next to

Decided to post some files that are next to each other
in my folders, but maybe not otherwise related, makes
me see them differently. So, some pretty Mexican sheep,
& a worn out snow lion mat ~ my friends have been in Tibet,
some great photos on flickr.

in time

Joining several shots to make a big file of the vertical photo,
was reminded of how it felt to be there: as if these
figures had pushed outwards through time, to adorn
the temple. Not sure if they are buddhas or bodhisattvas,
either way, they have such a calm presence.

love his photos: nuri bilge ceylan

relief

A detail from a relief at Angkor. Have coloured it as it
maybe was, long ago, because I couldn't get the contrast to
work ~ it's a delicate scene, a quieter moment
amongst vast dramatic battle panoramas.

Like reading this guy, on art

places

A clean up of my desk today, unearthed a stash of prints.
These are: Merida, Tulum, Oaxaca, Morelia.
It's always nice to remember Mexico.

bldgblog

inner

Have been amusing myself with these, the detail looks good large,
These 4 are from one photo, basically the image is flipped,
which results in symmetry.

Its strange to see how often that produces a face, or figure;
to me they give a sense of the tree, flower, grass etc
that's similar to being really tuned in, appreciating it.
Sometimes a most bizarre or savage face stares back, there's
a marked difference between, say, an acacia & a palm.

haven't tried this yet, but want an antiqued mirror

messages

Do you have those days when the landscape (not just
the clouds) resemble people, animals etc?

How about when there seems to be

messages...?

horsesthink

tiny

At the beach recently.They are tiny birds, often in pairs
at the waters' edge, & always make me smile: as they
sprint, only their legs seem to move. (below are seagulls)
The tiny birds might be sandpipers?
&, happily, a drongo visited the bird bath in my garden.

weebirdy & chris draper

nature

Where I live, we say 'it's cold today', when it would be
a summer's day, elsewhere. The shadows grow darker
as the days get shorter. I like how a tropical tree
fern can begin to resemble a snowflake..
awesome how it all seems to hang together.

olaf hajek

changeable

The days are changeable (if not interchangeable),
gray & cold one minute, sunny the next; am busy at
the computer, though today I got lost at
bibliodyssey ~ what a treasure trove.

three

OK, this is the last of the posts on some of what I did while
learning the new medium of digital art. Still am learning:
there is something about being able to complete an image
in a day or two, that goes with a short attention span.
In viewers too, I think?

the amazing Julie Heffernan

earlier

Near the beginning of my computer adventures,
I practiced a lot on mandalas, using a plug-in that helped
compose the various elements. Still like some of them,
though they did get very complex..

Right is made up of buddha heads. The collage left in retrospect
would have improved in 'hard copy'.
Being able to try out many ideas kept me interested.
We all have to make our own mistakes, probably ~
& draw our own conclusions.

brilliant: josedgardo granados

learning-a

You can see how I was trying for both texture & depth,
it would have made more sense to make a 3D collage,
the eye still sees these as flat.
& how I wish I'd not used filters on anything!

Emmanuel Polanco makes splendid digital collage

learning-b

What you get from digital art is a print, which can look very
artificial, without texture. So for some time I added a lot to
the image ~ but it's still a flat print. Whereas with my
paintings I want a very realistic (smooth) effect, so that any
surprises aren't noticed, initially. To see what I mean,
look through the labels at right, or at Burning Questions

chris hipkiss

learning-c

What the computer does allow: an exploration of
complex material that I'd hesitate to start painting unless
I felt sure of the idea..

fascinating: artindiahomepage

dreaming

Shall post some of my earlier digital work in next days ~
their main flaw, perhaps, is due to getting carried away with
how much it's possible to do: my paintings took several weeks,
& the computer's speed was so attractive.
Not much was worth keeping from then.

Heard Antony Gormley on the abc last week, he speaks
so wonderfully, I love his work, terrific website too.

our times

So sad for what's happening in Bangkok right now.
Troubled times for so very many, &, simultaneously,
this life, this moment,
such luck.

ramana maharshi

archaic

When I was staying at a friend's place near Munich, beside
a lovely lake that had a long history of settlement, I found
stones on my walks ~ smoothed by glaciers, probably.
I started painting these small gouaches in a book.
Maybe I was tuning in to the early female inhabitants..
There are 33 pages, but it looks too nice as a book
to pull it apart in order to sell individual pages.

museum of cycladic art & 12thpress

aerial

From the air ~ don't know how much you'll be able to see,
they're 2 of my altered photos. It's the one thing I really like
about flying: seeing the country.

Looks like a really great trip: hoofprinting with evliya

feather

A few nights ago I had a dream, it was just a large &
intricately patterned feather, an other-worldly beauty;
above, though lovely, is from a local bird, a Coucal I think,
the dream feather would belong to an angel,



if they have feathers ~ or perhaps some unknown
creature of forgotten myths. Left ( from the Topkapi ?)
is one of my all time favourite images. Right is a detail from
a medieval tapestry.

Kseniya Simonova's sand drawings.

lights

lights

even in the dark.
How long since you looked at the night sky?

nasa picture of the day archive

animals

More idle combinations.. should have checked if I've done
it before, but does it matter if I have? The horses are
standing in the shadow of a windmill.

unusual subjects/photos by robinschwartz

disappear

When I listen to the radio, all the "news" is about money,
or rather the insane way governments (& people)
have been spending what they don't have.
Maybe I will also riot, if what I do have disappears..

If I was rich, maybe I'd stay in one of these gorgeous places

lavendar

Just going through my photo files, see what jumps out
at the same time.

theunicorndiaries

blue

Not blue as in moody, just like a flower, a sky.
Right is a version of hexagram 44 (Temptation), from my book
Images from the I Ching. What I wrote for it:
'Amazed, I meet myself, coming from the centre.'
Link at top right column to see pages from my most recent book,
Burning Questions

This one appeared last weekend.

read about the insidious facebook.
Incidentally, blogger always tells me I'm not 'following'
anyone's blog. I am, I just like an uncluttered page.

glow-ering

One of those dark days, a watery light, where things glow..
makes the eyes feel soft.

beccyridsdel's 'repurposing'

welcome news

A strangely dreamlike day, with some very good &
welcome news.

thesilverliningblog

autumn

It is cooler lately, but the way I notice autumn is by the light:
the sun has a different angle, so the sun comes through the
trees, rather than from above,
making gentle patterns. Not as hard edged.

endangered cultural treasures & especially Hasankeyf
~ that is, the latter looks uniquely beautiful to me.

listening

Had to wait until I remembered to photograph an attractive
pair of ears, to finish this one. Left is an inner leaf of a
staghorn fern. Interesting how a shape or texture can remind
of ears/hearing ~ & the same for the other senses.
I know that the overlapping of the senses is called synesthesia,
as if it's different ~ but is it really?
Let me hear from you, anyway, ok?

Listen to Alim & Fargana Qasimov's hair-raising sounds

drawings-3

Did these in India, after doing the lettering for a book
about Japanese mandalas. About 10 years later
I went to Kyoto, so many beautiful temples there.
& absolutely stunning art.

the Starn twins

drawings-2

From Bali about 1970. I stayed months longer than planned,
it was such a beautiful place to be, just about everyone
was an artist. My drawing books from those years are a bit
disappointing, mostly small scribbles of ideas for paintings.

There was a very large cremation during my stay ~ sensational!