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One in a series of four images. / Now available here at Red Bubble as a print. / Original: Oil on Canvas. / Size of original painting: 4 ft X 3 ft / - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - / / “A big part of the Red Dust Girl series was about trying to convey a sense of living in a regional area or a situation far from the influence of a metropolitan city. I wanted it to reflect a celebration of outback Australia, of the people living there each day of their lives and of the purity or innocence that can be found in such a seemingly baron and harsh landscape. / / Painting can sometimes be a very individual pursuit or in my case an infatuation, so I also wanted that series to express the joy (of all things) of being alone or separated, and of the contentment in that individualism. How “change” presented here as a metaphor (the seasons) can be a good thing and doesn’t necessarily need to change us as individuals. / / I knew that having a young girl or woman in the picture would be the perfect vehicle to present this idea. I’m not sure how the “floating” concept came about but I had previously painted a picture of a girl floating over the landscape and really liked the whole idea of the shadow beneath the feet etc. It certainly fitted the context of “separation” and when I mapped it out initially it just looked right. I decided that nothing in each of the four paintings would touch the ground, that the earth beneath her feet would remain unchanged through the seasons. “ - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – / THE “RED DUST GIRL” SERIES Review by Karl James At first glance, Leith O’Malley’s “Red Dust Girl” series invokes his love of contemporary illustration with its simplicity of design and striking power to just jump at the viewer. These large oil on canvas works are figuratively simple in composition but make no mistake, the paint work is delicious with luscious textures, tactile surfaces and collaged with natures discards. One wants to reach out and feel the very canvas. Full of outback hues, rich magentas, cobalt skies and desert ochre applied in buttery layers, these paintings have an underlying Australianess about them as the title of the series suggests. They also follow the seasons. Summer with its blazing, sizzling outback.. a sort of piercing Vincent heat, invigorating and maddening. Then there are the feather-like leaves of Autumn, falling about her and nesting at her feet. Thick and pillow soft, a season of calm reflection. Winter rain. Cleansing, ultramarine and diamonds, a cool tonic for the red raw earth. Finally Spring. All petals and newness, the simple joys of life, rebirth. A warm caress and motherly wonder. But who is the girl, this doll like puppet? Zen like in her calm yet so poetic and mysterious? Leith often incorporates metaphor in his work. Is she real or fictional? Or could it be “Eratos”, the artists muse guiding the creative spirit. Nothing is certain, but maybe we really see the artist here with his thoughts floating as visions do, bound not by the earth. Maybe he is like many of us, wary of change yet accepting of it. Of this new work Leith says “part of it is a reaction to living far from the city in a regional area. There is an underlying celebration of solitude and adaptation to my surroundings. That no matter what seasons bring we remain unchanged, and that isolation should be embraced. I believe in my own case it really is a stimulus for creativity”. If one looks beyond this little red dust girl of ponytail innocence and into those piercing cornflower eyes there is a knowing, an accepting. She hovers above the ground not at one with nature but unfazed by the seasons change, and like the hand that holds the brush, she adapts. More information here -
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Original: oil on canvas. / Size: 110cm X 90cm / More on this painting in the journal CLICK HERE / – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - I imagined Pablo popping into the studio one night whilst painting..* I often wonder about what it would be like to talk to one of the many renowned artists from years gone by. Particularly the ones who have inspired my own work in some way. I’m really not convinced Pablo Picasso was as difficult a character as the media made him out to be. What sort of conversation would one have with someone like that if he was sitting having coffee in my studio? What would he have to say about my own work and what comments would he offer on the painting I was working on? I’m sure we could share a laugh or two…maybe about his poor English, maybe about my lousy coffee. One sunny afternoon not that long ago, I started preparing a large canvas with a menagerie of oil colour and impasto medium using a spatula and large flat brush. I’d recently watched an autobiographical Jackson Pollock movie and was enjoying taking risks with several cans of paint, a dripping stick and some time on my hands. I always had in mind that eventually the whole canvas would get several washes of burnt sienna so wasn’t too concerned about the clash of colours that afternoon. I’d covered some of this ground with an earlier “Coltrane” painting although I was leaning more towards a Basquiat feel with that piece. I really wasn’t thinking too much past the fact that I simply wanted to have a shot at creating an abstract work I would be pleased with. So I was quietly confident the burnt sienna wash the next morning would pull this whole thing together. After highlighting shadow areas with burnt umber and rubbing back some sections of the painting with a rag, I was pleasantly surprised at how it was turning out, and left it at that on the easel for the next few days. I had four other paintings on the go at that stage (“Red Dust Girl” series) along with another new painting called “Nighthawk”. I would work on these intermittently and every now and again glance over at this new abstract sitting on the easel at the other end of the room. You think about a lot of things when you are painting. Maybe painting is really pondering.. I don’t know. One thing is for sure though, you resolve a lot of things which aren’t always on the canvas in front of you. It’s when the magic happens . Greek mythology speaks of the “muse” as a source of inspiration, accessible by artists and generally restricted to artists. The muse is not in itself a delusion or hallucination, but rather a myth to which writers, musicians, painters, and more are able to credit the conception of their art to. I agree that something unexplainable and mysterious does occur during the creative process and I am continually surprised at what can emerge from a blank canvas if you invite any possibility. I’m not sure what it was that particular night but I started to see something missing in the abstract and it was bugging me. I continued painting one of the Red Dust Girl works and somewhere between the French jazz I was listening to and the second glass of merlot, I started thinking about Picasso. Something about this new abstract reminded me of his work but I didn’t know what. The next few days I buried myself in two old Picasso hard backs I managed to borrow from a local library. One particular book focused on his charcoal work and I fell in love with his “Study for Circus Performers” so much that I cut one picture out and pasted it into my notebook (hopefully the librarian won’t find out). In the later stages of the painting I wanted to collage this onto the work but changed my mind. I’ve revisited Picasso’s work many times over the years and still find myself quite subjective about it. I love his early more figurative, labored pictures along with the pink and blue period but was surprised by his change in style to the abstract in later years. I continued to work on the other paintings over the next few days and pondered again the Picasso connection with the abstract at the far end of the studio. One of the books I had borrowed was sitting on the painting stool next to it. From a portrait on the front cover Picasso seemed to be looking right back. It was an amusing moment and I was struck with the thought of what it would be like if someone like him “just dropped in”. It didn’t take me long to realize the missing piece for the painting, which is ironic considering the inclusion of the collaged piece of a jigsaw puzzle in the foreground of the finished work. So Picasso finally dropped by. We talked. I painted. Sometimes painting leads you into unexpected places, and as the saying goes “if you don’t know where you’re going.. any road will get you there”. Another coffee Pablo? / /
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Chase, in color. Portrait of an artist, musician, godson, beautiful person inside and out. Feature / Glamour group Avatar / Glamour group Copyright
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Chase, in black and white. Portrait of an artist, musician, godson, beautiful person inside and out. Challenge Finalist / Best People Image Challenge Avatar / BOYZ 2 MEN Part 2 Challenge Finalist / Portraits in Natural Light: Men Only Challenge Finalist / Black and White Featured / Men Appreciation group Copyright
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Ah, fussy clients. Can’t work with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em. An illustration done for Empty magazine.
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Sales of this Design? – 1 sale so far :) / / / Daisies This is a mixed media production by Karin Taylor / Ink & Pastel on canvas textured paper
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An acrylic on canvas. Portrait of a Medieval Girl, losely based on Mary Boleyn. 40×40 cm. (16” x 16”) I had already experimented with this image using Corel Painter, so thought it was about time I tried to paint it. Some of the stages, in case anyone is interested: /
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All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Anne Staub. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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I think this image is something of an optical illusion. to me, it appears to bulge out, even though it’s concave. you decide.
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Seeker of Truth available as a framed print, mounted print, card and poster. A seeker of Truth. / He will never find it. / But the dimmest of possibilities—he may himself become Truth. / Image copyright © 2008 Shanina Conway. / Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Mixed media and a bit of an experiment, fell in love with the cobweb-like watercolours drips holding colour;)
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New England, / October in Boston. over Charles river. / New England / Nikon D60 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / / Fall Afternoon Fall Afternoon was WINNER of the challenge Autumn Colours Challenge in the group DSLR Users Only – 1/… October 21, 2009 Big Challenge Win with 19 votes on September 28, 2009 in Autumn (Fall) In The Country Featured in A Garden somewhere….. August 24, 2009 / Featured in Your Magic Place on August 11, 2009 Featured in the group Falling Leaves on December 15, 2008 Featured in the group Seasonal ‘Scapes on February 15, 2009 1st place in the challenge Rivers, Creeks, and Streams on February 19, 2009 Featured in the group Alphabet Soup on March 9, 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / same day, same place image: /
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You think your life is odd… You have 4 seemingly stable dimentions / to go about your shopping in… Based on sketches for a Childrens (+ adult childrens) book I am working on. Created from many pen doodles on reverse side of junk recycled band pamphlets (Snow Patrol – YAWN) from my old job… scanned in and some good old photoshopin’ Enjoy trying to find all the little secrets, enjoy watching your friends scratch there academic heads at this one… Makes M C Escher look like an accountant :P Peace skateboard? /
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Original Artwork Information / Oil on Canvas / 244×122 cm / 2008 About The Artist / Lisa V Robinson is a professional UK contemporary artist, who specialises in abstract, figurative paintings that explore the physicality of paint and the possibilities of what can be achieved with space and colour. / To view more of her unique artwork please visit / her website: www.lisavrobinson.co.uk Print Example / Greeting Card /
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Two little Australian gum beetles having a game of hide and seek, taken in Tasmania, Australia. Taken with a Canon DSLR and Canon 100mm macro lens, with a sturdy tripod. Natural Light. My New 2010 Calender Featured in the following groups / Flowers in Macro / Australian Wildlife / A Beautiful Blur / Insects, bugs and creepy crawlies July 2009 / Backyard Close Ups Aug 2009 / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page / the image is called Peek A Boo! / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page / the image is called White Valley! Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all…* /
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My little hopper was captured using a DSLR with a Canon 100mm macro lens and tripod. Photographed in Tasmania, Australia. Great card for any occassion…. / This image has been featured on the / Red Bubble home page March 2009 / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page the image is called White Valley! Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all… / This image is also on page 10 of Red Bubble all time favourite images… see here />My New 2010 Calender / Chalenges Won / 1:1 Macro Photography Group: Won the March Avatar Challenge / A Photographer’s Craft group: Won February Challenge / The Woman Photographer Group: Macro Bugs Challenge and itty bitty teeny tiny (ie..very small) challenge FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: / Bubble $uccess Stories Sept 09 / Featured Only Sept 2009 / 1:1 Macro Photography Feb 2009 / A Photographer’s Craft Feb 2009 / Featured Only Aug 2009 / Canon DSLR Group Feb 2009 / The Woman Photographer March 2009 / Extreme Close-Ups March 2009 / All The Colors of the Rainbow April 2009 / Australian Wildlife June 2009 / Focus and Lighting July 2009 / If it doesn’t belong Sept 2009 / ! Bubble $uccess Stories ! I found this tiny little Australian Grasshopper hopping around in my vegi patch. The flowers photographed in this image where also from my garden. / Photographing grasshoppers was new to me when I found this little guy in my garden, he was so green and cute I had to try and get a photo of him. / He didn’t sit still for long, I had a few seconds, but when he looked straight at me I knew (hoped) this is going to be very special. !another one of my bug pics called White Valley! has been featured on red bubble home page March 2009 / Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all… / http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/gamam1/congratulations8.jpg / yeyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Original: oil and gold leaf on canvas. / Feb 2009 / – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - / This painting marks the return of my favourite bird in the whole world. / The “New Holland Honey Eater”. These birds scatter about chattering in the roofspace of my studio during spring when they are nesting. / The tattoo on the girls arm contains the Latin word Ferus. / It means fierce, wild, untamed..
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Robert Smith 24×30 cm / Acrylics & Gouache on canvas / Full view please / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / THE CURE official site — / / — © All images copyright ROUBLE RUST / Spyridoula Bleta / All the images in this gallery are copyrighted, are NOT part of public domain & may not be reproduced, copied, edited, transmitted, uploaded, downloaded, or published in any way without my permission. Any violation of this copyright law will result in a lawsuit.
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Featured in Digital Brush Strokes April 3, 2009 Processing: 15 layered images (all taken with my Canon DSLR) including florals, stems & leaves – Photoshop, Corel Painter X, Wacom tablet and a whole lot of creative fun :) / Flower Gallery / / / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST
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A trip to the beach in January, & a tentative entry to the water….. [Canon 1000D] Featured – Dimensions group – May 2009 Featured – Canon DSLR group – May 2009 Featured – The Human Condition – May 2009 Featured – Images & Ideas – May 2009 /
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acrylic on canvas 16’’ x 16’‘
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A print version of the image that I initially did for a T-shirt. [Thanks to Skeletal Mess for some fantastic textures.] Featured – Layered with Texture – August 2009
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/ / / Original pencil drawing “Topiary Teapot” About the Art / A pencil drawing coloured digitally, an elegant geisha enjoys the simple pleasure of her garden. The teapot topiary is also a fountain, you can see water pouring out of the spout and a sprinkler at the tippy top.. :) Inspiration / The inspiration came through my parents, who have a topiary teapot and a topiary sugar bowl in their own backyard, the also told me of an amazing topiary garden they visited in Tassie recently. / / Here is the “teapot topiary” in my parents’ backyard, they are sculpting teapots and sugar bowls….there are lots of fun things in my mum and dad’s garden !! Even the Cheshire Cat and Tinman have a spot in the sun there :)
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I had a vision to turn my colorful bug images into sepia toned black and white images with a touch of color. But didn’t know how, until today….. So a big thank you to two wonderful people here at Red bubble, Diane Schuster for all her help in teaching me and also to Prasad for his very helpful tutorial… / Love to know what you all think of my new work…..photgraph taken in Tasmania, Australia, using a 100mm Canon macro lens. My New 2010 Calender FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: / Depth Of Field
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Created with Apophysis 3D Hack / Enhanced in the Redfield Plugin Fractalius Filter One day we may see a world such as this, all architectural and less natural, would you really want a world as such, no plant life, no animals, no bugs, just a world of concrete and metal hmmm, I wouldnt now where would I go to do my photography.
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