Australia
She’s wearing Bantu/Zulu Knots in her hair. / / /
FEATURED in the EQUINE ATHLETES June 2009 WINNER of the Everything Draft Horse Challenge May 2009 FEATURED in the Everything Draft Horse group May 2009 FEATURED in the Equine Art and Photography group May 2009 Horse: Ebony Park Jorrit / Rider: Natasha Altoff-Kelley / Location: NEC Werribee, Victoria, Australia Friesians Many people debate the idea of using friesians in dressage. This may have been justified in the past when friesians were baroque in style with short bodies and possessed only extravagant movement up the front for carriage driving. However with careful breeding and by selecting certain stallions, a more modern dressage style friesian has been developed which can excel in the dressage arena. Friesians have big hearts and generally want to please their rider. They are smart, quick to learn and forgive mistakes easily.
drawing on paper Fabriano,drawing pad for sketches, ink pen / cm 43×36
Digital Painting The look of a thousand years / can be seen in the depths of her / deep dark eyes / War, famine, hate, love / Too many years, too many died / Her mind wanders back beyond / the hills of time / Wildness calling to her core / there deep inside / Words of hurt, of hate / always words of pride / Peaceful meandering / in dreams sublime / Converge with dreams of / a slave in another world / another time / Always caught between / the new world and the old / Festering anew, a canker / that will not heal / Shadows of the pain, the / fear and the degradation / Deep scars she will / forever feel / Yet tall she stands / head held high / She will not bow / not then not now / She has a debt to honor / those that never had a voice / Those that could not tell / The years of their existence / In a world akin to hell / She walks with the ghosts of many / Wearing her pride like a warrior’s shield / Subtlely stating without voicing / Don’t judge me by the color of my skin / Our blood bleeds the same deep red / Our hearts beat the same within / Same wants, same needs / Same thoughts of wrong and right / Good enough to die in battle / No question then of black or white / So she walks on, tall and proud / Her skin glistening with it’s ebony hue / Her voice ringing out loud and clear / I’m proud of the skin I’m in / Underneath I’m just like you Written by Rhenastarr
drawing on paper, ink pen / my avatar is a bit of this one
Featured in Everything Draft Horse March 09 Horse: Ebony Park Jorrit / Rider: Natasha Altoff-Kelley / Location: NEC Werribee Friesians Many people debate the idea of using friesians in dressage. This may have been justified in the past when friesians were baroque in style with short bodies and possessed only extravagant movement up the front for carriage driving. However with careful breeding and by selecting certain stallions, a more modern dressage style friesian has been developed which can excel in the dressage arena. Friesians have big hearts and generally want to please their rider. They are smart, quick to learn and forgive mistakes easily.
This is an Ebony Leaf Monkey (Javan Lutung). They aren’t the most attractive of primates but they have a fascinating, haunting look to them. They are only found in Indonesia and as expected, are endangered. Click to visit my animal photography & art blog! / Email me at durberville@optushome.com.au Subscribe by Email to Natalie Manuel Photography Find me at Flickr Join my facebook group More of my work on Redbubble* /
Shot with my Canon Rebel XT and the Canon 70-200 IS 2.8 seriesL lens. / Shot in late afternoon light. Designed costume and dress was sewn by the model, Stefanie’s mother-in-law, Jackie.
Shakira does an amazing job once again
Flowers / / /
This is a portrait of a friend’s daughter that I was asked to photograph. This was almost the last shot taken with only natural window light and was one of my favourites.
Horse: Ebony Park Jorrit / Rider: Natasha Altoff-Kelley / Location: NEC Werribee Friesians Many people debate the idea of using friesians in dressage. This may have been justified in the past when friesians were baroque in style with short bodies and possessed only extravagant movement up the front for carriage driving. However with careful breeding and by selecting certain stallions, a more modern dressage style friesian has been developed which can excel in the dressage arena. Friesians have big hearts and generally want to please their rider. They are smart, quick to learn and forgive mistakes easily.
Close up of a music keyboard.
Done in Apophysis and finished in Photoshop Art in Black /
Sing us a song, you’re the Piano Man.
Digital Painting In collaboration with Jacqleen Dimensions: 3370×3000
/ Yummi Love Children’s Keds Shoe available at Zazzle Here is the utube version of Susan’s Birthday Party by Maureen Logan www.metroscreen.org. which is a screenplay/short movie written, directed and produced by old indigenous friends Maureen and Marvette Logan Lucki Loopi Yummi Love Multicultural Combo Mix / by Karin Taylor / digital creation / /
10×14 watercolor enhanced colored pencil on Arches satin finish watercolor paper. Original available. Photographic reference from D. Cutrell. The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) is the most common bear species native to North America. It lives throughout much of the continent, from northern Canada and Alaska south into Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This includes 41 of the 50 U.S. states and all Canadian provinces except Prince Edward Island. Populations in the east-central and southern United States remain in the protected mountains and woodlands of parks and preserves, though bears will occasionally wander outside the parks’ boundaries and have set up new territories, in some cases on the margins of urban environments in recent years as their populations increase. Although there were probably once as many as two million black bears in North America long before European colonization, the population declined to a low of 200,000 as a result of habitat destruction and unrestricted hunting. By current estimates, more than 800,000 are living today on the continent. Legal status / Today, a major threat to the American black bear is poaching, or illegal killing, to supply Asian markets with bear galls and paws, considered to have medicinal value in China, Japan, and Korea. The demand for these parts also affects grizzly and polar bears. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a treaty among more than 120 nations, provides measures to curb illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products across international boundaries, helping to protect the black bear from poaching. Perpetrators caught poaching or smuggling either item out of the United States or Canada may face very serious legal ramifications, and park rangers within both countries are charged with the protection of the bears under their jurisdictions up to and including arrest. Black bears are abundant in most of the western states and in most of Canada, but its presence in the Midwest is uneven by comparison. For example, Ontario is home to about 100,000 bears, with at least as many in neighboring Quebec, while the Upper Midwest has a very healthy population with 30,000 bears in Minnesota alone. In contrast, nearby places like Iowa, Kansas and Illinois have virtually none. Most quintessentially Midwestern states have not had a native population of bears since the turn of the 19th century and many are still heavily used for agriculture today. Most populations east of the Mississippi River are seeing a marked, steady increase in population: bears are moving back into places where they typically have been absent for over a century as suitable habitat has returned. In eastern states with heavily wooded areas, populations are growing rapidly; in North Carolina there were 11,000 bears at last count in 2004, Pennsylvania estimates 15,000 bears currently, New Jersey (a heavily urbanized state) estimated 3,529 in 2003, and even tiny Rhode Island has seen evidence of bears moving into areas where they haven’t been in decades. The Florida black bear has also seen increases in numbers in recent decades, in 2004 the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission estimated over 2,400 bears were in the state. Unfortunately, not all is well. Continued development may reduce connectivity between the already separated populations in Florida. The Louisiana subspecies continues to be at critically low levels, although several successful reintroduction projects have added bears to new areas of the state. In Mexico, the indigenous black bear population is listed as endangered and is mostly limited to increasingly fragmented habitat in the mountainous northern parts of the country. Individuals from this area seem to have naturally recolonized parts of southern Texas and along the Rio Grande. In 1992, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Louisiana black bear subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, meaning it could be in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range in the near future. The American black bear is also protected by legislation in the affected states (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), owing to its close resemblance to this subspecies. The Florida black bear was denied protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1998 and 2004 due to its adequate protection and management by the State of Florida. Complete 2007
Morpeth Bridge Completed in 1898, Morpeth bridge is the oldest surviving example of an overhead braced Allan truss road bridge in service, and is one of three surviving overhead braced timber truss road bridges in NSW. Most of its engineering details are intact, and the bridge is in good condition. Allan trusses were a major development which superseded the McDonald truss bridges which preceded them, and were an extremely successful design. Major innovations were made in the areas of maintenance, cost of construction, and the achievable span length. The bridge has a high degree of technical significance. Timber truss bridges were important in the development of the road network in NSW. Before the construction of these bridges, river crossings were often treacherous, and an impediment to efficient transport. Through this, the expansion of rural NSW, particularly the mining and agricultural sectors, was facilitated. The bridge has a historical association with Percy Allan, senior bridge designer at the Public Works Department, and is important to the history of Morpeth. Morpeth Bridge is located in the Hunter region, which has 15 historic bridges each constructed before 1905, and it gains heritage significance from its proximity to the high concentration of other historic bridges in the area. In 1998 there were 38 surviving Allan trusses in NSW of the 105 built, and 82 timber truss road bridges survive from the over 400 built. Morpeth bridge is a representative example of overhead braced Allan timber truss road bridges, and is assessed as being Nationally significant, primarily on the basis of its technical and historical significance. / / / / /
9×12 graphite
I thought I’d better do a search for Ebony, so I found this space-worthy looking vehicle, a 1970 Plymouth Superbird 440 Hemi – Richard Petty Blue here / and proceded to conduct my search. I think I may have just missed her!
One of the darkest daylilies I’ve seen – I believe the variety is “Ebony Jewel” (daylily experts please feel free to correct me :) © 2006 Sara Lamond. All rights reserved.
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