Abstract conceptual
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Bubbling crusted painted tin, mouldering decaying rotting weatherboards. photo remix
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This work is the result of a collaboration between Ted Widen and me, Thea Walstra. We used Apophysis, cut outs of photographs and the tools and filters of a graphic program. We think that the end result is beautiful magical work.
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These had fallen on a plastic picnic table Nikon d70 with Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
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This image came about after I read this book about the “seven habits of highly efficient people”... not that I am one myself… but don’t we all try to improve right ?! Some of the stock by : / faestock (DA) / group_stock (DA)
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Original vase was a standard shot with standard manipulation. But it was rather simple and lacked emotional depth so I added an image of a concrete floor (or should I say several blended images of concrete floors)......and manipulated the colors further. The result is an organic-inorganic piece that is….
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This artwork was inspired by a speech given to the US Congress by Dr. James Hansen recently. For the past twenty-five years, Dr. Hansen has been the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA’s premiere climate research center. Dr. Hansen is also an adjunct professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University. / / On the 20th anniversary of Hansen’s original congressional testimony that sounded the alarm bell on our climate crisis, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has hosted him again to give a briefing on his vision of the climate challenge as it stands now. / / In 1988, discussion of climate change was confined mainly to scientific journals. But on June 23, Dr. Hansen was the lead witness at a hearing of the Senate Energy Committee to explore the issue. His testimony marked the first time a top climate scientist declared that global temperatures had risen beyond the range of natural variability. Since then, scientists from around the world have built an unassailable body of evidence that supports his 1988 testimony. Climate change now looms as a more immediate and serious threat than ever before and in need of swift, effective Congressional action. / / You can download Dr. Hansen’s speech to read at the link below courtesy of Columbia University. / / Global Warming Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near / http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TwentyYearsLater_20080623.pdf / / / Just over a year ago, Dr. Hansen also went public with a charge that made headlines around the world. He said that the Bush administration had been trying to silence his warnings about the urgent need to address climate change. You can view this video, or read the transcript, on this interview with Dr. Hanson at the link shown below. / / Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming / http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/21/censoring_science_inside_the_political_attack / / / We are ‘outta time’ in dealing with global warming, and we must all act immediately to avoid the catastrophic consequences that will otherwise occur if we fail to heed the warnings we have been given by those with indisputable expertise, such as Dr. Hansen. / /
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Abstractor’s palette / Red, green, and blue / For him this set / Makes every hue / / Million colors / Dance in his mind / Seek to concur / When they’re combined / / Such complex task / Color to choose / Inside he asks / Which one to use? / / Selections strife / Use this or not / To bring to life / His vision’s thought / / This abstract fractal artwork is meant to portray the mix of the old classical painters mortarboard with the concepts of the abstract artist. It is very detailed, so it is really hard to appreciate over the internet. To give you an idea, I had to upload a PNG file for this one, because a jpeg at even the lowest possible compression just shredded the details to bits. The artwork was created in ChaosPro, and the gradient was created in the ChaosPro gradient editor. This is a pure fractal with not post-processing work done, so the details would not be diminished or degraded. The original is 6000×4800 pixels at 300 pixels an inch. / /
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Fractal design with warm colors and a heart shape. / Designer: Thea Walstra / /
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Her waves lap at the sands of shore / And mix her mists with breeze / While seagulls high above her soar / On winds that seldom ease / / I think of how the wind and sea / Are bound to one another / Inseperable they’ll always be / Like child and a mother / / They each exchange a property / The other needs to thrive / Gift shared between the wind and sea / So all life can survive / / This is a pure fractal artwork that was inspired by the intricate and symbiotic relationship between our atmosphere and our oceans. The sea exchanges oxygen for carbon dioxide with the atmosphere the same way a plant does, but on a much greater scale. Often this fact is forgotten when talking about the need for our forests to remain healthy to facilitate this life-sustaining exchange of gases. We have used our oceans as industrial toilets for almost two hundred years now, with the foolish philosophy of ‘out of sight… out of mind’. / / In the last decade our seas have been giving us a sign of the damage we have done, and continue to do, with our industrialized ways. ‘Dead Zones’ are now found in all of earth’s oceans, and are growing steadily at an alarming rate. These dead zones are areas of the ocean that are completely depleted of their oxygen content, killing all marine life that occupy these zones. They are primarily caused by pollution from our agricultural practices, such as chemical fertilizers. These pollutants find their way to the oceans through water run off from crop fields into rivers and streams. Some of the largest dead zones in the ocean are found were these rivers meet the sea, and extend for hundreds of miles into the ocean from this confluence. / / We need to view our oceans as important to sustaining life, as we do the rain forests. The complex cycle between the oceans and the atmosphere is inseparable. Without healthy oceans, there will be no life on land… and without healthy lands there will be no life in our oceans. This artwork was meant to remind us all of that essential symbiotic relationship between the ocean and the sea. / / This fractal artwork was created in ChaosPro. The same fractal was rendered twice, each time with a different color palette, and then composited together in Photoshop. The gradients were created using the ChaosPro gradient editor that comes packaged with the software. It was designed so it can be hung either horizontally or vertically without losing the effect. The original is 7200×6000 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. Below I have included a cutaway of the center at full size so you can see a bit in greater detail. / / /
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I see these shiny stones on rings / On bracelets, pendants, other things / And jeweler’s promise, love it brings / Like angels on bejeweled wings / / I listen to the jeweler’s drone / About these trinkets he has shown / And realize that love is grown / Not bought with trinket’s shiny stone / / While all his trinkets he does shove / With promised passion, love thereof / I shake my head, know that’s not love / Not jeweled angels, but peaceful dove / / Not shiny stone, that’s love’s disguise / The twinkle she wants lies in my eyes / True love my gift, not jeweled lies / Her stone my heart, her love replies / / This fractal artwork was inspired by first hearing that old phrase that ‘Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend’, which then brought to mind how society preaches that love is something that can be bought or given a monetary value. This is such a sad, sad concept. / / I am so grateful that I have a real woman that places more value in my warm embrace, or subtle private joke that makes her laugh, than anything material I could ever give her. She knows I would give my life for her in a heartbeat, and treasures that gift far above any hard, lifeless rock. The only diamond my wife cares about is the one on her finger, because it symbolizes the day I gave my mind, body, soul, and heart to her forever. Don’t get me wrong, as I do buy my wife jewelry, such as the small, graceful, yet modest Black Hills Gold pendent of a heart I got her recently for her birthday, because I knew she really liked it. That is the point. It is the warmth that comes to her from knowing that I listened to her, and remembered those things she told me that is the real gift… not the dollar value of that gift. As for myself, my wife is my diamond, as she makes each day I live sparkle :) / / This was created in ChaosPro. The original is 4800×4800 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. The gradient was created in the ChaosPro gradient editor that comes bundled with ChaosPro. This artwork is difficult to see over the internet, so I have included a couple of / detail cutaways below to better give a feeling for the artwork. / / / / / /
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Acrylic on canvas 46×46cm I find abstract work very challenging, but rewarding. This was my second one. I’ d love to do some huge canvases & really let myself go!
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Acrylic on canvas, Another in a series I did centering around Peru & South America. Layered & textured with gold leaf
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Space-Sky fantasy.
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Can’t see the trees / Can’t see the sun / Can’t hear the breeze / Nature’s undone / / Concrete towers / No short supply / They all devour / Both sun and sky / / People all stacked / In towers floors / And each floor packed / To towers core / / There is no space / Crowds smother me / There is no place / That feels free / / Sounds that are brought / From city’s toys / Can’t hear own thought / Through endless noise / / This urban sprawl / No life for me / Rural my call / Amongst the trees / / This fractal artwork was inspired by two different thoughts, both thoughts came simultaneously from a scene on the TV series ‘CSI-New York’. The scene was one taken from a helicopter with a wide angle lens looking straight down the sides of the skyscrapers towards the street as they flew along. / / The first thought was how the scene had a very Escher type effect to it that I enjoyed. The second thought was of how people lived in New York… literally on top of one another. I am not the big city type, and would be very claustrophobic living in an environment such as this. I much prefer having wildlife and nature surrounding my home out here in the boonies. / / I wanted to try and capture both the perspective and the feeling of people being crowded on top of one another. This is what I tried to portray in this artwork. If Escher designed condominiums, this is what they would look like! LOL / / The original artwork is 6000×6000 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. It was created in Apophysis. The gradient was created in ApoMap, a gradient editor commonly used with Apophysis. Because the original is so large and difficult to see over the internet, I have included a couple of detail cutaways below. / / / / / /
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I look up at the darkened sky / Of night after the days gone by / And glowing face does catch my eye / He watches me from place so high / / Man in the Moon from myth and lore / Looks down on earth, as has before / While working on his ceaseless chore / Of moving seas, to and from shore / / Few days a month he does appear / On schedule that he must adhere / To show his face from glowing sphere / And light the night when skies are clear / / This fractal artwork was inspired by the many different myths about the Man in the Moon from many different cultures throughout many different eras of human history. I still feel the same awe and mysticism when looking up at the full moon as I did as a young child, and can greatly understand and appreciate just how the Man in the Moon has inspired such stories over the ages. You can read more about the origins of the Man in the Moon at the Wiki link I have provided below. / / Man in the Moon / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon / / This was created in Apophysis. The original is 4800×4800 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. The fractal gradient was created with ApoMap, a gradient editor commonly used with Apophysis. Because the original is so large and difficult to see over the internet, I have included a few detail cutaways below. The cutaways are at 33% of the full-size artwork. / / / / / / / /
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Waves On Rocks Below The Cottage… / Oh, the beauty and joy of seaside living…a celebration of spectacular nature! Limited Edition of 5 Own the original 148.5cm x 49.5cm Digital Image, ships directly from the artist. Price: $1,800 All images, graphics and written content on this gallery have been created for and are the sole property of Solomon Walker. Content and images may not be reproduced without express written permission.
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Envisage this: the soft drawn out keening of stringed instuments – an empty boat floats gently alone, water slapping quietly at the sides – why is it so quiet , dark and misty – where are the people? ................................... Featured in “Out of the Past” group.
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This pic is inspired by one of the lovely images by fellow bubbler Sharon K Shubert – check her out, she’s great! / In her latest images, she’s paying tribute to autumn/fall, but we are approaching spring here in New Zealand, hence the title. / Deciduous tree has been inverted and layered with a brown autumn leaf. Thanks Sharon for the inspiration. :)
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Excerpt from the poem “Volcanic Fury” by Connie Estes. / ........... / “Crowned by a halo of clouds / Her ambiguous physique / Casts an illusion that fades her frame / Into the vaporous mist above her / She murmurs a deep rumble / Then with a mighty gesture / She quakes the earth below”............ Featured in “Insomniacs and Other Night Crawlers” group.
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Thanks for stopping by! ☺ Andreas Stridsberg | www.mystic-pic.com
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by Barbara CorvinoOverbloom gazania Thank you for your attention. Featured in the group Daisy & company The “Herbarium” project:
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Collaboration with artist Gromyko Semper
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