Hollyk
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Holly Kempe
Australia
126 creative works found
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“Sounds of the Sea” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A sea shell on a background of sandstone. “I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and / diverting myself now and then finding a smoother / pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the / great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” / ~Isaac Newton /
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“Spirit Land” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Early morning fog is clearing exposing the ghostly forms of trees in a bare landscape backed by a distant mountain range. Rockhampton, Queensland. “Have you ever felt the spirit of the land / when you’ve walked alone and seen / the beauty in one tree one rock and / managed somehow to overlook the / majestic landscapes. Have you ever….” / ~ R Frankland Spirit Land was featured in the: Landscape and Abstract Photography Goup – September 08 Trees Group – September 08
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“Carried Away by the Moment” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A lone man standing on the edge of a cliff watches the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean at Port Campbell, Victoria. “One perfect moment / Can never be repeated / Only remembered.”
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“Seven Swallows Sitting” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A family of Australian Woodswallows perched tightly together on a wire preening each other against a background of bright blue sky. Bowen, Queensland. “The swallow, bonny birdie, comes sharp / twittering o’er the sea, / And gladly is her carol heard for the sunny / days to be; / She shares not with us wintry glooms, / but yet, no faithless thing, / She hunts the summer o’er the earth with / wearied little wing.”
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“Sun Shower” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A frangapani after a shower of rain. “Rain showers my spirit / and waters my soul.” / ~Emily Logan Decens Sun Shower was featured in the: Prize Challenges Group
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“Pour Me a Rainbow” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A row of old water syphons filled with colored water sitting on a window sill. “Couple of jiggers of moonlight and add a star, / Pour in the blue of a June night and one guitar, / Mix in a couple of dreamers and there you are: / Lovers hail the Moonlight Cocktail.” / ~Kim Gannon Pour Me a Rainbow was featured in the: Prize Challenges Group
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Veil of Mystery Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A stand of bare limbed trees on a gently rolling hillside emerges from the veil of an early morning fog. Gympie, Queensland. “Some might see the morning fog as a shroud of / grey that settles in their soul and stays with them / even when the sun breaks through to warm their / skin. / Others see the fog as a beautiful mist that opens / up to reveal the brightness of life and a reason to / feel good about the outside…on the inside.” / ~ Annette Hansen Veil of Mystery has been featured in the: Redbubble Homepage – December 08 Trees Group – June 08 Trees and Their Parts Group – May 09
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“A Touch of Paradise” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Sunrise in tropical Mission Beach, far north Queensland, Australia. “Flamingos walk, and sway in peace / Seeing this, it makes my troubles cease / The sun is hiding, leaving a pink scar / That stretches right across the sky / Thats all weve seen so far / And all I do is look into your eyes / For that special touch of paradise / Just a touch, a touch of paradise / Just a special touch of paradise / You hold my hand, thats when we kiss / And it doesnt take long no, until I get the gist / Of this love that stretches out across the land / Where rainbows flash, as were walking in the sand / And all I do is look into your eyes / A touch of spring, and autumn sweet / Well the trees vibrate when our eyes meet / And I think of all the love that we have been making / You touch my hand and I walk off shaking / And all I do is look into your eyes.” / ~Ross Wilson and G Smith
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“Open for Business” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © An art gallery at the historic town of Silverton in outback New South Wales, Australia. “History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.” ~Winston Churchill Competition: Top Ten placement of the Outback Australia group.
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“Praying for Rain” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © “As the farmer knelt down on the salty sand, / He needed rain to save his land. / The crops were wilting, the cattle all dead, / He looked around, not a word was said. / The ground was dry, where is the rain? / What could stop this worthless pain? / The farmer cursed in sheer despair, / He did not have a drop to spare. / A thundercloud covers the western sky, / A bolt of lightning explodes near by. / The farmer looks up and begins to pray, / Hoping that the rain will come his way. / Then drip-by-drip it starts to fall, / The crystal water like a clear glass wall. / The trees and flowers all in bloom, / Then once again, gone is the gloom. / The water fills the old parched creek, / The rivers bulge as the waters peak. / The mud squelches through the farmer’s dry old / hands, / As he thanks the Lord for saving his land.” / ~ Meg Hayes Year Seven / St Mary’s Primary School Praying for Rain was featured in the: Redbubble Homepage – November 08
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“Forgotten Fields” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © An old moss covered timber gate at the corner of a field of grass. “Whenever my journey gets hard to bear / To fields I go to meet You there. / The Holy psalms I shall recount / My horse of courage I shall mount. / My journey through this land gets longer / My hunger for Your home gets stronger. / When hills to climb get only steeper / My love for You gets only deeper. / I shall not stray nor lose my course / With rein in hand, I’ll guide my horse / To fields of good and plenty be / These fields, the ones You promised me / Are void of enemies and grief. / These fields supply me with relief. / I mount my horse, I’m on my way / And in Your fields, My Lord, I’ll stay.” / ~Marie Paradise
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Storm on the Rise Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © “The wise man in the storm prays to God, / not for safety from danger, but deliverance from / fear.” / ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Storm on the Rise has been featured in the: Redbubble Homepage – April 08
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“Moon Over Troubled Waters” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © An old tank stand leans sideways under a rising full moon. / Toowoomba, Queensland. “It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.” / ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Moon Over Troubled Waters was featured on the: Redbubble Homepage – May 08
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“Serene Seas” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Taken at the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia. “Somewhere beyond the sea / Somewhere waiting for me / My lover stands on golden sands / And watches the ships that go sailin” “Somewhere beyond the sea / She’s there watching for me / If I could fly like birds on high / Then straight to her arms / I’d go sailin’.” / ~ Bobby Darin
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“Rolling On” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © An approaching afternoon storm appears on the horizon while a field of hay bales are still glowing in the sun. / Bowen, Queensland. “And then to dwell in sovereign barns, / And dream the days away, / The grass so little has to do, / I wish I were the hay!” / ~Emily Dickinson
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“Nature’s Window” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Nature’s Window was featured in the: Live, Love, Dream group
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“Radiance” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Soft and delicate, a monarch butterfly / basks in the morning sunlight. “Learning how to be still, to really be still / and let life happen – / that stillness becomes a radiance.” / ~ Morgan Freeman Competition: Winner of the Queensland groups – Flutterbies of Qld Radiance was featured in the: Prize Challenges Group
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“Against the Wind” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A surreal depiction of birds flying into a gale force wind under a full moon partly covered by cloud. “When everything seems to be going against you, / remember that the airplane takes off against the / wind, not with it.” / ~ Henry Ford Against the Wind has been featured in the: Redbubble Homepage – September 08 Tree Group – July 08 Cards: Best of Your Best Group Shoot the Moon Group – February 09 Redbubble Homepage – June 09
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“New Growth New Hope” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © A surreal depicition of two larger trees bending over a smaller one and protecting it whilst silhouetted against the rising of a full moon. “Young one you know how I’m older than thee?” / said the largest of the trees, / “Another is growing smaller than you / and we must tell it the best thing to do” / “I know, I know”, said the younger tree, / “To grow as tall as the moon. Will it be sibling to me?” / ‘Yes it shall, it will grow by and by.” / And the trees stood and watched / the new reach for the sky…....” Author: adgray / See the rest of adgray’s writing inspired by / New Growth New Hope here. New Growth New Hope was featured in the: Shoot the Moon Group – April 09
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“Praise” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © An agapanthus beginning to bloom. “Praise the young and they will blossom.” / ~Irish Proverb
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“Breeze” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Sony a100 camera / Photoshop CS4 artwok Grass reeds swaying in a gentle breeze….. “Exhilaration is the Breeze / That lifts us from the Ground / And leaves us in another place / Whose statement is not found—“ “Returns us not, but after time / We soberly descend / A little newer for the term / Upon Enchanted Ground—“ / ~ Emily Dickinson Breeze was featured in the: Inspired Art group – April 09
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“Coconut Grove” Photography and Artwork / by Holly Kempe © / (best viewed larger) A row of coconut palms on the shores of the Coral Sea, / silhouetted by the rising sun. / Port Douglas, Queensland. “Alone with myself / The trees bend to caress me / The shade hugs my heart.” / ~Candy Polgar Coconut Grove was featured in the: Queensland group – July 09 The Woman Photographer group – July 09
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“Tall Timbers” Photography and Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Wooded landscape of Gympie, Queensland. “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” / ~Robert Louis Stevenson Tall Timbers was featured in the: Queensland group – Aug 09
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“A Boab Sunrise” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Sony a100 camera / Photoshop CS4 artwork The Australian Aboriginal legend of the Boab Tree (or Bottle Tree): “When the tree God created the Boab Tree it was to be the most beautiful of all trees in the universe, with the most beautiful flowers and bearing the juiciest fruit. But as the tree grew to maturity its flowers were mediocre and its fruit had a bad odour and tasted vile. The Tree God became so angry that he yanked the Boab out of the ground and slammed it back in the earth upside down and that is why today, when you see a Boab tree, it looks as if its roots are growing up in the air.” Thangool, Queensland A Boab Sunrise was featured in the: Trees group – Sept 09 Image Writing group – Sept 09 Queensland group – Sept 09
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