Paintography
The finished pieces in this
series are based on some
images from a huge photo
exploration of a colorful
handmade bead and it's
immediate family.

I've been taking and painting pictures of cherries for a long time. They have so much personality!

Three images from this series heve been developed into finished artwork, and will be in the exhibition. This series is the one that really got me hooked on abstract photography.

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Here are four artworks from the River Glass series that have achieved "Real World" status. It's been so interesting to see these images, which I have been looking at constantly for a long while, begin to take on a life of their own, and to devolop such individual character, yet still be part of the group.

Jelly Bubbles

This one was fun to make. It started as a photograph of a floating jellyfish at the aquarium.

The downside of having so much fun with all these different apps is the low resolution of the finished image. But remember that this is a new, still developing technology, and resolution will improve.

Iphone 4S
Percolator
IColorama, twice
MarbleCam

"Copper Dreams:
Turbulence"

I've been jamming to get ready for a big exhibit that opens in a few weeks, (more about that anon) and have been working with the "Copper Dreams" series, which is still only about half sorted out.

This one uses pieces of several different photos taken with the iPhone 4, which tended to pump up the colors, especially the blues. Adjusting the levels tends to pump them up even more. Since I'm a color freak, that's usually OK with me. It's amazing just how many colors the copper could produce. I didn't make any of these colors up, but I did emphasize some, and tone others down.

I also like the seething directional motion in this one, and what seems to be a thumbprint.

Here is the most recent step-by-step pastel painting demo. I have a big backlog of demos to get up, so it was especially satisfying  to get one done.


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One doesn't usually expect to find bright red paint markings sprayed onto leaves and rocks in the woods. It's an interesting juxtaposition. I ususally fuss with my pictures way too much, and this was no exception.