Balloon sky
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Atmospheric
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This image was featured on the Redbubble Home Page! Thanks Redbubble! Pastel painting on Kitty Wallis sanded pastel paper. From a photo shopped photographic reference shot I took of my daughter. My daughter and model dragged me along to an antiwar march in DC this past St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2007. Best parade I was ever in on the day! That march really influenced my work and “Lucy” was painted a month after the experience. The photo reference was taken at Kent State University when we were visiting my son for homecoming. My daughter was standing on the hill where the shootings had taken place in 1970, I saw the shot, and captured her as she really was, crazy Halloween top hat and the balloon she’d Christened “Tuesday” with a sharpie marker. I reversed the puffy white clouds in photo shop to create a smoky haze of “War Is Over” clouds. The white outline around the figure was a remnant of the photoshop effect. I liked the surreal quality of that so I kept it for the “LSD” Beatles factor. The piece is framed in an old 70’s frame and studded with plastic rhinestones. ;-) “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” Additional information from my myspace blog: I’ve been getting some questions about this piece, I suppose because it’s a bit of a departure for me. More surreal or psychedelic than my usual work. Part of that is intentional as a reflection of the nature of the Beatles tune which influenced the work. John Lennon always denied that the song referred to LSD, and was really inspired by Julian’s childish drawing of a girl flying in the sky. Appropriate that this pastel is inspired by my daughter’s personality. It shows her progression toward adulthood, which is the underlying theme of my White Album series. This work began as a candid snapshot of my artsy daughter at 16. We were visiting my son at Kent State U, Ohio, for Homecoming. She was really wearing the cheap top hat around campus that day, she had gotten it for her Halloween costume. The Kent Homecoming committee were passing out the balloons and she took one, and for some reason decided to name it “Tuesday” and wrote that on the balloon with a sharpie. It was a windy day with large puffy white clouds, and she was standing on the hill where the Kent State Massacre had occured. This is an important detail about my thought process for the piece, as the tragic event happened in May 1970 – the year the Beatles broke up, and around the time John Lennon began his life with Yoko and did the Baggism, Bed-In and “War Is Over” song and campaign. I saw the shot that day as she stood on the hill, and my daughter held the pose for just a moment. She hates when I take her photo – but she’s so damn quirky and cute I can’t resist! I got down low to have only the sky for a backdrop. Her expression is actually more resigned exasperation with me than anything deeper. Somehow her signature stoicism works. I played with the image in photoshop and liked the sky reversed, with darks where the whites had been. The blue sky turned the opposite on the color wheel, “marmalade” colored. The white outline is a remnant from the photoshop effect I was using, and since she was backlit in the original photo, I thought it was cool, and again, a bit surreal. The balloon was really blue, but the effect reversed that, too. It’s not meant to be realistic. I had just watched “John Lennon vs. the US” at the time and thought I’d add the words “War Is Over” to the balloon, as a flashback to the 1970’s and a hopeful premonition for today. “War is over Tuesday” may have worked as well ;) My daughter is an activist against the war and while she doesn’t like her likeness here, she does like the message. The flowers on the balloon could be a reference to “cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head” but that didn’t occur to me til today :) My friends have been interpreting this piece in different ways. One wondered if the balloon is her hallucination. Another says the clouds are post-war colors. I like that. ~ A
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Ah, if only it were possible to fly away hanging from a balloon. It would be awesome to get away from the daily chores that way!
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Sales of this Design? – 1 sale so far :) / Flying Machine / by Karin Taylor / from the ‘Inspired Series’ / / Mixed Media / ink, chalk pastel, charcoal, acyrlic, mediums / silver, gold, bronze and rose metallic acrylics / adobe photoshop My most recent work, this piece was influenced by the ‘gliders’ in my family who have taken to the sky recently. My husband, my son and their friend Erich are all involved in a local gliding club…and always suggesting I paint an aeroplane lol I thought, there’s no way i can do that! / But i found a way, after lots of thinking on the subject to incorporate a sort of flying contraption i designed myself into this piece. My girl is onward bound and it’s semi-self portrait i guess you could say…altho most people don’t see the resemblance to me….she is a lot younger, perhaps how i would like to be thought of lol Also inspired by my lovely and ever patient friend Christine / a fabulous friend and textile artist, her threads and yarn and tactile things have affected me on an immense scale, so that all my work these days is imbued with these elements….although there is no actual wool or thread in the painting, i have used these as inspiration for her scarf and hair detail. The khaki overalls are what i wear when i’m painting, with a white singlet in summer, or a jumper in winter…...i am yet to find a hairdresser who could accomplish this hairstyle for me.. the little parrot represents conscience, a little voice that knows right from wrong….this is an idea loosely taken from a movie i saw a while ago ‘The Golden Compass’ I dedicate this painting to Christine, as she has listened to all my crazy ideas, and very carefully encourages me or points out things that may help, and i don’t know where i’d be without her…..thanx Chris :) Patchwork and patterns, repitition, daisies, journeys, serene expressions, genuity…..
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This was done as a small “in between” thing while taking breaks from revision. My friend Coolness Bears (who has an account here but doesn’t actually make any art =P ) suggested I draw a teddybear on a balloon. So here it is! / As always, if any tweaks are needed, let me know! Kind of reminds me of my Freedom drawing (girl on a balloon), which I hadn’t thought about at first. Done from scratch in Illustrator. Small design available here. /
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...you can’t always rely on it.
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A composite. Clouds and balloon blended in Photoshop. Used HDR processing to achieve the deep contrasts and applied some sepia tone. Used flood to add the water and Terragen for the mountains. Hope you like! Add me to your watch list now / Copyright © by Lenz Photo Shop, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without written permission.
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Arrested Expansion is a symbolic scene that depicts a combination of self-excluding objects that might not be present in real life. Objects in the secluded room make the viewer feel claustrophobic and unreal, which might be compared to someone’s mental delusion based on a medical condition. Image is a mixture of photo stock with some 2D vectors, and 3D objects. Photoshop, 3ds max, Illustrator. / The most common cause of cardiac arrest is a heart rhythm disorder or arrhythmia called ventricular fibrillation (VF). The heart has a built-in electrical system. When a contraction happens, blood is pumped. But in ventricular fibrillation, the electrical signals that control the pumping of the heart suddenly become rapid and chaotic. As a result, the lower chambers of the heart, the ventricles, begin to quiver (fibrillate) instead of contract, and they can no longer pump blood from the heart to the rest of the body. If blood cannot flow to the brain, it becomes starved of oxygen, and the person loses consciousness in seconds. Online Galleries: / Surrealism art prints / Fantasy digital art wallpapers / Modern artists surreal pictures
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Mixed Media / 2008
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(natural light)
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Dream
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An accompaniment to Going Nowhere / It is a combination of two photographs and four textures…from memory. / The main location was Edgeworth, Newcastle, NSW. (the shed is from the farm in Tumut)
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I created the balloon from a picture I took of a plaque on a building in London, the teacup belongs to my wife (who is the woman in this) and I took a picture of it on our kitchen table. The rest of the stuff in this are my textures and designs applied to a scan of paper that was changed to blue in elements. The clouds are preset shapes in elements and the dress and dog are royaly-free cliparts from a couple old books I have that I scanned. I think this would make a lovely card (hint, hint!) / / The title is from the name of a Tori Amos song from her “American Doll Posse” album. Bouncing off of clouds / We were / Is there a lone lost-and-found / Make it easy / Make this easy / It’s not as heavy as it seems / Wrapped in metal / Wrapped in ivy / Painted in mint ice cream / We could bouncing off the top of this cloud / (I’ve put on my silver) / Bouncing off the top of this cloud / Failure to respond worked / I talked but did you listen / Bouncing off the top of this cloud / (I’ve put on my silver) / Ooh but would you say has it come to this / (I’ve put on my silver) / Bouncing off the top of this cloud / Well you can stare all day at the sky / But that won’t bring him back / That won’t bring him back / You say you’re waiting on fate / But I think we decide / I think we decide / Where we take our lives / Make it easy / Easy / Easy / We could make this easy / Easy love / Easy / We could make this easy / Make this easy / It’s not as heavy as it seems / Make this easy / Make this easy / It’s not as heavy as it seems / Wrapped in metal / Wrapped in ivy / Big umbrellas smiling / We could bouncing off the top of this cloud / (I’ve put on my silver) / Ooh but would you say has it come to this / (I’ve put on my silver) / Bouncing off the top of this cloud / (I’ve put on my silver) / Ooh but would you say has it come to this / (I’ve put on my silver) / Bouncing off of clouds / We were
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An old piece from my portfolio. Made almost four years ago, and retouched to bring it up to date. :) “A clouded dream on an earthly night / Hangs upon the crescent moon / A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It’s there that my heart is longing / All for the love of you…” – Loreena McKennitt / —-—-—-—-—-—-——- Stock credits: / Cloud brushes: :BladeMarth / Ship: JLStock / Model: syccas-stock / Globe: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/970346 / Hot air balloon: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/472505
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An accompaniment to / &
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stock from sxc.hu / the person with balloons was taken from a public domain image – cannot find any info on it….but still looking. saw the movie “Up” last night – and it inspired me! this image has been digitally watermarked
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Featured in Live, Love, Dream July 09 Higher and Higher Your love / Lifted me higher / Than I’ve ever been lifted before. / So keep it up, / Quench my desire, / And I’ll be at your side forevermore. You know your love (Your love keeps lifting me, your) / Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me) / Higher (lifting me) / Higher and Higher (higher and higher, higher) / I said, your love (Your love keeps lifting me, your) / Keep on (love keeps lifting me) / Lifting me (lifting me) / Higher and Higher (higher and higher, higher). Listen: / Now once, / I was downhearted. / Disappointment was my closest friend. / But then you came, / And he soon departed, / And you know, / He never showed his face again. All right. / Ooh… / I’m so glad / I finally found you: / Yes, that one-in-a-million girl. / When I wrap my loving arms around you, / Honey, / I can stand up and face the world. / Let me tell you, You know your love (Your love keeps lifting me, your) / Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me) / Higher (lifting me) / Higher and Higher (higher and higher, higher) / I said, your love (Your love keeps lifting me, your) / Keep on (love keeps lifting me) / Lifting me (lifting me) / Higher and Higher (higher and higher, higher). Jimmy Barnes
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Some may be under the impression that I only take closeup pictures of Balloons at Fiesta ! The big picture here to entertain as well, watching all these Beautiful Balloons dancing about the sky all at one time ! For now I’ll say 2007, will go back and check ! I’m already getting E-mails about Balloon Fiesta 2009, that must mean something, like maybe planning now is good strategy ! for the first full week of October. Enjoy the momentary view captured here, wait sixty seconds and the entire scene changes ! from this angle of the field on a normal day the balloons are comming at me, but earlier the winds were opposite, then the calm came ! by this time they were all scattered ! gosh ! I even remember the words from the fellow next to me in a wheelchair, He had his Canon, with one of those extra long sport lenses, He said the Kids will love this one ! I asked their ages, he said 75 and 76 they couldn’t make it this year, a close family friend passed away ! Life happens! and there are Beautiful moments to share as well ! Albuquerque, New Mexico USA Camera Olympus E-500, what a way to fly !
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Please come join me at myspace.com/Artistmind oil on canvas / 14×24”
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stock / jewelsStock.deviantart.com / fune-stock.deviantart.com / sxc.hu and my own resources
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Shooting from a hot air balloon, I had a perfect view over our flight companion. Capadocia in Asian Turkey is one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, making it an ideal place for hot air ballooning. Handheld in Raw (24mm, ISO 200, 1/320 sec at f8.0). 5 files have been created from the Raw file (-2 to +2) and converted into HDR with Dynamic-Photo HDR. Visit my website Travelling Light for more HDR pictures (and others)
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