I just signed up yesterday to REDBUBBLE. It seems a very interesting site, where everyone can show his work. / I am still new and I thi…
I just signed up yesterday to REDBUBBLE. It seems a very interesting site, where everyone can show his work. / I am still new and I think I need some help and tips. Thanks, / Chris
Saturday night, Richard and I were talking about were we would go for our next photography adventure. / We had planned on going back to O’...
Saturday night, Richard and I were talking about were we would go for our next photography adventure. / We had planned on going back to O’Riley’s, where he took me last year, to take the long circuit that featured 17 waterfalls, but, the rain was too much Saturday, and I did not have the proper shoes to do such a muddy trail. / So we thought about it. And around 11:30 pm, Richard says “we can go to Mt. Warning.” Now, Mt. Warning is the first place that that the sun hits at sunrise… the highest point in New South Wales….almost the highest in Australia! / The summit is a 4.4 k trek through lush rainforest and over lots of rocks and slippery roots that have been polished smooth by weather and many hikers. At the top of the summit is a platform that has 4 areas that overlook the surrounding valleys and mountains…each a spectacular view! / And the point that faces east has the best view of the morning’s sunrise…. So of course I said that I wanted to go! / This sounded like a grand adventure! I asked how long it would take to get there from home… / Being a 161 km (100 miles) – about 2 hours 45 mins, drive…we needed to leave immediately in order to make the climb in time for sunrise! / So we quickly got ready and by 12:20 we were on the road! We arrived at 3am and began the long trek with the 101 stairs that headline the beginning of the steep trail. / It was DARK!!! If we did not have our flash lights, we would not have made it…the trail, once past the steps becomes narrow in places and while I am thankful that I could not see just how close to some of the drops offs that we did walk. It may have been nice to see more than just our feet and a little bit in front of us…lol the rocky narrow trail the trail ahead with no light, save the flash from the camera…and that brightened more than our flashlights did! About a half hour into the hike, Richard stops and tells me to look to the side of us… there in the dark, amidst the vague shadows of trees and bush, it looked like someone had taken small green stars and sprinkled them there… I was amazed… they were a lot like fireflies, or lightening bugs (depending on what you call them) but they did not wink on and off… just a nice steady glow… / Richard at first thought they were glow worms, but when we looked more closely at the ones that were on the rock wall nearest us, we could see that it was just a bit of plant or fungi that had glowing tips / It was a most magical moment… like being in the midst of a faerie world! / I only wish our camera could have picked up the soft glow After that we continues to climb…yes climb…some of the areas had places where rocks had literally fallen across the path and we had to scramble over them on all fours, in order to not lose our balance and tumble over the edge! Soon after (45 mins from the starting point) we reached the sign that stated we had reached the half way point… After about an hour and a half of more climbing, hiking and scrambling… / not to mention slipping, shivering and puffing for breath… / we finally reached the beginning of the end… / THE CHAIN! / Now the chain was something that I thought would be easy… after all… I had climbed up the rock face of a waterfall with no gear… a free climb… surely, this chain would make this rock climb much easier… / I thought wrong… / We had been hiking for nearly 2 hours… in the dark… at ridiculous inclines… we were tired and very cold… this was the top of the mountain… and the wind chill was making it close to 30 degrees C below freezing… / I would love to say that it was easy and that I climbed without any problems… but that would be wrong… There were a few places that I was not sure that I could make it… and on top of it all I needed to be faster… dawn was coming and the sunrise, our whole reason for the climb, was not going to wait for me to get my tired butt up to the top…. / It was a hard, 15 minute climb… but I did make it… / Thankfully… before the sun…!!!! / Being that we were so cold and that we were not really concerned with taking pictures of the climb at this point, only with making it to the top, I have not pics of the climb up or down… however, I did a little research on the web and found a few that I will add at the bottom of the page with other interesting resources We made it to the top! Richard / Me however, we were not sure when the sun would actually be able to be seen… / sunrise was forecasted to happen at 6:20 am. / so while we waited for the sun, we took some pics of the pre dawn! here’s one of them The wind was terrible… gusts were some 70-100 miles an hour! / Needless to say…even though our wait was only about 30 mins before the sun really made its appearance, / it seemed to take forever! / But when it finally did… / It was splendid!!! I then preceded to take pics of the surrounding areas…finally I could see the view / we were sooooo high up! On the east side where the sun was rising, the wind was / fierce, but as I made my way to / the west side, it was like being hit in the / face with a bat. You can see that while the / photo is in focus, all the bushes in the / foreground are not. They were being whipped / about like a blender on high speed! And how spectacular to see the shadow of the mountain stretching / for miles and miles behind us! / the view was stunningly breathtaking! What few clouds that did dot the sky / were taking on the soft pastel pinks from the / morning glow! / It is an experience I will never forget! / Well it was cold, like I said, and we knew that we had to get off that mountain top! / Some of the people that had joined us up there were foolishly dressed in shorts and even a few of them made the climb in Crocs!!! And without socks! / One poor bloke was huddled up with his sweat shirt pulled down over his bare legs… his feet, that had gotten cold enough to start turning white…were tucked into his beanie cap! / So it was time to climb down! / While it was light enough to see, and the chain was there to help… we were no longer warm from our climb up and our own hands were stiff from the cold. / Gripping the chain was like trying to hold on to a pipe that was filled with dry ice! / Your hands were so cold that it was painful all the way to the bone… / And yet you dare not let go of that chain… / I had my sweatshirt sleeve pulled around my hand so that I could have some kind of barrier between me and that metal. And to shield me from the ever present wind! / Going down backwards, you feel blind, trying to find the next foot hold, wrapping your arm over the chain to steady your balance, and levering yourself with your other hand against the rocks to lower yourself as quickly as you can safely…anything to get out of that cold wind! / I would love to say that I was brave / And that I just kept going…. but in truth, I got scared at one point, and froze… / I was not able to see the next foot hold, and when I lowered my leg down, I could not feel it either. / Richard had to come back up a bit so that he could help me find some of the holds…my legs were a bit short to reach some of them, and so he braced his arm so that I could stand on him to reach the next step down. / It was a hard climb. / I did make it….but it is a climb that I will wait a bit to do again. Miscellaneous photos of the way back down photo 1 / photo 2 / photo 3 By the time you have hiked back down the mountain, and you hit the first set of stairs, you are thrilled! / Never before did you think that you would look forward to them again, especially after the long hard trek up them… / However… when you finally hit the stairs, you know you are getting close to the end… / not at the end yet.. still some 30 mins! But closer!!! Photos of the Information board at the beginning of the trail one / two View of the mountain from the road below I CLIMBED THAT!!!! Map, web photos and other resources map of trail warning sign web photo of chain climb
Thank you at all members of the Group ‘Painters In Modern Times’ and ‘All Nature Scapes Land/Sea/Sky’ for featuring my landscape ‘Yellow…
Thank you at all members of the Group ‘Painters In Modern Times’ and ‘All Nature Scapes Land/Sea/Sky’ for featuring my landscape ‘Yellow Canola Field’ !!! / It really makes me happy!!!! :-) / Best, Claudia
Ripples in Kelso’s Singing Sand made 6th in the Yellow abstract art, patterns, textures challenge...
Ripples in Kelso’s Singing Sand made 6th in the Yellow abstract art, patterns, textures challenge of the Yellow Fever group Ripples in Kelso’s Singing Sand Thanks to all who voted and Thanks to the administrators of the Group for their great support. Congratulations to Jessica Walker who won the challenge with ‘Lady Lemon’, all the other artists who scored and to everyone who participated.
“Over the rainbow” was featured in Light In The Darkness / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:lamin…
“Over the rainbow” was featured in Light In The Darkness / “A Quarry on the coast of Northern Crete” was featured in European Everyday Life / “Straight in the eyes – II” was featured in the group Cats and Dogs (1 per day) / I am very grateful to the hosts of these wonderful groups!!
Thank you SO MUCH, JPG Cast-Offs, for featuring Golden Desert Oasis!-...
Thank you SO MUCH, JPG Cast-Offs, for featuring Golden Desert Oasis! I appreciate this more than you know! Arla / P.S. – This image was published in JPG Magazine Issue #17
Thanks to the hosts of group Acrylic Paintings for choosing “Bright Horizon” / I am very pleased / Dora !http://im…
Thanks to the hosts of group Acrylic Paintings for choosing “Bright Horizon” / I am very pleased / Dora
Fourth feature for this painting... I am so pleased…thank you so much Sharon Mau !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/frameco…
Fourth feature for this painting... I am so pleased…thank you so much Sharon Mau / Softly as in a Morning Sunrise Softly, as in a morning sunrise / The light of love comes stealing / Into a new born day—oh / Flaming with all the glow of sunrise / A burning kiss is sealing / The vow that all betray / For the passions that thrill love / And lift you high to heaven / Are the passions that kill love / And let you fall to hell / So ends the story / Softly, as in an evening sunset / The light that gave you glory / Will take it all away
A Third Feature for “Typhon” I’m so pleased !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print…
A Third Feature for “Typhon” I’m so pleased / The Typhon “Aloft all hands, strike the top-masts and belay; / Yon angry setting sun and fierce-edged clouds / Declare the Typhon’s coming. / Before it sweeps your decks, throw overboard / The dead and dying – ne’er heed their chains / Hope, Hope, fallacious Hope! / Where is thy market now?” Thank you so much
In Trees !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/...
In Trees / Trapped Leaves that fall are trapped in time / Beneath cold sheets of sand and lime. / Wandering there among the leaves, / In awe of variants Time conceived, / We ponder the shape of branching fates, / And elusive origins of their traits.. Thank you so much
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/ Juicy Stuff Life happens, / Especially when / We make other plans. / A day is like an orange; / We squeeze moments and / Memories from each one / While worrying whether / Our glass is half-full or half-empty. / Some drink their fill of / The juice of opportunity; / Careless others spill theirs, / Staining the carpet of their lives. / The sweetest juice is found / In moments spent with you; / Such times are gently squeezed, / Flowing into the mouth of my heart, / Where they remain forever. / Whenever Life happens, / I think of you and know our moments / Are a sweet vintage waiting for us. R.Blackwell Thank you so much
“*Grateful” has been honoured aga in…this time in Creative Cards…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Sno…
“Grateful” has been honoured aga in…this time in Creative Cards…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Dream, Forests, Prize Challenges, Watercolour Painting, and it was the winner of the Watercolour Challenge in PIMT..incidently, after “The Trees Blue Night”, it’s my biggest seller ...I’m very grateful… / Grateful Grateful tonight for the sight of a single star, / Grateful for memories salvaged from afar. / Grateful for this time of silent peace, / Grateful beyond words when the mad echoes cease. / Grateful for deliverance from a private hell, / Grateful beyond what a human voice can tell. / Grateful for the wonder of human love, / Grateful for some strange guidance for above. / Grateful for life, / Grateful for rebirth, / Grateful forever / To live joyously on the earth ...James Kavanaugh…my favourite contemporary poet… Thank you so much
“*Grateful” has been honoured again…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Drea…
“Grateful” has been honoured again…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Dream, Forests, Prize Challenges, Watercolour Painting, and it was the winner of the Watercolour Challenge in PIMT..incidently, after “The Trees Blue Night”, it’s my biggest seller ...I’m very grateful… / Grateful Grateful tonight for the sight of a single star, / Grateful for memories salvaged from afar. / Grateful for this time of silent peace, / Grateful beyond words when the mad echoes cease. / Grateful for deliverance from a private hell, / Grateful beyond what a human voice can tell. / Grateful for the wonder of human love, / Grateful for some strange guidance for above. / Grateful for life, / Grateful for rebirth, / Grateful forever / To live joyously on the earth ...James Kavanaugh…my favourite contemporary poet… Thank you so much
This painting has been featured many times and seems to be a popular choice !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/...
This painting has been featured many times and seems to be a popular choice / Ripe Cherries Thank you so much
9/6/09 !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:mocha/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view…
9/6/09 “Rufous” is being featured in the group “Backyard Macro and Closeups”. Thanks to the moderators of this group for this fine honor! “Mountain View” is being featured in the group “All Oregon USA” thanks to the moderators of this my home state group for this honor! 9/7/09 “X Marks This Spot” placed in the top ten in the challenge “X Composition” in the group “Mood & Ambience” thanks to all who voted in this challenge! 9/9/09 “Autumn Colors At The Park” is being featured in the group “Live And Let Live” thanks so very much to the moderators of this group, for this honor! !Daffodils And Raindrops” is the featured card on the group home page for “All Original Fusion” thanks to the moderators of this fun group for choosing my design for this! 9/10/09 “Dawn’s Early Light” placed in the top ten in the “Best Of White” challenge, thanks to all who voted in this challenge! “Beeing So Focused” is being featured in the group “Flowers Only-Selective Coloring”. This is my first feature in this fun group. Thanks very much to the moderators of this group for this honor! 9/12/09 “Desire” is being featured in the group “Extraordinary Fractalius” thanks to the moderators of this group for this wonderful honor!
“*The Typhon” wins again…this time it wins 1st place in the “Life Abstracted” challenge in the Painters In Modern Times Group..this pai…
“The Typhon” wins again…this time it wins 1st place in the “Life Abstracted” challenge in the Painters In Modern Times Group..this painting was a Home Page feature last week, and continues to do well. / The Typhon Featured in Just Watercolours….also currently Top Ten Winner in The “Red” challenge in Hand Drawn or Painted Art of Happiness or Joy Group, and the “Fall Colour” Challenge in the You’re Accepted Group… also Featured in Art for the World and Creative Cards, First Things and Impressionist Art, and a top Ten Winner in the “Calendar” Challenge and “The Trees” Challenge... / The Trees..Autumn Featured in Creative Cards / Marooned Featured in Image Writing / Nightfall at Loon Lake Featured in Food for Thought / Scone with Berries and Cream Thank you to the Group Moderators, and all who voted for my painting in the challenge…I deeply appreciate the honour…
I was covering a country show in St Arnaud last week end,here are a few shots of the landscape along the way . / I hope you enjoy them a…
I was covering a country show in St Arnaud last week end,here are a few shots of the landscape along the way . / I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them,Spring is such a joy for all. / 1. / / 2. / / 3. / / 4. / / 5. / / 6. / / 7. / / 8. / / 9. / / 10. /
Here is a selection of my favourite work in my folio, and would all make great Christmas gifts, and look great hanging on any wall! A…
Here is a selection of my favourite work in my folio, and would all make great Christmas gifts, and look great hanging on any wall! All my work is available in different styles and formats available through redbubble, and here is a preview: Farm Windmill Mosman Bay Boatshed At Dusk Jetty At Dusk Water Under The Bridge Cygnets Mobile Home Crawley Edge Boatshed Swan River Jetty At Sunset Thunderstorm At Dusk Bathed In Light Bathed In Gold Moody Morning Crepuscular Rays Sunshine After the Storm Reflections Kwinana Grain Jetty At Dusk Crawley Edge Boatshed Panorama Pink Cherry Blossom Flowers Standing out in a crowd Lake Clifton Thrombolites Lake Clifton Thrombolites Lily flower Mammatus clouds Honey Bee Lancelin Sand Dune Dusk At The Dunes Lancelin Sand Dune Three Of A Kind Path Of Shadows Sand dune / / Decoy At Sunrise Peaking through the window Kalbarri Beach / / Kalbarri Beach / / Kalbarri Beach Pinnacles / / Boat on the beach DNA Tower at Sunset Perth City Dusk Kings Park Lights Kings Park Lights Peak Hour Traffic Noble Falls Panorama Collie Dam Bird on a branch / / Black Swans Farm Trees At Sunset Chinese Meal Chinese Noodles Chinese Noodles Having trouble choosing a single artwork? Maybe My 2010 Calendar Is what your looking for! “
Two features for this painting…In “Splatter Smudge Smear and Drip” and “Impressionism Cafe“ / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/b…
Two features for this painting…In “Splatter Smudge Smear and Drip” and “Impressionism Cafe“ / / Tropical Fandango In “Fine Arts“ / / India 1 In “Landscape Painting“ / / The Fourth Sorrow In “Landscape Painting“ / / The Grove Two Features for this painting…In “Impresssionist Art” and “Art for the World“ / / The Approach Top Ten Win in “Live and Let Live” Challenge..”What gives your Art Rhythm“ / / Softly, I will Leave You Softly Thank you so much to the Group Moderators and all who voted to make this win possible
I wish all the artists and visitors a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May all your wishes come large and small in 2010 in fulfillme…
I wish all the artists and visitors a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May all your wishes come large and small in 2010 in fulfillment. / If all beautiful healthy. greets / Digital-Art
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