60 and Beyond

Our intent is to showcase “THE BEST ART” created by Artists 60 years of age and beyond thus establishing our very unique category for admission.

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Featured Work

THE AWAKENING by Paul Alleyne

The Light / The Light / Do you see the light? / Squint — squint some more. Ahh! Yes, I see it now / Finally! / It is so bright. / Like liquid flames dancing in my head / Its long elegant fingers are beckoning me to come to it / To come closer still Should I go to it? / I am afraid. / Should I bathe my soul in its purity? Do not be afraid. / Do not run from it. / Do not hesitate. / Do not draw back from it. / Go to it now. / Your only chance to bask in its warmth / Dance it its glorious ecstasy / And cleanse your soul / Just like I did, a long time ago / Paul Alleyne 12/08/07
Medicine Man by Maureen Bloesch

I Finally took it out of the frame and took a picture, as I am going to enter it into a contest. For those who wish me luck, I thank you! / (now you can see all the detail) / A Native American Medicine Man done with white pencils on black illustration board. / This technique is drawn in reverse. /
Garden 1 by apjenkins

Painted with Acrylic ink and pastel on watercolour paper. / This was Painted in the garden at Burton Agnes an historical house near York.
on the perch by John Radosevich

a male cardinal gives me a watchful eye as he sits on top of the suet feeder pole
Mount McKinley Alaska, Canadian Geese Flying In by Wildwings

Oil painting on fine linen canvas. Canadian geese are fkying in over the tundra.
My Criminal Past by Ginny Schmidt

This is a forty-four year old picture of me in an actual police lineup. At the risk of disappointing anybody, I am not the criminal here; I was employed by the police department when they arrested two scam artists caught trying to flee the area with some little old lady’s life savings. Four female employees were rounded up to stand in the lineup. Despite putting on as guilty a look as I could manage, the victim correctly identified the two desperados. / /
Savannah Community by Lynda Berlin

Part of series “Earth Watch”. Airbrush and acrylic.
The Long Walk by jay12

This image is of one part of a musical performance, in memory of the Chinese cocklepickers, who died in Morecambe Bay, on the west coast of the UK. They had come, hoping to earn money; instead they all died, trapped by the swift currents of the sea. The second part of the Performance was in Hall 1 of the Sage Gateshead. Combining professional singers, musicians , community groups, the story unfolded in four acts, from leaving China to work, to the subsequent tragedy.
Radiant by BarbBarcikKeith

10×14 Watercolor enhanced colored pencil. The original is NFS. The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. It is also known in North America as the Arctic Owl or the Great White Owl. Until recently, it was regarded as the sole member of a distinct genus, as Nyctea scandiaca, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data (Olsen et al. 2002) shows that it is very closely related to the horned owls in the genus Bubo. Description / Typical female, Korkeasaari (Finland)This yellow-eyed white bird is easily recognizeable. It is 53-65 cm (20-26 inches) long with a 125-150 cm (50-60 in) wingspan. The adult male is virtually pure white, but females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are heavily barred, and dark spotting may even predominate. Its thick plumage, heavily-feathered feet, and coloration render the Snowy Owl well-adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle. Snowy Owl calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking krek-krek-krek-krek; the female also has a softer mewling pyee-pyee-pyee-pyee or prek-prek-prek. The song is a deep repeated gawh. They may also clap their beak in response to threats or annoyances. While called clapping, it is believed this sound may actually be a clicking of the tongue, not the bill. / Behaviour / The Snowy Owl is typically found in the northern circumpolar region, where it makes its summer home north of latitude 60 degrees north. However, it is a particularly nomadic bird, and because population fluctuations in its prey species can force it to relocate, it has been known to breed at more southerly latitudes. During the last ice age, there was an Central European paleosubspecies of this bird, Bubo scandiacus gallicus, but subspecies are not recognized among the living population. This species of owl nests on the ground, building a scrape on top of a mound or boulder. A site with good visibility, ready access to hunting areas, and a lack of snow is chosen. Gravel bars and abandoned eagle nests may be used. Breeding occurs in May, and depending on the amount of prey available, clutch sizes range from 5 to 14 eggs, which are laid singly, approximately every other day over the course of several days. Hatching takes place approximately five weeks after laying, and the pure white young are cared for by both parents. Range / Snowy Owls winter south through Canada and northernmost Eurasia, with irruptions occurring further south in some years. They have been reported as far south as Texas, Georgia, the American Gulf states, southern Russia, northern China and even the Caribbean. Between 1967 and 1975, Snowy Owls bred on the remote island of Fetlar in the Shetland Isles north of Scotland, UK. Females summered as recently as 1993, but their status in the British Isles is now that of a rare winter visitor to Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and the Cairngorms. / Diet / This powerful bird relies primarily on lemmings and other rodents for food, but at times when these prey are not available, or during the ptarmigan nesting period, they may switch to ptarmigan young. As opportunistic hunters, they feed on a wide variety of small mammals and birds, and will take advantage of larger prey, frequently following traplines to find food. Nesting birds require roughly two lemmings per day, and a family may eat up to 1500 lemmings before the young birds set off to fend for themselves. / Human interactions / Due to their beauty, Snowy Owls are kept in captivity by wildlife centers, zoological gardens and by serious hobbyists. They are known to be sensitive to disease, stress and heat, frequently perishing during attempts to train a wild owl during the summer. These owls are not suitable for beginning raptor keepers. (information from Wikipedia) Completed 2007
Colonial Woodcutters by Dennis Gay

These hard working pioneers were photographed at Timbertown, an historical theme park, at Wauchope, west of Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, on a lovely autumn day. As you can see there was a very high dynamic range between shadow and highlights. I tried to combat that by using my Vivitar DF200 slave flash unit at full power, mounted to the camera on a bracket, aimed at the man but there was too much light drop-off due to the distance between us. It still illuminated him well enough but there were many areas of high exposure. So I used that and processed the image to end up as a B&W. Enjoy! Camera: Fuji S9600; RAW; Manual Priority; f/4.5; 1/125sec; 10mm; Auto Focus; WB Daylight; ISO 80; Spot Metering; Centre Focussing; Low powered pop-up Flash to set off Vivitar slave unit; Hand held. / Processing: S7RAW & Photoshop CS.

Recent Work

WA Banksia by Hans Goepel

Honey Factory / Every year in May thousandths of honeybees came to harvest the Banksias for there delicious honey
Have we met before? by Miron Abramovici

The model is the daughter of Quahim. My galleries: New art / Patterns / Glass / Best cards / Reflections / Black & white / Landscapes / Driftwood / Sunsets / Fun / Love / Leaves / Aliens / On the street / Psychedelic / Old and rusty / Rocks / Faces / Water / Shells / Flowers / Cosmos / Best for a Travel Agency All photographs are for sale Sold photos Featured by Red Bubble The most visited
antelope canyon, arizona by al holliday

A shot in a slot canyon, only 4 to 10 feet wide and 7 to 10 feet underground, open to the sky. Water action over millions of years on red / sandstone…..........a unique place to take photos.
mother earth by Sandra Fisher

Mixed media digital art.
the grandeur of north wales by Trainman

The mountainous back ground to Porthmadog
the staredown by John Radosevich

a male cardinal gives me a mean stare as I enter his feeding domain
Mount McKinley Alaska, Canadian Geese Flying In by Wildwings

Oil painting on fine linen canvas. Canadian geese are fkying in over the tundra.
on the perch by John Radosevich

a male cardinal gives me a watchful eye as he sits on top of the suet feeder pole

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Our intent is to showcase “THE BEST ART” created by Artists 60 years of age and beyond thus establishing our very unique category for admission. Through diligent
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