Goin' With the Flow of Summer
“Goin’ With the Flow of Summer” Photography & Artwork
by Holly Kempe ©
Once upon a time there was a wise man who used
to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit
of walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day he was walking along the shore. As he
looked down the beach, he saw a human figure
moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think
of someone who would dance to the day. So he
began to walk faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man
and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he
was reaching down to the shore, picking up
something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out, “Good morning!
What are you doing?” The young man paused,
looked up and replied, “Throwing starfish in the
ocean.”
“I guess I should have asked, why are you
throwing starfish in the ocean?”
“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I
don’t throw them in they’ll die.”
“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are
miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it.
You can’t possibly make a difference!”
The young man listened politely. Then bent down,
picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea,
past the breaking waves and said-
“It made a difference for that one.”
Featured in the:
- Yellow Gallery Group – December 08
- Inspired Art Group – April 09
Recent Sales:
- 1 x Matted print – unknown buyer – Canada
- 1 x Card – unknown buyer – Australia
Thank you so much to everyone.
Profits donated to Starlight Childrens Foundation Australia
See “Goin’ With the Flow of Summer” at my website
Goin' With the Flow of Summer belongs to the following groups:
Yellow Gallery, ! Inspired Art ! (by Quotes or Poems or Music or Stories) , Sold! and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Wanda Lechene
beautiful i love it, i also love the colors too. great work
Paul Gibbons
Very nice image, love the design and color. Great work.
Tracey Mac
Fantastic colours and textures, love it! :-)
Tracey Mac
Oh….and this would look great on the Day Spa wall Holly! ;-)
Trace Lowe
Fantastic! Great color and use of texture! :)
KittyHerb
How did you create this beautiful work?
Michael Oubridge
Very cool design :)
Holly Kempe
Thanks so much everyone….Heidi and Keri…to answer your question – the starfish is actually made of wood, I placed it behind a piece of slumped glass and added a blue/yellow gradient to mimic the sea and sand….a bit of work to set up but well worth it I think…
Carolyn Staut
This is a wonderful piece of work. I love the colors and movement
Marion Cullen
A sensational idea, extremely well executed, & the results are just gorgeous.
Simon Mears
very creative. and hugely attractive!
WesternDreamer
Such a wonderfully artful creation you have here, lovely tones!!
Chloe Flathers
Wow this image is so incredible! Probably one of my all time favorites! I love the texture and the colors! LOVE It!!!!!
Holly Kempe
Thank you so much! A wonderful new year to all of you! ;-)
Lance Leopold
Lovely work,Holly,love it!!!
Frank McCafferty
This is Pure Class Holly An Instant Fav! The Portfolio is Superb Ta for comments Frank x
Katseyes
What the right texture and colour can do to a photo! Composition is spot on. Well done. Just brilliant.
saleire
Wow…....this is perfect in every way.
micmac
Beautiful composition and textures.
Hagen
Beautiful
Jamie Lee
Love the color combination and textures
AngelArtist
Beautiful!
LindaR
Very cool!
Rhonda Fulks
Stunning!
Vonnie Murfin
I love this! It’s beautiful! Nice work.
coffeebean
Wow this is awesome, wonderful in every way!
Freelancer
Wonderful work! Nice idea and well done!
Angel Perry
Fantastic. Well worth the extra work! Thanks for sharing!
Steve Chapple
So clever to even think of this let alone come out with such a great result!
bouldercreek
Great color and upbeat feeling about this image.
Mary (~~wv~~)
Awesome work!! Love the colours…
Andrew Hoisington
Incredible painting, I love the texture
AngelaFoster
wonderful art work and story
Leanna Lomanski
This is just a happy image! Thank you so much for commenting on my photo so I could find you and your work!
Liv Stockley
Another stunning image, you have got a lovely folio, hard to believe you’ve just photographed for 4 years, so much looking forward seeing your images the next 4 years :-))
Siamkatze
Gorgeous work!
amarica
Beautiful!
Gary L. Suddath
beautiful work..colors give it a refreashing feeling
Christine Wilson
very clever work Holly I love it
Rosina Lamberti
would be great in yellow fever group
cheers rosina
Diane Schuster
Stunning, beautiful story line! Dee
JennyDean
Lovely image Holly.
Anthony Mancuso
fantastic work Holly, this is excellent
Holly Kempe
I’m blown away by all these lovely comments….thank you so much everyone and thank you from me and the children of the Starlight foundation to the mystery buyer who purchased a card today…
Isa Rodriguez
04/15/09
Holly Kempe replied
Wow! Thanks Isa!! You’ve made my day! :) x