as if its real

Have another site, asifitsreal

~ private until now ~ will post there instead.

I'll add some of my new paintings, & 

photos from my Tibet & Nepal, China & other trips. 

Email me if you want details of prints etc

address in right hand column under 'about'.

At present, painting is more compelling than digital artwork.

still

Playing with several versions of the same

subject, where I took streaky shots as well

as in focus. Sometimes it feels so still, 

at others its as if the statues wait for a blink

to shift slightly.

matt rich

dragons

Some nagas I played with, after my last Thailand trip.
Shot streaky ones so I could do this.

birthday

My sister & I are celebrating our mother's birthday.

She would have been 94. 

another lovely lady

found

While moving files around I 'found' the one at right, 

thought it was lost: I overlaid aerial clouds on a Sukhothai

statue; above left apsaras in a Lao temple, 

this old heart beats

space

Stayed a few days at a beautiful house

with people I love,

who have a large collection of my paintings & digital art.

I like to see how they work in a different setting.

The setting can be quite spectacular!

we watched an old movie with this setting

line work

Did these two drawings 8 to 10 years ago,

have no memory of what program I used,

which would bother me if I didn't recall how many

things I've moved through in that time.

Perhaps I didn't explore it fully, but it seemed

kind of limited compared to pen, brush etc.

Maybe a plug-in on Corel Draw?

starlings on Otmoor

lotus seat

Some years ago I made a short movie using just 2 photos:

a chandelier & a lotus. The flowers became a chair & so on,

with some wonderful words by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

I'll see if I can do it again as an 'event' on my mac, maybe.

a bright idea

touching

Two new ones, I'm doing several different versions

before deciding which I like best.

That possibility makes it hard to return to painting.

The hand is in the earth touching gesture, it belongs to

a thai buddha. Have I mentioned how much

I like working at the 27inch screen on my new mac?

art in Barcelona

all my books

Here are all 5 of my books:

Images from the I Ching was the first, you may still find

used copies. 64 paintings of the hexagrams, I also wrote

the comment on each, Ralph Metzner wrote the foreword.

Published by Craftsman House.

A Family Frying Pan was the 3rd book, I illustrated

Bryce Courtenay's stories

Before that I illustrated A Recipe for Dreaming,

with small paintings, words by Bryce Courtenay,

& several years later we did another edition, this time with

my altered photographs; the 2nd edition top was published by

Penguin, (still available), while the 1st edition above is

no doubt available at Australian 2nd hand booksellers.

My 5th book is Burning Questions, it's available from

here ~ where you can also see further pages, they are

mostly my paintings, a few photographs,

Isaac Shapiro's words. You can also purchase from

his website

leaf-ing

3 new ones, they look good, big; I am also selling them

as limited edition prints, so small is what you get here.

More details by email (see under about me in right column)

have never done luxury travel, but if I did,

these people look good

new tricks

Having learnt some new digital tricks yesterday,

lots of fun with them today,

am not so keen for judgement day tomorrow ~ whatever that

is supposed to mean. Doubt it figures in the buddhist canon.

What do you think?

exercising

Exercising the brain, by working on both the pc & mac,
without fully understanding the latter, but it's clear that the
big bright screen is better to work on.
Can feel the neurons skidding around, making as if to leap
into/across the void, maybe it's true it helps to
do brain calisthenics?

Why not try the comment option?

new prints

Here are 4 new ones, available as limited edition prints,
more details by contacting me (email me,
address at right hand column under 'about me')
They are 16 inches wide, on glossy paper;
with digital printing, it can be variable, just not super large.
They look really fine on the new 27 inch screen.
If this sounds a bit vague: I'm making new ones, trying to
back up fiddly details eg bookmarks in a different browser,
learn the intricacies of the new Mac,
plus remember there is a body to take care of.

Great titles by Saul Bass

prince

Also from several years ago, using a photo of a
wonderfully handsome maharaja from long ago.
I wanted it to look like a postcard from the past.

rooms

patterns

2 patterns from earlier years at the computer,
when I was seduced by ever more complex detail
I could later make into mandalas.

lost at e minor

light

Did this after last trip to Thailand. There
are often large trees around the temples etc,
which lend a lovely dappled light, that's what
I was aiming for.
thailandlife it's a moving story

subblue .. mindblowing

hearts

Maybe I've posted the one on right, before; if so, too bad,
here it is again. Not too sure what is loving what, but
most folks like that part of the dream..

I really enjoy this site even when I don't understand:
but does it float

still there

Still in Turkey, in a way: making new pictures from
the photos I took there. Took the twin sphinx (what's the
plural?) to night at the museum. I've made 20 or so
new images, which are available as limited edition prints.
Most are about A4 size, not expensive.
(email me for details)

the WAFA collective has some interesting works

memory museum

There was an attractive small museum I went to in
Germany ~ Augsberg? ~ with the bronze horse head;
makes me remember the different horses we had as
kids, or later. We each developed incredibly strong
bonds with our own horses. We could ride all day
without seeing a fence.

Equine therapy is an interesting development.
look at how this great horse bounces!