The glistening veil

Feeling a bit grumpy today!

 

 

 

Rock Abstracts (2)

See also Rock Abstracts (1)

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A Stipa sketchbook

I enjoy exploring the expressive potential of natural objects  –  grasses, seaweed, pebbles etc  –   sometimes isolating them from their background, sometimes changing their context or, maybe, increasing or diminishing colour saturation or other tonal adjustments.

Among my favourite subjects is the flowering seedhead of the tall stipa gigantea, a grass with elegant six foot wands that sway with the breeze in late summer and early autumn

 

Sometimes the rotation of an image can suggest a change of character.

Finding a quiet corner

November miscellany

 

 

Abstract 211 ‘Fantasia’

Nature in white and black

Just chilling out!

This ‘doodle’ has been derived from a seaweed pattern found on the beach.  Nothing has been removed from or added to the original pattern although, enjoying a little artistic licence, the colours have been changed.

 

Rock Abstracts (1)

In earlier posts (The Blue Lagoon and Porthgain) I referred to the slate quarrying in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.  At Abereiddy the exposed slate strata, coloured by weather and time, create patterns reminiscent of the works of the Post Impression and early Cubist painters.

I shall be posting a series of images derived from these rock surfaces in the coming weeks.

Coral Bark Maple in November

 

 

Sunshine and rain

Yesterday, after a day of continuous rain, the setting sun briefly shone brilliantly, its bright rays backlighting the raindrops on the window pane.

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Abstract 214

Colour, shapes and textures on the rocks

Draped seaweed, exposed at low tide, often displays a range of rich colours and fantastical shapes that contrast with the barnacled or striated rock beneath.

 

 

 

 

 

Texture in black and white