I got asked the other day to give people a peek at some of the new paintings i have been working on over the holidays. I finished off the…
I got asked the other day to give people a peek at some of the new paintings i have been working on over the holidays. I finished off the ‘Roadmap to peace’ image that i showed a little while back…pushing back the elephant that stood out too much that people kindly gave me feedback on, so thanks for that. I have been working on two but one didn’t photograph well so here is a peek at the second painting in the series. Anyway, i think i am happy with this image, so enjoy…show and tell! / G The ’ Wegner’s Pet ’ computer based image t-shirt design: and the painting: Mixed Media on board, 60×60 cm.
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I am very happy to say that / Has been chosen as the top number 1 feature of the “Live Love Dream” group. Thank you so much….
I would like to share the writing by John Scott on my work with RB members. / I asked a big favor to John whether he could write something…
I would like to share the writing by John Scott on my work with RB members. / I asked a big favor to John whether he could write something about my work. / John galdly accepted to write it for my coming exhibition. I feel very honored to have John’s fantastic writing. Thanks John Scott! Exhibition-The whisper of Trees Artist-Min Woo Bang Anyone familiar with Min’s work will instantly recognize his pieces from the onset. Those who are new to his work will familiarize with them quite quickly. By contrast they will not forget them easily. / Min’s limited palette of moody, sombre tones, textural groundwork and a healthy mix of intuitive application, draws the viewer to another space instantly. This space, like an old meditation cushion, transports the viewer to remote feelings, akin to deep meditative states, some feelings only available to seasoned practitioners. East or west, the results are the same. Space, mood, power, sanctity, serenity and danger, all of these aspects are evocative of a deeper primordial urge that lies within each soul, prompting hermetically sealed questions of themselves. These urges are profound, sometimes subtle and vast, begging the bigger questions of “why are we here?” “where did we come from?” and “where are we going?”. On viewing Min’s work, definable culture is immediately transcended, amalgamating our common ground of human emotion. Mountain vistas unfolding then enfolding within themselves, reflecting the powerful elements of mother earth in all her majestic power. Cloud formations enact out primordial tantric dances around coruscating peaks that emerge like enlightened flashes of inspiration. Mists that obfuscate hidden nooks and crannies, again, reflect our inner subtle mind, enticing us to take a risk and search for hidden pearls. Little caves are discovered, veiled like allegorical secrets hidden deep within our innermost complicated worlds. / Mountains have always been mysterious places of power, and yes, completely sacred. Pilgrims from all races may spend months, even years slowly prostrating toward, circumnavigating or climbing mountains, for just one inner pearl. Many have died trying, again reflecting our weaknesses as well as our strengths. Sprinkled throughout history, literal and mythological mountains have been at the center of many universes. Like a psychic transference of this sacred symbol, Min’s art literally recreates the mystery from within his inner being, from feelings and memories. These imaginative memories remind us of what we need so much in a difficult world. Like a visual prophet, in the face of such overwhelming odds, Min’s work reminds us that we have to pay obeisance to the earth not the other way around. If we choose to “listen” to the immensity of the space in-between the sound, the rewards may be few, but well worth it. Min’s work does that for me. / In a world confronted by daily turmoil, unrest, swift change and uncertainty, Min’s latest works are changing and adapting to new challenges, and yet, like primal anchors, I feel safe and nurtured in these emotive, visual works. This Gnostic-like knowing that I’m connected to the earth through Min’s interpretations is comforting for me, as they talk directly to my hidden space. / New inner winds are guiding Min’s latest paintings; these new works now incorporate foreboding trees and forests, replete with an organic language of their own. There is still the familiar subjective colour palette giving an over-all poetic rhythm within and throughout Min’s entire visual history. The Bauhaus school of colour philosophy comes to mind here, as a well-trained visual artist eventually finds their own limited subjective colours to expand on complex theorems. The trademark colouring mentioned above, gives Min’s work immediate recognition of his current work, forming a bridge from his earlier works. / Mists appearing through small gaps entice the viewer to probe the unknown aspect of their own respective inner search. In a few works, powerful heat emanates in the distance, a coming state of human affairs? The element of fire begins to slowly creep into Min’s new works and our collective unconscious; Jung would have a field day with symbolism such as this. In some cases the viewer is enticed into the unknown, but not in a threatening way. Gaps appear like the abyss of the unknown, an unknown that one needs to cross to gain new insights and new tools for change, before again feeling safe in comfortable territory. These works invoke a non-threatening voyage of discovery in myself. These works are of a highly spiritual nature, in a world of new age remedies and age-old philosophies. / Mists veil outcomes, like allegorical texts, this visual sage scries into our future only to find unknown outcomes, urging each of us, just to be here, right now, not to push but just contemplate exactly where we are at. / The Hermit card in the major arcana of the Tarot comes to mind here as he emerges with his lamp to guide us through new inner terrain, contemplation, perhaps enlightenment itself? This mystery is held comfortably within Min’s philosophical grasp of his environment. Whether one resides in a complex city structure or a wilderness landscape, Min’s work creates a viable alternative to outer confusion and chaos, a meditative inner space. Min’s work creates a path for me, through time, space and temporal realities, a path that is elusive but ever present for the genuine searcher. John Scott website / Artist, Poet, and Philosopher. 2008
Happy daze atm I have just heard I have sold the original pastel of Camooweel impending storm. !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/a…
Happy daze atm I have just heard I have sold the original pastel of Camooweel impending storm. / Also I have been featured here in the Bridges Group Many thanks to whoever chose it. / Many thanks to all my wonderful support group here ((())) many hugs .Without you all I would probably just stay in bed most of the day. applogies to people too I am having trouble commenting yesterday/ today [time] argggg
Aussie Bush Paintings“ / thanks to Robert Murrray...
Aussie Bush Paintings“ / thanks to Robert Murrray“ / for such fabulous enthusiastic support / [I now have three pic there ]truly amazed]
Thank you, Oil Paintings Group! / I am spinning like a dog trying to catch it’s tail! Z…
Thank you, Oil Paintings Group! / I am spinning like a dog trying to catch it’s tail! Zebra Stallions, Survivors and Danger in the Dust are all featured at the same time! Wheeeee… Danger in the Dust / Survivors / Zebra Stallions / /
Dear Janis, / / _These days artists are receiving emails like this: “We like to do business with you. We are skilled painters in Shenzhen…
Dear Janis, / / These days artists are receiving emails like this: “We like to do business with you. We are skilled painters in Shenzhen, China. There are lots of talent painters working together in our studio. We can paint oil painting at every grade of different style, our price and service are very competitive, you can make more money than before if you buy oil paintings directly from us. The FOB prices can be $7 per copy for 20” x 24” and $12 for 24” x 36”, if you are interested in, we can send some photos of our works to you, we also can paint exactly according to your any email pictures, it is very easy to do the international business now, looking forward to your reply.” / Mutsu Carnival As well as cheap copies of famous paintings for the world’s supermarkets, what these chaps have in mind is that you go golfing while they make your stuff—at less cost than you might normally pay for a couple of golf balls. They’d like you to think it’s the new reality of free trade. / The Group of Five / / I’ve seen a few fairly good copies of my own work, done without my permission. At first glance they look okay. At second glance the painters haven’t figured out the order I do things, and they’ve not rendered well the deviations and mannerisms that make my work somewhat distinctive. As clever as these guys are, they’ve not lived my struggles, and they’ve put in unpleasant struggles of their own. Can others see this? People tell me they can recognize my work from across the room. Many other painters can say the same. How sophisticated does a collector have to be to spot a phony? How greedy does a dealer have to get to sell one? How stupid do artists have to be to let themselves be cloned? / / / Jazz As many know, I’ve worked long and hard to thwart the Chinese copyists. A couple of years ago we managed to have replicas of more than 1200 Western painters removed from Eastern clone-sites. The various levels of governments were of no help in this fight. Direct email appeals to the decency of the cloners worked, if only temporarily. These are talented, well-trained painters. Our efforts brought to mind some of the great principles: Put the devil to work in your work. Fill it with private magic. Use techniques and processes that are yours alone and tough to master. Do things that others can’t. / / Best regards, / / Robert / / PS: “We can do good job for you and save you time.” (Chinese cloning website) / / In China, the word “copyright” currently means the right to copy. We need to help the Chinese understand that world citizenship means more than a fast buck-it means respect, honour and integrity. There are more than 10,000 clone-painters in Shenzhen-all of them poorly paid. Artists need to reply to these Chinese emails and let it be known that they do not want their work cloned under any circumstances. Chinese artists need to be encouraged to be their own artists. Many have seen this light and have achieved international acclaim at prices that do not perpetuate poverty in either art or ethics. The above is a copy of one my letters from Robert Genn, a well known and very successful Canadian painter, who provides an art listing site called The Painters Keys…he has given me permission to reprint his letters for you whenever I feel you’d be interested in the topic under discussion. / / I too have had a number of these emails, which means my work has now been cloned and is being sold as I write this, with not a penny sent to me..I tried to find them on the web, but the sites are so big [there are thousands and thousand of paintings] that I gave up. Janis Are you worried about your art being cloned, and have any of you received emails like the ones I’ve received? / Picture of a cloning factory at work...There are regular competitions held, with 100 or more painters all racing to see who can finish a copy of the same portrait or landscape the fastest. The quickest of the Dafen, Shenzhen artisans can complete up to 30 paintings a day. Over 10,000 Chinese painters occupy the city of Dafen, Shenzhen. Five million oil paintings a year are created here for foreign markets. P.S. According to Robert, one of the main sites is called Arch-World. / Andrew and I went to have a look right away. It turned out to be a big site that ‘represented’ more than 2800 artists, living and dead. These folks have been simply ‘lifting’ images from dealer and public gallery websites, and other online pages. They are offering them as giclees or photocopies in several sizes. You can fill up your shopping-cart for peanuts. Smaller sizes are 129 Yuan—379 for larger. That’s about US$16 and $46. They also frame and ship.
_My studio was in an uproar as I was redecorating…everything was in boxes packed away…I had to paint, I had to do something to take m…
My studio was in an uproar as I was redecorating…everything was in boxes packed away…I had to paint, I had to do something to take my mind of the horrors that were being shown day and night and yet I could not turn the television off. / Then I found my large journal with some blank pages in it…o.k. I thought I’ll do some flowers….I could find only some tubes of paint but no brushes…I was desperate…looking around I found something and started to paint with it…I could not really see what I was doing…the images just flowed out of my brain on to the paper…several weeks later I looked at them more closely and then I realized what they were…these are the images that I painted and I gave them titles that I thought expressed the emotion that was felt in the city at the time... / / September City.. still with no idea of what was in store…colours are bright, but on an even keel.. / / September City 2...the days before the horror..no one could imagine how things can change in a day…colours begin to darken… / / September City 3..Chaos...when the horrors started..no where to turn…no where to run…the city is covered in clouds of white dust…colours are dark and obscured…. / / September City..Disbelief...this could not be happening…we should be safe…why is this happening to us? shades of darkness hover over everything now… / / September City..Fear...where next..what is to happen to us…all around us are the shadows of fear…no place to go… / / September City..Lost...we’ll never recover from this…there is no going back…this is the end…. / / September City..Missing...where are they…our loved ones…have you seen this man? / / September City..Redemption...it will take time, but we will recover….we are proud to be Americans… I used acrylic paint and an old plastic membership card, to do these paintings…nothing else...they are dated the week of September 11 2001….
Would like to thank Steve Lowe for his first attempt at water colours and using my picture of ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ to attempt this’ I th…
Would like to thank Steve Lowe for his first attempt at water colours and using my picture of ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ to attempt this’ I think he has done a great job for a beginner – and the rest of his work is well worth a visit. / Thanks again Steve you did the picture proud!! / Search Stevelowe:
I just returned from visiting my parents in Singapore less than 48 hours ago….and so happy I made 3 sales during that period :D Befo…
I just returned from visiting my parents in Singapore less than 48 hours ago….and so happy I made 3 sales during that period :D Before I boarded the plane, I thought of just checking my emails….and to my surprise, I found I sold a card of Paint The World A Better Place to JakkiO . Thank you once again, Jak!! Very happy to know it spoke to you and I hope this piece will give you some fresh inspiration in your life! Paint The World A Better Place I also found out I sold a Chill Out mug over at zazzle! Chill Out Mug Some of my other Chill Out merchandise at Zazzle Gallery: Zazzle is having a $3 off the price of all their tees from now til 4th November! Use code 3OFFZAZZLETS when checking out your carts :D And just this morning, I was thrilled to find out I sold my first mounted print to Hilary Walker ! She bought Phoebe’s Playtime :D Thank you so much Hilary, may this print bring more fun and cuteness into the room!! Phoebe’s Playtime Indeed I am very thankful for all your support! To people who bought my works and for those who have commented and faved these ones, I and my animal friends want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of you guys ^ _ ^ Have a great and fruitful weekend, my friends!
Fifth feature for this painting…this time In Moody Dark and Mysterious I am so pleased !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/bo…
Fifth feature for this painting…this time In Moody Dark and Mysterious I am so pleased / Mysterious Kor Mysterious Kor thy walls forsaken stand, / Thy lonely towers beneath the lonely moon.
This tutorial can be used for several things, hence the terrible title :) Every tutorial I have here can be used in different ways to wh…
This tutorial can be used for several things, hence the terrible title :) Every tutorial I have here can be used in different ways to what is shown, I quite like this one though, because to get to the end result (pen and wash) the process naturally takes the path of a sketch or something you could use as a pattern to transfer one of your photographs to a canvas to paint. Warning – there’s always warning LOL This is a really, really image dependant tutorial. There is probably no part of this tutorial that is going to suit another image, but the good news is that you’ll get to fiddle around with settings, and that can’t be a bad thing :) So the start image comes to us from someone, but I can’t remember who. If anyone does find the owner, could you please leave the name and web address so I can credit them. Open the image and duplicate the it by pressing Ctrl + J or dragging it to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. Working on the duplicate layer go to Filter>Blur>Smart Blur (If you haven’t got Smart Blur, try Surface Blur or Median) and you can punch in the settings I have if you are working on the start image. Click OK to accept the settings. Add a layer mask to this layer by clicking on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the layers palette. Using a black, soft edged brush and with the opacity of the brush at about 50% (top toolbar) in one swipe brush back in the face. Once you have that done, flatten the image Ctrl + E and then duplicate the layer. Got to Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges and you can punch in the same settings I have – in the teeny weeny dialogue box LOL Click OK to accept the numbers and then invert the image by pressing Ctrl + i on the keyboard. Then press Ctrl + U and take the saturation slider all the way down to -100 change the blend mode to Multiply. Take the opacity of the layer down to about 80% (you can fiddle with that later as well. You should end up with something similar to the image below. Duplicate the original background layer and drag the duplicate to the top of the layer stack. Press Ctrl + i to invert the image and then change the blend mode to Colour Dodge. You’ll notice in the image below that the glowing edges might have been a bit strong in this instance because it has left a bit of colour in the image which shouldn’t really be there ….. thought to self – maybe I should have run through this to get the exact settings and make myself look good LOL This is where fiddling with the settings comes in useful. Go back to the middle layer of the sandwich and fiddle about with the opacity of the layer. I took the opacity of the layer down to 60 % to give it a bit more of a pencil effect, if you leave it higher you’ll get the pen effect. At this stage you could use it as a pattern for painting or if you do it correctly :) as a pencil sketch – but you can take it one step further, all with some brushes and the foreground colour set to black. Set the f/ground colour to black and go and pick a brush, I chose ‘Watercolour Loaded Wet Flat Tip – 63’ In the top toolbar and took the opacity and the flow of the brush down to 10%. Paint over the little troll thing but try not to go back over the same area more than once. You may end up with something like the image below. Go and grab a different brush, or you use the same one to go back over the image and build up an effect. If you make a mistake, switch the foreground colour to white and it will soak up some of the paint. Always make sure that you are working on the Colour Dodge layer, you’ll soon know if you’re not because you’ll end up painting with grey :) Adjust the opacity and flow of the brush to build up the image and zoom in and out to get an idea of how the process is going. After you do each paint layer in building up the image, it might be wise to take a snapshot so you can revert the image if you don’t like what you do next. You can go back to the middle layer (multiply blend mode) and take the opacity of the layer down to 0% to loose the pen/pencil lines and end up with a painted image. If you play around a little bit, you should end up with something a whole lot better than my image below :) Have fun!
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Another Feature for this Painting. / / Tomatoes The street / filled with tomatoes, / midday, / summer, / light is / halved / like / a / tomato, / its juice / runs / through the streets. Thank you to the Group Moderators
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/ Softly as in a Morning Sunrise Softly, as in a morning sunrise / The light of love comes stealing / Into a new born day. Thank you so much
Humbled and Honored to have the wonderful response from so many…. / Featured in ! # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE !...
Humbled and Honored to have the wonderful response from so many…. / Featured in ! # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE ! / / Featured in RB ALUMNI &!ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART AND WRITING! / / “Featured in Put Out! or Get Out!!! & RB ALUMNI / / Featured in CIRCLES OF LATITUDE – From Capricorn To Cancer / Humbled and Honored…...........mahalonui loa.,........
Reynaldo and I have today just completed our 16 painting/16 Drawing Passion Series Collaboration. What a beautiful journey it has been. ...
Reynaldo and I have today just completed our 16 painting/16 Drawing Passion Series Collaboration. What a beautiful journey it has been. We would like to thank our friends on RedBubble for your ongoing support through this series and have truly appreciated and enjoyed your beautiful comments, compliments, favourites and views. Reynaldo approached me on the 27-7-09 after seeing my Passion Calendar asking me to collaborate with him on a Passion Series of Sixteen Paintings and Sixteen Drawings. In April this year I wrote a Passion Poem and created 8 Passion drawings and these were contained in my Passion Calendar. Loving Reynaldo’s paintings I accepted immediately Reynaldo’s offer to collaborate and from there we did not look back. We started with these drawings and have used a number as the inspiration for Reynaldo’s paintings but I also drew before the collaborations began and through out the entire collaboration and Reynaldo would interpret and create from my new drawings. I also wrote four Poems and one short story inspired by the magnificence and beauty of Reynaldo’s Paintings. This collaboration has had a life of its own as Reynaldo so eloquently wrote in his upload of our 16th painting this morning together we have been the yin and the yang. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Reynaldo who is a brilliant painter, admirable professional and beautiful man. Our collaboration has made both of us grow as people and artists and as a way of saying a big thank you to our friends on RedBubble for their support and for celebrating the excitement and success of our first collaboration. I have put together the flow of our collaboration over the last six weeks. Please enjoy. It all started with the Muse & Wild Woman I drew a line drawing of Muse & Wild Woman. Rey commented it would make a good painting I responded by saying would you like to paint this and he did. Muse & Wild Woman by Anthea Slade Muse & Wild Woman by Reynaldo Reynaldo’s Beautiful Butter Fly of Love Inspired My Butterfly Bright Elusive Butterfly of Love by Reynaldo Butterfly by Anthea Slade Meeting of Minds This was Reynaldo’s painting to introduce our Collaboration. Meeting Of Minds by Reynaldo One: Passion Series Begins with Fascination / / Building A Fascination by Anthea Slade Fascination by Reynaldo (Featured in Divine Feminine) Two: Passion and Passionately Passion by Anthea Slade Passionately by Reynaldo Three: Pink and Red Garter Belt Pink by Anthea Slade Red Garter Belt By Reynaldo Four: Touch Too Much and Always A Brides Maid Never A Bride Touch Too Much By Anthea Slade Always A Bride Maid…Never A Bride By Reynaldo Five: Red Passion and Two Salsa Passions Red Passion by Anthea Slade Salsa Passion by Reynaldo Salsa Passion 2 by Reynaldo Six: A Hunger and A Hunger That… A Hunger that…by Anthea Slade A Hunger by Reynaldo Seven: Taken With Passion By An Angel and Passion (Black n White) Taken With Passion By An Angel By Reynaldo Passion (Black n White) by Anthea Slade Eight: Two Drawings become One Painting: Creating Art and Creating Heart become Lovers…Painters…and one beautiful poem By Del Millar Creating Art by Anthea Slade Creating HEart by Anthea Slade Lovers…Painters…By Reynaldo Enter like a dancer poised / to build a living world / upon a stage / to lie features down to earth / each movement / match it stroke me / raise me back to life / in brilliance run my / psyche to the max / convey / a sated sky on fire / ocean’s surge unite / each wave delight / enter forest deep allure / by day by night approach my willing limbs / brush them gloriously / they more than tingle / take them as your masterpiece / draw them into scale / from magnetic to / crescendo / explore me / no part not revealed / caress every curve / trail each horizon / accentuate all fibus to the fore / heighten all passion / desire my / threading winding weaving / like a river runs its course / a living legend / through sensual thighs / brush them / naked and freely / superimpose me on my flesh / capture raw intensity / stir me / stir you / blend me / blend you / vibrancy touch me touch you come / liberate our spirits / fly them born again with every breath nourishingly / in unison impart your sheer intellectual grasp / your infinite emotional capacity / your apex physicality / bring me home to your / lips to gasp / magnifico By Del Millar Nine: Creating Connection and Nature Connection Creating Connection by Anthea Slade Nature Connection by Reynaldo Ten: She Hugs His Heart and He Holds Her Heart becomes You Are… She Hugs His Heart by Anthea Slade He Holds Her Heart by Anthea Slade You Are…by Reynaldo Eleven: She Dances For Her King, Red Dance and Poem She Dances For Her King…by Reynaldo / Red Dance by Anthea Slade She dances for her King / She surrenders her heart to his heart / His admiration and love / opens her soul, a wild flower / she blossoms with red fire / that pulses in her blood / as she burns in love with his honour, / his trust, his strength and beauty / Heart to heart / Soul to soul / Mind to mind / Their dance begins… Oh Yes She dances in red for her King. / By Anthea Slade / Twelve: Enchanted and Captivated Painting and Poem / / Enchanted by Anthea Slade / / Captivated by Reynaldo / Captivated By You / Captivated by the way your eyes / focus and see me / Delighted that you are present / here right now / Ignited by the feeling that you hold / my heart in your tender hand / Inspired by the depth / and intensity of your imagination / Motivated by your vision, / the way you see the world / Enraptured by your courage / to reveal the raw / Enchanted by your heart / that speaks and shows kindness to all. / By Anthea Slade / Captivated and Captivated by You was featured in !Inspired Art! Group / Thirteen: In Love’s Garden and Garden of Love Drawing and Poem / / In Love’s Garden By Reynaldo / / Garden of Love by Anthea Slade / Garden of Love / I had a dream sublime / that danced across my mind / I saw giant flowers in a garden tower / above two lovers dancing, There was sun flower / yellow and gold / Filled with joy amplified / full of stories still untold. There was a pink rosebud / innocent and pure / Waiting for her time to blossom / under the sensuality of his touch. Another was a crimson daisy / with petals outreaching / Longing to connect / and nurture through her teaching. And there was also big purple heart / that opened and radiated life / Speaking of spiritual connection to start / then followed the mind, body & heart Then there was a beautiful red rose opening / to full bloom under the rain of passion, / the breeze of trust, the sun of love and / the moon of romantic seduction And the lovers danced through the flowers / eye to eye, / heart to heart, / soul to soul, / They saw each other and they knew… They had found that elusive thing / a lover who knew the real in them and / could dance to the same heartbeat / until the end of time. And they glowed and shone and they loved / and all who dared to look / felt warm because they knew, / finally, this dream was real. By Anthea Slade / Fourteen: Creating Life and Creating Life / / Creating Life by Anthea Slade / / Creating Life by Reynaldo / Fifteen: Seduced By Moonlight Painting and Short Short Story / / Seduced by Moonlight by Reynaldo / Seduced By Moonlight / Again last night, you and I danced by the light of the silver moon in our candlelit room. You took my hand and brought my fingers to your soft sensual lips. You kissed the skin of each finger delicately and they tingled with anticipation. I placed my hand on your arm and stroked your silky skin gently. Your beautiful brown eyes looked down at my bowed eyelids and you tilted my chin upwards to face you directly. I trembled inside as your eyes connected to mine. Again, you took me in your arms and hugged me to your chest with passion and strength. Through my satin jacket I could feel the fine contours of your chest rise up to meet my chest. You released me from your warm embrace and took off my burgundy jacket. Your eyes rested on my chest with pleasure as you took off my soft black top and released it over my head. Following your lead, I unbuttoned your ink blue shirt and slowly took your shirt off your chest. You stood before me, your beautiful chest bare and glowing in the subtle light of the moon. You pulled me passionately towards you and kissed me delicately and then with more fervour on my mouth. My mouth opened and responded to the sweetness of your touch and taste. You reached down and unbuttoned my bra so that the skin of our chests connected softly, delicately. I could feel the bliss of your touch as your soft skin merged with mine and we danced slowly to Pachelbel’s Cannon. It was a sweet, balmy night and soon the silver moon beckoned us to come greet her directly. Effortlessly you opened the grand white wooden door that led to the garden and we strolled topless and free into the sanctuary of natures beauty. The tall pine trees created a protective wall to create a delicate and intimate setting I walked to the bird bath and stood there gazing into the endless depths of the night water. You came up behind me and put your arms around my neck pulling me back into your body. Your hands reached down and cupped my breasts and I moaned under the sensuality of your touch as my nipples hardened responding to your touch Inside me the fire of passions rose up and I could feel the pull towards you. I let my head fall back into your chest and shoulders. I closed my eyes and fell into a state of bliss as the passion rose up inside me. A gentle breeze ruffled our hair and I shivered in delight of being loved by you. Nearby, the blood red rose bush created a seductive aroma and a couple of petals broke free from the bush and flirted around us as we continued our dance of sensuality and love into the darkness of the night under the guidance and light of the subtle but strong silver moon. / A short Short Story by Anthea Slade / Sixteen: Purple Passion Painting and Purple Passion Poem / / Purple Passion by Reynaldo Purple Passion / Her body tilts back into him / opening her breast to the universe / She reveals an open heart / in order to be close / She risks raw / to reveal what is true If she falls will she be caught? / She leans back exposing her heart, / her breast to the world. / Vulnerable echoes across her soul / as she risks real / in order to grow She dreams of true intimacy / but she knows that to be close / can be messy and not always polite. / Closeness urges her to be more, / to push the boundaries of fear / She imagines herself dance / through expectation / as she eradicates limitation. She wonders if she tells her story / will he be there / when she reveals the real in her. / Human kind cannot bare too much reality. / Oh it can bite, it can make her bleed. / If she shows her wounds will / he still breathe her in, drink her / essence and revel in her mystery / or will he walk away? But purple passion is more then all passions / the highest of all it extends / beyond the earth into the heavens, / transcendent and beautiful it is / more then what we see. Foibles and idiosyncrasies can / come out to play and / she does not need to suppress / them or hide behind a façade. / When she reveals more she wonders / closing her eyes and she / imagines him still there. She hungers to tell her story / and still be seen and in / her dreams to be real. / What ever is written in her heart / finds a voice in time / and he will hear her. The emotion of longing / strokes her soul and she feels / his arms holding her arms, / his cheeks pressed to her cheek, / his hot breath on her neck, / his masculine scent mixing / with her feminine scent, / releasing the pulse of heart / and the reverie of fidelity. She can feel her body open / as the more she reveals / he remains. / And she delights that her / truth does not shred their closeness / Instead he loves her story / he holds her close to his heart / as her story unfolds / a tear scuds done his cheek. / She shares her life / of soul and her years. He whispers in her ear / telling her to reveal more and more, / as their heart beats in time / he does not want her to shut down / her soul to social propriety / And with each truth he urges her / to be more and more of what she is. He sees her, not just her sensuality and / beauty by her soul screaming to find voice / He knows her sensitivity that purrs, / her passion that integrates her reason, / and her heart that expands his universe. / He holds and contains her fragile courage / and she leans back, relaxes into his / strength and tenderness the true note of his love. She is no longer afraid to be as fragile as she is / and no longer fears the echoes of her inner strength / With his strong arms around her, / She can breathe and be, / because purple passion is just like that, / where to be is finally enough! / By Anthea Slade 13-9-09 Once again Reynaldo and I would love to thank all our beautiful friends for your support and comments and following us through this wonderful odyssey our Passion Series Collaboration. Reynaldo and I have already started working on our Second Collaboration that we will be releasing soon on RedBubble. Anthea & Reynaldo
Another Win for Ripe Cherries…it has won first place in the challenge…WORKS ON PAPER: Red is Ravishing!.. !http://images-3.redbu…
Another Win for Ripe Cherries…it has won first place in the challenge…WORKS ON PAPER: Red is Ravishing!.. / Ripe Cherries The prize is wonderful…An incredibly generous offer from Lorna Gerard… / 1. An RB print of her work / 2. Copy of her book “Inspirations on the Wings of Angels I really excited…it all sounds so wonderful Thank you so much to all who voted for my painting…there were so many gorgeous paintings in the challenge….I am incredibly pleased and really appreciate it
First of all….....My apologies fo rnot commenting on many of your wonderful works…..........I have been quite busy lately outside the…
First of all….....My apologies fo rnot commenting on many of your wonderful works…..........I have been quite busy lately outside the art world. / Many things goin on…...........all good….......I will try to catch up soon…..... / But in the mean time Blah Blah Blah.,,,,,,,,,, / your work is wonderful,fantastic….........aloha & mahalo … / You get the picture…........ / Now…...NO need to comment on my features …...........just leave a mark…..... / Featured in…......... I Got The Music In Me / / Featured in…...........Out of the Past / / Featured in…......... Floral Watercolours! and Pastels! / / Featured in…...........Mature Men / / Featured in…......... Shapes & Patterns / / Featured in…......... Art in Math & Inspired By Life / / Featured in…......... The Red Barn / mahalo for the honors…and your continued friendship and support….....blah…blah…......blah…..........you know what I mean…......... / aloha kj…
Featured in the Solo Exhibition group next week! / Come along to see and join in with the forum which starts on Monday.
First Place winner in Impressionism Cafe Challenge “Landscape in Winter” Winner of many challenges, and featured on the Home Page ...
First Place winner in Impressionism Cafe Challenge “Landscape in Winter” Winner of many challenges, and featured on the Home Page / Grateful Top Ten Winner in the Visual Texture Challenge “Texture of Materials“ / India 1 Top Ten Winner in Impressionism Cafe “Landscape in Springtime / On the Way to Somewhere Top Ten Winner in If It doesn’t Belong’s challenge “Homage to Let’s Pay Homage“ / Homage to Cezanne Featured in Imaginative Realism / Towards The Light 2 3rd feature in 2 days Featured in Journal Junkies / Challenge Winners and Top Ten Placements Featured in JPG Cast-Offs / There’s a Light in the Darkness Featured in Dimensions / Night..A Blaze of Glory Thanks so much to all who made these features and wins possible…I am deeply grateful Previous Wins...click HERE
First Place win of the Natura Morte challenge in PIMT / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattec…
First Place win of the Natura Morte challenge in PIMT / / Ripe Cherries Top Ten Win of Your Favourite Image Challenge in Image Writing / / Towards The Light Top Ten Win of Wild flower challenge in Just Watercolours Group / / Queen Anne’s Lace FEATURES In the Patchwork / / Yellow Moon In Bits and Pieces / / Nature…Layered with Texture In All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical / / Your Perception…How Fined Tuned Is It In Dimensions / / Abandoned Site Previous Wins
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featured in First Things / / featured in BLACK XMAS & CIRCLES OF LATITUDE – From Capricorn To Cancer / / featured in Going Coastal / - / AND The Big Kahuna has two features Bits and Pieces & ! Inspired Art ! / / mahalo for the honors….........I know the Big Kahuna is smiling…...........
*A simple tutorial on how to remove a background from an image placed into Photoshop. There may be an easier way I don’t know. I nutted t…
A simple tutorial on how to remove a background from an image placed into Photoshop. There may be an easier way I don’t know. I nutted this out this afternoon. 1.Open Photoshop and set up your T-Shirt template to look like this. Make sure it’s set to transparent background. / 2. Select File>Place>choose the image you want to put into the template. / 3. A box will appear, like this one below, click okay. / 4. Your image will appear. Double click on the image to embed it. Select the magic wand tool and click on green background (your background-hopefully you have a one colour background). Marching ants should appear (doesn’t show here) around the image and canvas. / 5. Select the erase background tool in the tool bar. The marching ants are there to protect your image from accidently being erased. / 6. Start clicking around your image to remove background. You’ll have to zoom in and out to pick up any tiny bits that may be missed. To make your eraser brush smaller use the [ on your keyboard. To make it larger click the ] . / 7. Hopefully you’ll end up with something like this. If so save as a png file and it’s ready to upload to RB as a T-Shirt image!!! /
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FEATURES JPG CAST-OFFS / / THE VIEW ABSTRACT REALISM / / WINTER SUN TWO FEATURES…IMAGE WRITING AND HAND DRAWN OR PAINTED ART OF HAPPINESS OR JOY / / URBAN THOUGHTS ULTIMATE RESOURCES / / How to get your work exhibited in a Gallery IF IT DOESN’T BELONG / / EVERGREEN IMPRESSIONISM CAFE / / THE FOURTH SORROW TOP TEN WINS MOODY, DARK AND EVOCATIVE…THE WOODS / / THE SENTINELS MORNINGS AND EVENINGS..SUNBEAMS AND STORMS…FOREST MAGIC / / THE GROVE ACRYLIC PAINTING…STILL LIFE / / MAROONED THE DREAMING TREE…CHRISTMAS TREE / / EVERGREEN THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE GROUP MODERATORS AND THOSE WHO VOTED TO MAKE THESE WINS POSSIBLE
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