oil on canvas / 2006
Second in the series!
The early morning sun streaming through the East window of our bedroom enhanced the warmth of this tender moment between my daughter and her father. She loved Saturday mornings because of the opportunity to snuggle up closer to her father when he didn’t have to leave for work. I relinquished my place in our bed to grab my camera and capture this special time. This picture was taken 10 years ago, and my little girl is now a teenager who still loves to crawl up into her daddy’s lap. On a spiritual note, I have spent many years trying to sort out the “character” of God… His presence in our lives, if He is demanding or compassionate? When I see this picture I understand the heart of a father towards his child and I can believe that I am cherished by our Father in Heaven. Some people believe there is no God. I can understand that too. But to borrow a quote from a favorite movie of mine, (Second Hand Lions) “Sometimes the thing we need most to believe in may or may not be true.” Whatever you choose to believe in, if it is good for your heart, then cling to it with all your might. Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, LORD, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past. / NLT Isaiah 63:16 A tender greeting for a Father’s Day card! / /
5” x 7” graphite pencil drawing on paper
Alaska North Star Brilliant Skies Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved “Why would I wonder how you are about today and yesterday a wondering smile or frown because I cannot know and still I want to… But it is not you or your fault, nor is it mine, to accuse myself of anything but being me. And where, if ever, did you get that smile and laugh a little at the things so many people say… And how could I want to hear it (again and again)... Is it absurd for feelings to beg to be felt or do they, or is it just my mind reeling in the years trying not to forget, or yours (your mind is questioning the reason why you can’t touch my hand or feel the warm that is me and know the face again you see always – each night in your dreams when you are drifting in between – you wonder where has she gone) So I search myself to know the answer and often ask for no reason but the asking if I can even know what it was that made some far off voice a reason to ask yourself again can there really be love in this world (love outside of you) love that makes the birds sing. You ask: (what holds the sky up under the wind so that we know what blue is and how it feels to lose the sun when the rain washes it away and makes us blue with all its splatters)... no I can’t explain it, for it is something we have to feel (so far away)... How can I ever tell you I wonder sometimes how you are (what you are doing) if you feel loved … because I can’t see you doesn’t mean you’re not there or not here inside me in every little corpuscle that dances in my veins and keeps me alive to wonder some more… How do you feel (I remember)” by Peter Anthony Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Light Painting is used to create a smoke-like effect in front of the model. Dimensions 3104×4672
A white lion head bunny flying behind a chair Olympus E520 40-150mm Featured in DSLR Users Only – 3 A Day – 20.5.2009 www.arvebettum.com
A cardinal amongst a winter wonderland holding watch after an eve of 12 inches of fresh snowfall Holding Watch / Top 10 95% Snow Oct 2009 / Top 10 in Color Focal Point, JPG Cast-Offs challenge Aug 2009 / Top 10 in Tweet, Tweet , The Woman Photographer May 2009 / Featured in the Bits and Pieces group, February 2009 Also available in: /
Moss, shot with a Canon EFS 60mm f/2.8 macro lens.
This was done a while ago , I didn’t like it and put it away, I found it today – and quite liked it. There you go.
The anchor image with the words of inspiration and encouragement. Many thanks to the very talented and inspirational Rosalie Dale for her encouragement and suggestion. / The full lyrics of the song can be found here / Pentax K20D Camera’ / Edited in ACDSee Pro3. My Bubblesite showcases images in their categories.
You know he’s a real champion, and he has the A to the Z in “medicine”. So why not buy the Iron Sheik t-shirt or be humbled with the Camel Clutch!!!
The primary image here is taken with Sony Alpha 350, Tokina 19-35mm Lens, f4.0 @ 1/60 Sec Exp, ISO 400. All the texture layers added and blended (many) are mine. Please view this LARGE as I’m not sure the subtler textures will show in the smaller view… FEATURED IN ‘HANDS’!
Fleabane-Erigeron philadelphicus Plant: Soft-hairy biennial or perennial 15-90 cm tall, from rootstock and runners. Leaves: Blunt-toothed to lobed, 5-15cm long; lower leaves short-stalked, stgem leaves stalkless and calsping. Flowerheads: Rose purplish to white, 1-2.5cm across, with 100-400 slender strap-like florets around a tellow button of tubular florets; flowerheads in branched clusters. Blooms: April to August. Fruits: Seed-like achenes tipped with a tuft of white hairs. Habitat: Various; usually disturbed sites. Distribution: Native from Newfounland to the Yukon to Texas. / Pick: A few Black-eyed Susan- Rudbeckia hirta Plant: Rough-hairy biennail or short-lived perennial 30-100 cm tall Leaves: 5-17 cm long, ovate to narrowly oblong, with winged stalk; upper leave stalkless. Flowerheads: Orange-yellow, 5-10 cm across, with 10-20 golden yellow strap-like florets around a dark purple to brown, 1,2-2 cm wide hemisphere or cone of tubular forets; 1 to few flowerheads. Blooms: June to Sept. Fruits: Seed-like achenes Habitat: Open often disturbed sights Distribution: Central North America; naturalized from Newfounland to B.C. to Mexico. Pick: Freely Ontario Wilflowers- 101 Wayside Flowers.- Linda Kershaw Norwood Ontario Canada
This image was featured in Digital Photography on November 11th, 2009
This is the third piece in the new style that I have been working on. I think that the three look really good together. This is a mixed media piece of marker, pencil, and chalk pastel on cover stock white paper.
~anonymous. Featured on Flowers in Macro Group in Jan 2010
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