Stormy Church – Thank you to RichieDean who helped me with the sky on this and a few other bits and pieces – You are great Richie! /
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
Sold in a matted print!! I sold it to a RB member! Copyright :: All Rights Reserved
/ / Winter Woolies also available as a shoe design at zazzle / / / Winter Woolies / A mixed media production on brown paper / using white acrylic gesso, pastels, charcoal, / NOW available printed on a tshirts too!! /
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See Chippy’s 2010 Calendar: / CHIPMUNK ADVENTURES / . CLICK TO SEE MORE CHIPPY PICTURES / . 11/27/09 ~ Chippy made the home page!!! Yay!!! Thank you everyone!!!!!!! 11/11/09 ~ Top ten in Your Most Popular Picture challenge, Cee’s Fun Artsy Friends group ~ Thank you all ♥ 11/1/09 ~ Featured in Playful Photogenic Pets ~ Thank you!!! :o) 11/1/09 ~ Featured in Backyard Macros and Closeups ~ Thank you so much ♥ FIRST PLACE 9/10/09 ~ Urban Wildlife – Book Pictures challenge ~ thank you everyone!!! 6/27/09 ~ Featured in Squirrels & Chipmunks ~ Thank you! FIRST PLACE 5/15/09 ~ The Funniest Animal at the Redbubble Zoo challenge ~ Funny Kritters group – thank you everyone ~ Chippy loves you!!!! 4/8/09 ~ Featured in Pet Rodents ~ Thank you!!!! FIRST PLACE 2/23/09 ~ This is the Funniest challenge – ImageWriting group – HUGS FROM CHIPPY! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! 2/13/09 ~ Featured in the ImageWriting Group – Thank you hosts!!!!!! FIRST PLACE 11/29/08 ~ Funny Kritters – Funniest Wild Animal Challenge – Thank you so much members!!!! FIRST PLACE 10/23/08 ~ Nature’s Wonders – Backyard Challenge – Thank you everyone!!! 10/12/08 ~ Featured in Squirrels 9/2008 ~ Featured in the Top Ten – Natural Developments “Chippy” is my favorite wild pet. He’s a tame chipmunk (a tiny member of the squirrel family) who comes to our doorstep on a daily basis for handouts of peanuts and hazelnuts. He and some of his buddies will take nuts from our hands and will crawl on us to look for nuts. Picture taken at my back door, July 2008, Tower City, PA Canon Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / F stop: F/5.6 Exposure: 1/250 sec. Focal length: 55.0 mm / Shutter speed (Tv): 8 DINNER AND FLOWERS / ROOM FOR MORE? /
/ “Fandango” is part of the new Collection “Tropics”.. the coconut tree in hot colours, temperature and mood, close-up…inspired by the Latin Dance the Fandango, with music by the Gypsy Kings… Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico Hot Pressed Paper… 1877 Views Dance a light fandango / Take me ‘round and ‘round / Dance a light fandango / Never let me down Steve Miller Band Gypsy KIngs Baila Me (I danced) / Fandango (The Dance).. /
10/22/09 ~ Top Ten in the Cuddlies Altered Images Challenge ~ All Soft and Cuddlies Group ~ Thank you!!! 5/3/09 ~ Featured in Rural Around and Globe and first runner up in Birds in the Backyard challenge – thank you everyone!!!! 1/7/09 – featured in Digital Art Compilations – thank you!! 12/20/08 – featured in Autumn/Fall and Winter in the North-East USA – thanks!!! See my Finch Family Tree album / . / On December 20, 2008 everything was coated with ice and the Goldfinches were swarming to my birdfeeder and trees looking for food. These three goldfinches were on the same branch at different times. I combined three photos to make this sweet trio of Goldfinches sitting in my icy Mimosa Tree. Taken 12/20/08 from my kitchen door ~ Tower City, PA / . / FUR COAT (original photo) / GOLDEN TRIO /
Taken on a very rare snowy morning in Bristol on my way to work. / Its the first time I have shot in the snow and the first time I have used my new tripod, so I was able to get nice slow speeds with a tight aperture. / A little work in PS to correct the colour and sharpen etc. Taken with a Nikon D70 and a CPL.
See Chippy’s 2010 Calendar: / CHIPMUNK ADVENTURES / . CLICK TO SEE MORE CHIPPY PICTURES / / . CLICK TO SEE CHIPPY’S SUMMER ADVENTURES album on Webshots / .. 9/10/09 ~ Featured in Hall of Fame for Artists of Animal Images ~ Thank you very much!! ♥ 7/2/09 ~ Featured in Color Me A Rainbow – Brown ~ Thank you Taylor!! 6/29/09 ~ Featured in Animal Fantasy Composites ~ Thank you!!!!! FIRST PLACE ~ 6/28/09 Best of C challenge ~ Alphabet Soup ~ Thank you fellow members!!!!!! 6/21/09 ~ Featured in Alphabet Soup ~ Thank you!!! 4/11/09 ~ Featured in Squirrels ~ and chosen as Squirrel of the Week!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! / . / Chippy the Chipmunk picked one of my spring flowers!!!!! I couldn’t help myself ~ I finally had to try a digital compilation of Chippy holding one of my spring flowers and I was pretty happy with the results. He’s soooo cute and the flower just adds that extra touch. Thanks to other Redbubble artists for giving me the inspiration to be more creative!! This image is a combination of three layers using Adobe Photoshop. / . . / WELCOME SPRING /
8/31/09 ~ FIRST RUNNER UP ~ The Woman Photographer ~ Featured Work challenge ~ Thank you!!! 6/2/09 ~ Featured in The Woman Photographer ~ thank you sooooo much!! 5/22/09 ~ Featured in the Color and Light Group ~ Thank you very much!!!!! Dawn at Clarks Creek was so beautiful after a cool Clarks Valley night. The warmth of the morning sun and temperature change created a mist that added a mysterious mood to the sunrise. Natural light and color. Taken 5/21/09 near my home, Clarks Creek at the mouth of the Dehart Dam, near Tower City, PA DAWN AT CLARKS CREEK /
it’s nearly spring, here… / jordan busson. 15 august 2009. add elucidate on: /
Painting by Dorina Costras / Acrylic on canvas / 54/58 cm / Original for sale __________ “The leaves grown dark / By the autumn wind fall / Cover the ground, / Cover your body, / The wrapping of your being / That hides your true ego. / The warm dew of your eyes flows, / Nothing is there to wait for her, / It gets lost in the void, / Nothing needs their torpor. / Glitter in the sun / That passes through your body / And immerses it in candid dazzle, / The night is coming, the Orient is dancing, / Whirling in his veils, voluptuous dance / Wraps the world. / .And the wood that contains you, / Oh my goddess. And all is mystery, / Possible enigma, incomprehensible fear.” Gothica – The Pure Nymph lyrics
/ / Original pencil drawing on Aquarelle Arches paper 56×76cm / Drawing 15 hours/painting 12 hours = 27 hours total A digitally painted hand drawn artwork… the inspiration for this is “Meeting Places”... As a child one of the most frequent things we did together as a family was to attend church on Sundays, I went to a Catholic School and the church I remember best was St Agnes’ at Port Macquarie… the nuns would come over for morning tea sometimes, and the priests would come for dinner occasionally…they were the days of fun parish picnics and life that wasn’t so hurried..when we took time to socialise, meeting and enjoying one another’s company. Mum was/is a great cook and host…and although this picture isn’t authentic as a portrait of her and myself…it’s representative. It’s also representative of new life and hope for the future, as the mother figure is with child….. and the child herself nurtures the wildlife…perhaps she is taking them to church for a blessing… perhaps the joey has lost his mother and needs nursing til he can fend for himself. The kookaburra is all seeing and all knowing….. the wise overseer of the bush… in this case, he stands in as the owl figure.
/ There’s an Elephant in my Garden digitally colour version also available (click here) / A sepia drawing before I colour this work…. “there’s an elephant in my garden” Inspired by my parents talk of topiary gardens in Tassie and their topiary teapot in the backyard and my little girl with the curl Sarah, who’s all growed up now (but this reminds me of her when she was a littlun)...thanx Nenek and Poppy….luv ya / / There’s an Elephant in my Garden / a drawing on catridge from my Art Diary / digitally coloured I hope that the grownups who look at this painting will remember something special from their childhood, some hopeful feeling, which will help them through today’s difficulties. There are all the colours of the rainbow in this piece, to remind us that there is always hope, no matter how hopeless it seems sometimes. The rainbow is a sign of hope. Children See/Children Do powerful message for grownups I hope that all the children who look at this painting will drift off into a faraway place in their imagination and feel wonderful for a while, especially if things are getting them down…and if life is wonderful, may this little picture add to the wonder and spark the imagination. Big hello to Maya!! :)
FIRST PLACE 11/28/09 ~ Up on Two Legs challenge ~ Squirrels & Chipmuks group ~ Thank you everyone!! :o) FIRST PLACE 11/10/09 ~ Animal Kingdom challenge – 2-A-Week group ~ Thank you everyone!!! ♥ 10/29/09 ~ Featured in Squirrels and Chipmunks ~ Thank you ♥ 10/21/09 ~ Featured in Depth of Field ~ Thank you sooooo much!! :o) 10/21/09 ~ Featured in Pets Are Us ~ Thank you ♥ . / Today (10/18/09) my feeders were filled with squirrels, birds and three chipmunks (all named Chippy)! This guy came to my door for peanuts and he eats out of my hand. This photo was taken about 8 inches away from Chippy on my porch step, Tower City, PA. I did just a slight tweaking of contrast. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi / F stop: F/11.0 Exposure: 1/200 sec. / Focal length: 43.0 mm Flash: flash fired, / Shutter speed (Tv): 7.6 See Chippy’s 2010 Calendar: / CHIPMUNK ADVENTURES / . CLICK TO SEE MORE CHIPPY PICTURES / / . CLICK TO SEE CHIPPY’S SUMMER ADVENTURES album on Webshots
11/4/09 ~ Featured in Extreme Close-ups ~ Thank you kindly!!! :~) 11/1/09 ~ Featured in Funny Kritters ~ Thank you!! :o) 11/1/09 ~ Featured in Mood and Ambience ~ Thank you so much!! ♥ Chippy can never get enough of those yummy peanuts! Photo taken on my back doorstep, Clarks Valley, PA. Post editing done with Photoshop. See Chippy’s 2010 Calendar: / CHIPMUNK ADVENTURES / . CLICK TO SEE MORE CHIPPY PICTURES / / . CLICK TO SEE CHIPPY’S SUMMER ADVENTURES album on Webshots
Also available as Christmas card design with Merry Christmas text. Thanks to Jon Robb for giving me the idea that these may work well as posters.
Steer II (Missy Higgins) / / Pencil drawing, digital colouring The Golden Elephant – story and art by Karin Taylor / A long long time ago in a tropical land where the papaya grow wild and free, there lived a golden elephant who’s beauty was unsurpassed. All the creatures were mesmerised by what appeared to be the sun entering the water when she swam and when she walked on the land everyone stepped aside, as elephants were revered. Legend has it, the golden elephant was once a beautiful warrior princess. Once, in midst of of a terrible battle with her enemy about to take her life, she made a wish that she could become an elephant, for then no harm would come to her. The beautiful warrior princess was granted her wish, tho could sadly not return to her human form, and so it was that the golden elephant lived forever, bringing warmth and light wherever she went. During the darkest nights when the stars hid and the moon disappeared, the beautiful golden elephant shone like the sun, lighting the way for pilgrims on their journey. Although very happy she got what she wished for, the golden elephant found herself still thinking the grass was sometimes greener on the other side. Indeed she would have liked to be human again. But she accepted her new role and did the best she could with her gift of light. The moral of the story – be careful what we wish for / Antique Kisses another big eyed girl / Thank you for Hearing Me Sinead O’Connor Thank you for hearing me / Thank you for hearing me / Thank you for hearing me / Thank you for hearing me Thank you for loving me / Thank you for loving me / Thank you for loving me / Thank you for loving me Thank you for seeing me / Thank you for seeing me / Thank you for seeing me / Thank you for seeing me And for not leaving me / And for not leaving me / And for not leaving me / And for not leaving me Thank you for staying with me / Thank you for staying with me / Thank you for staying with me / Thank you for staying with me Thanks for not hurting me / Thanks for not hurting me / Thanks for not hurting me / Thanks for not hurting me You are gentle with me / You are gentle with me / You are gentle with me / You are gentle with me Thanks for silence with me / Thanks for silence with me / Thanks for silence with me / Thanks for silence with me Thank you for holding me / And saying “I could be” / Thank you for saying “Baby” / Thank you for holding me Thank you for helping me / Thank you for helping me / Thank you for helping me / Thank you, thank you for helping me Thank you for breaking my heart / Thank you for tearing me apart / Now I’ve a strong, strong heart / Thank you for breaking my heart
...and the past it’s just the beginning… / ...from “Impossible love” series / Painting by Dorina Costras / Original for sale / Acrylic on canvas / 55/70 cm ”...and the past it’s just the beginning”...from “Impossible love” series” was featured in First Things 21 nov.2009
/ / This is a pencil drawing, that I’ve coloured in digitally, I also have a little golden chinese chop for my signature which was created for me a few months ago by Keith Richardson / hope you like “January” a little bit of a vintage or 70’s feel, revisiting the past, downloading a little bit of summer … now listening to “Pilot” singing January and Magic one of my fave band from the seventies, yeah, right along with the Bay City Rollers n stuff like that…hopeless huh :) so while I’m at it…. Bay City Rollers (I only want to be with you) /
Original photos of this lovely male were taken in Fraser Canyon, BC, Canada / Digital applications of layers, light, and effects, in photoshop CS4 /
BEST VIEWED LARGE / \ / My last upload for a little while, here she is the Music Box Dancer from a drawing, digitally coloured. The words in the background are my own handwriting as I wanted the emphasis to be on sending out postive message for little girls and big girls: shine SHINE Shine, be giving, LOVE yourself, love OTHERS, dance your way through LIFE, you are beautiful, be joyous, you are LOVED, sing your SONG, your heart is free, be glad, trust, HOPE, live, LOVE, BELIEVE, shine your light the message is twofold….for little girls, very simply it’s sending a clear message of positive reinforcement, were it to be something they have in their room or receive for a birthday, i just wanted to give them a boost and a reminder to love themselves and live life to the full. To go with that line of thinking I’ve included the beautiful Music Box Dancer video on youtube by The Wiggles with a video of a little girl, a bit like this one, dancing….and The Wiggles, Dorothy the Dinosaur, and Captain Feathersword are all there too for your viewing and listening pleasure. do you remember the music box dancer in your music box…? you would open up the box, and there she was, she would pop up as you lifted the lid…in her little tutu, pirouetting round and round to the sound of the ‘music box dancer’ or some other pretty tune, she kept guard over all your hidden treasures in the jewellery box, I’ve tried to recreate the look and feel of that little icon here with her white tulle tutu skirt beneath, princess-style sleeves and golden hand-beaded bodice and pretty golden string of pearls she is both young and innocent, wide eyed…but also older and wiser, so that I hope she would appeal to girls of every age and in every stage of life the other side of the coin, I want to encourage grown up girls who have struggled and find life hard going at times, as a reminder that they are beautiful, that one can develop and nurture resilience and strength through everyday focus and meditation on positive messages and looking for the good in life…even if it’s only miniscule, it can grow… and to go with that line of thought, i have included a link to Missy Higgins song, which I love so much called Sugar Cane which is about the baby ballerina that lives inside us the year was 1972 and just for fun here’s a pic of me when i was 7 and just tiny tot at ballet (i’d been going since I was 4 years old..our first review I was in “The Fairy Around the Christmas tree and we wore a white singlet with little white scarves all sewn into it to make the skirt and of course a little halo of silver tinsel about the head lol) we looked like baby elephants, so ungraceful, but all the mums and dads and we ourselves thought we were very wonderful! which one am I? ... the littlest one on the far right at the back…that’s me….one of the other girls is my best friend (from childhood) we’ve lost touch now…i won’t give her name, but she was/played Amy the Bear in Bananas in Pyjamas for a few years.. she and her sister were magic dancers and always got the lead roles, i was forever in obscurity, in their shadow….and even here…although the smallest of the lot…there i be, right in the back…where I’m most comfortable :) and one more for the road…can you believe this is me!! lol ..and i must mention that my mum painted the pegboard behind me there, and we’d hang our toys from it to tidy up…using golf tees in the holes as pegs…so innovative and clever she is…full of ‘making do with whatever we had’ kind of ideas… /
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