Maine Coast as Art

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:22:48 +0000

I spent a week in Maine and really really enjoyed being there. The coast line is spectacular and a photo moment at every turn. I was there when the wildflowers were in full bloom and in this image used the wild lupine for a foreground of a harbor image.

Bee and Thistle as Art Redux

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:18:08 +0000

I must like working with this image as here is yet another digital painting version…

Bee and Thistle as Art

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:43:58 +0000

I knew when I was photographing the huge thistle with the giant spiky blooms they were going to work out with Fractalius. Here are two of may favorites. I put the originals (no fractalius versions) in my gallery…HERE.

Hummingbird and Thistle as Art

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:20:48 +0000

When I was at Block Creek Natural Area, I had a chance to photgraph quite a few birds and as soon as I saw this image, I was sure it was destined for the Fractalius treatment. That thistle had a lot of great geometry and I am learning that the better the geometry the better the results. Wish I had worked harder on that when I was in high school…OK, not really!

Enjoy this Black-chinned Hummingbird enjoying the thistle. Enjoy, more images at my site…HERE.

California Wildflowers as Art

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:24:23 +0000

I was in California last week and there were zillions of wildflowers in a riot of colors. I liked the way this landscape of flowers looked and so here it is as a painting. You can see the original and all of the rest of my flowers from that trip at my site….HERE.

Fractalius as Art

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:50 +0000

Well, it was inevitable that I would discover Redfield’s Fractalius….FUN…FUN!

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sk8r’s as Art

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:54:19 +0000

Yesterday I posted a wildlife shot which was rare for me. Today my post is even more rare, pictures that I didn’t take! My friend and colleague Brenda Berry is crazy for skateboarding pics. To be fair her son Mason, “The Weasel”, loves to hit the park and Brenda needed something to do while watching out for him. Now she is hooked! Brenda took these pics and you can see the originals on her site. On a recent trip Brenda took me along to the park. The picture with the photographer in the foreground is Brenda and not me. I’m not quite ready to rock the tie dye T!

I was inspired by the Dave Hill look and so the grungy look of his work is what these pics are all about. That and Mason dropping in and stuff. Who knew sk8rs had their own fakey lingo?

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Bobcat As Art

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:03:42 +0000

I don’t do very many wildlife shots, they just don’t work very often. I really liked this shot; the bobcat sitting up and posing so perfectly and the colorful mountain background, well it seemed that I had to add it to my portfolio of digital paintings.

I will be leading a photography workshop to this location at the end of October, check it out on the PAW website.

Skimmer Chick as Art

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:13:35 +0000

This is a bit different than the normal “art” that I post. I was fortunate to be around when a colony of Black Skimmers were hatching. There were chicks of every age from freshly hatched to fledged. This little puffball was stretching his wings and I thought it was very cute. I decided to create this panoramic montage of the action. I call March of the Skimmers. I hope you like it.

Geese as Art

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:46:07 +0000

I don’t often pixel paint two images at the same time, but I though that these would look together if you hung them together as a pair. I photographed these Snow Geese at the famed Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. Bosque is an all time favorite palce to photograph and it was the place that I went on my very first workshop. Coincidentally I am leading a workshop there myself this year. Maybe I’ll find some more painitngs. You should come and check it out, its is a terrific workshop, if I do say so myself! Here is the link for more information about the workshop.