Sold as a mounted print to a mystery buyer! Shutter Speed 1/500 / F5.6 / ISO 250 / Focal Length 300m / Nikon D80 As is / This was taken in my backyard. Favorites 296 times! Copyright :: All Rights Reserved / Registered :: Fri Jan 16 03:07:55 UTC 2009 Title :: Cardinal #12 Great Features
“You looking at me?” Makes for a great and comical Christmas card – a robin with a definite personality!
Featured in Halloween and Inspired Art groups This image goes along with the poem Something Wicked by autumnwind as part of a collaboration for the Halloween Art & Writing Challenge in the Halloween Group * “Something Wicked” / The wondrous age of twelve years old / Holds stories yet have not been told / Of places chanced upon in fright / Where evil lurked with all its might / By name the Reservoir so called / A magnet dark, hung low and crawled / Its venom veiled and so enticed / For those who dared upon it thrice That summer’s eve I shan’t forget / As now recalled with deep regret / For death arose, its shape unfurled / And offered up it’s Godless world / Trembling so, yet held bewitched / The wind encircled and transfixed / Design of malice so precise / For those who dared upon it thrice This foulest dread did not offend / Enraptured rather to the end / In blackest beauty lust transcends / And so devoured my dearest friend / Whatever broke thy devils trance / I offer up to heaven’s chance / As wicked waged its dire device / For those who dared upon it thrice In nightmares beauty changes form / Of deadly charms I do thee warn / Seducing madness paid its price / For those who dared upon it thrice* Acrylic on 9×12 canvas board- Inspired by the song ‘A Beautiful Lie’ by 30 Seconds to Mars. I was watching the music video for “A Beautiful Lie” by 30 Seconds to Mars, and was really touched by the intro with the Eskimos. (If you haven’t seen this, here’s the link! A Beautiful Lie Video ) The band is really breaking grounds by putting this environmental awareness stuff out there. (It can make or break your career in the music biz) I also thought that the director/photographer for the video was a genious! It’s such a captivating and stunning video, the shots of the scenery is amazing! So….I downloaded the CD. (It’s one of my faves right now….GREAT music!) Without the video to distract, I listened to the song with my eyes closed, as I knew this one would work for my next painting. (This is kinda part of my process right now. LOL) The little electric sounds at the beginning and end of the song made me feel like I was either falling into space or just into the dark oblivion. Empty, alone, fragile…..that’s where the background came from. IT’s a deep deep blue almost black – I added the parts that kind of spin out from the inner circle to show that things are spinning out of controll and that you’re spiraling down into the depths of something. Once I had the background done, I went back to listening to the song while the paint dried. This time, I saw that poor poor faerie was the one falling into nothing. This is when I decided to keep everything dark – whites blacks and grays – because I knew there would be an explosion of red. The white and gray leaves came next. I felt like the gray wasn’t the right color, but thought it might look better after adding the trunk and branches. So, I went with a solid black for that. I chose the black to keep with the dark theme, but also because it would really stand out in some parts, yet kind of fade into the background in other areas. (A Beautiful Lie – this is a beautiful tree, but is it really there?) This is when I hated it and wanted to trash it and start over! Instead, I stepped away from it for 2 days – came back refreshed and decided to add in the red & silver. I did the silver to throw in a brighter color to balance the piece a bit, but to also show the etherealness of the faerie. The faerie has fallen and was basically held by the tree. Shes fading into the background and there are spots of her silver body throughout the piece. She’s kind of becoming everything around her. I very much believe in reincarnation and life after death. (Which is also why the pose is almost like the crusifix.) It’s kind of a play on organized religion and what we’ve been told about death in general – It’s all a beautiful lie! :) The red was chosen to symbolize blood. This makes the viewer pose some questions – is it all blood? are those blood splatters or wings? are those blood spots or flowers in the tree? All in all, it’s a play on reality – what’s really there? what isn’t? Is it all just a beautiful lie?! “Lie awake in bed at night / And think about your life / Do you want to be different? / Try to let go of the truth / The battles of your youth / ‘Cause this is just a game It’s a beautiful lie / It’s a perfect denial / Such a beautiful lie to believe in / So beautiful, beautiful it makes me…” Full lyrics / A Beautiful Lie Video / 30 Seconds to Mars
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MBF Fractal. All equations are original and saved in png format. © jwarburton 07. Featured in: Art In Math, A Fractal Energy Passion, Fractal Perception
You have seen this uploaded just yesterday perhaps.. I cleaned up a stray leaf. I also made it vertical. I was asked to do this as it would make a nice Holiday Card for Christmas. Now that sounds great to me.. / We shall see.. LOL / Chuck Send Out Some Cards For The Season / / /
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As Is – Kodak Easy Share Featured on the RB Homepage Available for purchase in a Collaborative Calendar at CalendaRus /
*All proceeds of sales are donated to the Hope Animal Shelter For more products, you can check out my ZAZZLE gallery: How about some matching Bonnie postage to go with your card ;D Or a Bonnie bag to do your Christmas shopping!! :D :D And while baking your Christmas goodies, a Bonnie apron!
How exciting! Ophelia has just been recruited by Santa to be his little helper! To help spread gifts of fun, joy and lovingkindness across the countries! Ophelia is going to be very busy this holiday so she’s here to wish you advance Christmas well wishes and greetings,”Blessed Christmas To All Uncles, Aunties, Boys and Girls!” Ophelia hoots her way back to Santa’s Christmas factory! You can view and buy my other “Little Santa’s Helper” creations at my Zazzle Gallery:
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Hey hey!! here’s Tim in his Red Hoody!! XD / we’re in the mood for xmas.. you know.. i’ve never seen real snow before.. wish one day i’ll be able to see and touch one.. i’ve always wanted to make my own snowman.. hehe.. X) Tim’s also available on a Xmas card here.. / / Check out my T.I.M t-shirts series: /
I created this design / card with 4 different programs (fractal, vector and digital/graphic programs). / Designer: Thea Walstra / CanDuCreations / /
Nikon D70s | f4.5 | 1/100 sec Featured in the Bokeh group on December 21, 2008
Valentine series, more to come soon!
Painted this 09.02.2009 using fabric paints. Featured on the homepage 16.08.2009
Cute little blue baby bunny with flower background. Original illustration by Ruxique. More products with this design can be found here: / Ruxique’s Fantasy Shop
This little image was a lot of fun to create. I started out snapping a lovely green wreath on the side of a red barn between Pavia and Osterburg, Pennsylvania on Route 869 … then added snow in Photoshop!! Image also available with “Merry Christmas” and “Season’s Greetings” greetings as well!! Original image shot with the Nikon D40x on January 20, 2009. Shutter 1/80, aperture f/5.6, exposure -.33, iso 400.
wooOOT! Gotta new plug-in…Redfield UMatrix lol! this card is for alternative group.. ..... .
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