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Wear the grudge like a crown / Desperate to control / Unable to forgive / And sinking / Deeper
Lego Indy in the backyard jungle.
Indiana Jones in Lego form.
As a once psychology major, I was intrigued by Freud’s theory on the id and ego of the human psyche. It has been many years since those classes so my words may be somewhat off. But this piece is a self representation (aren’t they all?) of myself and how the “id” and “ego” play in our life decisions. We all seek pleasure and that constant feeling of euphoria, and our “id”’s only goal is to achieve those feelings without worry or care about the consequences of such actions. It is our “ego” that keeps the “id” in line, allowing us to think before we act, and to be able to foresee what may come of this pleasure seeking. It is a constant battle that wages on beneath our skin and sometimes the “id” overcomes. Some choose to live only by the “id”s bidding and never realize the destruction they leave behind when seeking their pleasures. I have been through that lifestyle once, and as much as I enjoyed such pleasures in bountiful amounts….the aftershock of those actions can still be felt today.
Small oil over acrylic painting on board. 133×184mm. We all know about Davy Jones locker… but who knows what’s down there? Original Available
John Lennon played the Rickenbacker 325 ‘58 on most of the tracks on The Beatles Debut album, Please Please Me and since then many other guitarists have turned to Rickenbacker Guitars. / George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Brian Jones, Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Noel Gallagher. And the man from Decca said guitar groups were on their way out….Looks like he was wrong.
THE SUBJECT: / A very small developing fruiting body of the Cyptotrama aspratum (Gold Tuft) fungus found on a rotting dead branch and caught in the gorgeous natural light of a slightly overcast autumn afternoon sky. / About 1.5cm high. THE LOCATION: / Along a track in the Kattang Nature Reserve, Dunbogan, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING of ‘Spike Jones #3 (Cryptotrama asprata)’: / Out on a fungi hunt with a Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate, we were only 150 metres from the car park when we saw the beautiful glow of this fungus poking up from the leaf litter. / While most of the fungi we found were the blues we found three of these at different stages of development. / This photograph is brought to you after much pain and discomfort as I was bitten by a bull ant, my mate was bitten by a leech and we were both bitten by mosquitoes. The things we do…..! / Fuji S9600: RAW, Super macro, Manual settings of f/4.5 @ 1/10sec, Manual focus, ISO80, Tripod, Timer. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Fungi & Lichen collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fabulous fungi and likeable lichen. NOTE: / I lightened the image slightly and gave the saturation a little tweak for printing on Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Media and it did a marvellous job on the oranges/yellows. UPDATE: 19-05-09 / Little Spike has been featured in the Amateur Art Photography Group. UPDATE: 20-6-09 / My glowing golden Fungus was placed 2nd in challenge and has been Featured in the Fungilicious Group. Enjoy! FUNGI: KATTANG / (Click the links!) Cyptotrama aspratum – Spike Jones #3 / Volvariella speciosa / Boletellus emodensis / Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) / Omphalotus nidiformis & Sciarid sp / Entoloma hochstetteri – The Blues Brothers #1 / Agaricus campestris /
This piece is based on how much we base our decisions off of love. Not condemning it, but rather it intrigues me what those will do in the name of love. Many people have died for love, have fought for love, and have sacrificed for love. It’s a powerful feeling that enslaves us, causing us to react in ways we may not deem normal in a clear state of mind, but like they say, Love is intoxicating. 2nd traditional piece I’ve ever attempted with acrylics. It was (key word, was, because it was sold lol)a 18×24 inch stretched canvas with acrylics and india ink. I miss this piece dearly, but at least I have a wonderful jpeg of it’s remains.
The song “beautiful” by 10 years really says a lot to me about how we view ourselves and in comparison to those on television. We spend hundreds of dollars on products that make us look younger, erase wrinkles, enhancing our breasts and even bleach our assholes. Anything to stay beautiful because we don’t want to be overlooked, we want that feeling of importance…that feeling that someone will remember you because of how you look. After awhile, we change ourselves so much that we forget what we used to look like, or how we behaved, because we were so used to feeling the same way we looked, and that’s fake. And what remains is the beautiful being we truly were, only now it has withered and died, and what’s left is something uglier. Photoshop Fun and slight referenced used. Tried out the famous Andrew Jones style of “shape sifting”
Indianna with his father, taken on some brown paper, using a desk lamp for the lighting.
“Gus And Woodrow”..Lonesome Dove” is an original oil on canvas painting. This movie was the turning point in my art journey. It was the first portrait I ever attempted by pausing the video on my TV (about 76 times!), making sketches and then proceeding to the painting. Thank you for viewing my art. / VIEW susan’sgallery / VIEW susan’szazzle /
This was taken in the summer of 2007 at a favorite spot of mine at Jones Valley on Shasta Lake, CA, about 16 miles north east of Redding, CA….It was a perfect day and the light was very cooperative with me and my camera…..this has become one of my favorite places to just kick back and relax….and the fishing is not bad, an added plus. Common species most often caught here are Bass, Crappie, and Trout. It is also well known for camping, hiking and boating. / __ / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © 2007 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action!
Just love the tiny eye lash feathers on these birds. / Male Ruby Throated Hummingbird Nikon D2X / Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro / Slik Tripod
Jones Pass Colorado….this little gem I found by accident actually. Ironically, this whole area has been mined for many years, centuries, old gold mines, and the water is very polluted, and though ugly in an environmental kinda way, the color caught my eyes. It made for some nice contrast on a cloudy day. So why the B&W? I can’t really say other than the fact I like it better actualoly, it brings out some nice contrasts. / Let me know what ya think! / —-John
Life in Glass / So fragile… / / / Photographer for Hire – All Occasions – Mail Me :) / / My rules for photography and art are very simple – I like it, or I don’t… / / Thanks for visiting my folio :) / I certainly appreciate your taking time to view what I’ve been up to, and enjoy reading your comments. / / / Writings (or ramblings) / Music of the Spheres / Another World / Time & Tears / The 3rd / The 10th / Weaver / High-Flyer / The In-Between Place / The Haggard Crone / Come, Dark / Chandelier Brain / Eat Me / You’re Strange, Rick / Ever-Queen / Sleeping / The Black, White & Grey
In the mountains above Maubissie in Timor-Leste I stayed in a hut with some of the poorest people in the world. Tia was proud and dignfied, and, although unwell, worked ceaselessly to feed her family. I framed and gave her this photo. On dry days she puts it outside her hut for others to see.
Couldn’t resist this old, abandoned building in Williamstown, Melbourne. Not a straight line to be seen, peeling paint, graffiti – and such character! /
Coogee, Sydney NSW 5D mkii © Ben Herman 2009
Moose peeking in our living room window. We have yummy berry bushes there.
Featured in The Shameless Self Promotion Group, 21st of May 2009 Far off the beaten track along side a dirt road in a paddock are a selection of Holden Utes painted by some well known & not so well known Australian artists. They can be found near Ootha and Condoblin in the Central West Slopes and Plains of NSW, Australia. Well worth a trip out! more info here Artist: Michael Jones From the plaque. “Often romanticzied in classic literature our outback heroes come to life in this tribute to the stockman. Droving the ‘long paddock’ means sleeping rough and making the most of limited resources available along the way. Essential to survival in the outback is the intimate knowledge of the land shared by Aboriginal stockman.” Canon EOS 50D / Canon 28-135mm lens / f/7.1 / 1/320 sec / ISO 200 / f/l 135 mm Thank you for looking.
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