I turned around and it was there.
However the little Sugar Bowl Cloud Watchers loved it and did believe me when I said it took 365 hours to take it. So please don’t spoil their pleasure by telling them anything different…….or do you think we should always tell our little Sugar Bowls the absolute truth regardless?
(If you’re not familiar with the famous Sugar Bowl Cloud Watchers of Nerang please search Sugar Bowl on my site)
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Welcome
This is a photo montage I did last year. The title “Welcome” comes from the obvious doormat and the chance happening of a mother and child stepping into a bus and being welcomed by the driver.
The setting is the front room of a house with the wall dissolved so you can see what is happening outside as well as inside. It is all put together with my often used grid construction. Many hours of work went into the making of the image.
Since my art is about seeing the world in a new way this image seems to do this.
Wonder if the word welcome came from ……well come…….inside???
You are “welcome” to make any comments.
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Portrait of a Beautiful Girl
In my recent blog Portrait of a Beautiful Girl a very insightful blogger posted the following comment ……….(thanks again John)
“Raw, immediate and courageously gestural – I can’t stop looking at this drawing…”
In replying to his comment it prompted me to think about what is beauty.
“You’re right to add courageously. I am reluctant to show such images as many will be shocked by them…including myself. But, as you know, as artists we must be true to whatever comes from within.
My way of understanding this is to think of a beautiful tree with colorful blossoms and elegant foliage for all to see. Below is an intricate roots system which to many may be considered ugly compared to what is above. But it is only our perception of beauty. It is all the same tree and and must be loved and appreciated as such.
All beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Below is a painting Under the Jacaranda 1903 by R. Godfrey Rivers Queensland Art Gallery Australia
Tree Roots
Further thoughts : We are all made up of many parts…some regarded as beautiful and others….well not so. But that is our perception based on what we have learnt – IT CAN CHANGE if we are open to it.
Different cultures have distinct ideas about what is beautiful and it can change over time.
Life is about CHANGE and the way we see the world……….the way we see and “feel” beauty!
Any comments welcome.
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The Cathedral Cave
After much searching I found there was no way into the Wall of Light
So I began to explore other tunnels until I came across the magnificent Cathedral Cave.
There were many objects just floating and dancing in the bright light streaming down from above.
Being completely lost I decided to climb the huge walls of the Cathedral as it seemed to be the only way out.
About The Journey…… this is an actual journey I am experiencing right now. It began with a painting and I have no idea where it might be leading. The discoveries I am making are REAL but they are coming from my artworks. These are all new artworks and they are REALLY amazing me …. I hope you are enjoying them too.
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