Pebbles (with a touch of watercolour filter)

Beauty and the beach (2)

See also https://lagill6.wordpress.com/2019/07/27/beauty-and-the-beach/ ‎

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beauty and the beach (1)

The beach at Thorpeness, Suffolk, comprises an extensive expanse of shingle stretching from Dunwich in the north to Aldeburgh (the birthplace of the composer, Benjamin Britten) in the south.  The shingle shelves quite steeply in places.  A narrow band of sand emerges at the water’s edge at low tide.

 

Known as vegetated shingle, this is a rare and fragile habitat.  Plants that grow on the shingle have adapted to windy, salty conditions and very little water.  They grow mostly in small, isolated mounds scattered around the high water line.

Plants commonly found at Thorpeness include the yellow horn poppy, sea spurge, sea pea, sea kale, sea holly, sea campion and the rugosa rose.  Numerous other varieties that have escaped from nearby gardens have also acclimatized themselves to the conditions  Collectively they contribute interest, colour and beauty to what might otherwise be an uninspiring landscape

Below are a few examples of plants photographed on a recent visit.  More will inclded in the next post.

 

 

 

Abstract ‘Evolution’

Camera Sketchbook

Homage to the humble weed (2)

By definition, a weed is an unwanted plant: an irritant that  upsets our sense of order and tidiness!  But, when observed closely, a weed often exhibits interesting features such as form, shape, pattern, texture and colour.  It can provide source material for creative development and expression

Each image in this series is an interpretation of a small weed (varying between  5 and 12 cms) growing in the cracks of my garden path.  In some instances the original background has been modified slightly to emphasise the features

 

 

 

Where the water falls

A selection from the garden yesterday

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘I must go down to the sea again’

Abstract: suggested by scavenging gulls

Cape Fuchsia using watercolour filter

Abstract in black and white (influenced by Franz Kline)

Seeing the same thing differently

 

Cascade Abstract Series (9) and (10)

 

 

For an introduction to the Cascade Abstract Series see https://lagill6.wordpress.com/2019/04/14/cascade-abstracts-1-and-2/

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