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The original goddess image of me that inspired the Ophelia’s Garden Series.
Here’s another portrait of my favourite little muse…
Galeries Lafayette,40, boulevard Haussmann,Paris,France sold / 20×16” matted framed print / 13- 10×8”matted prints / clients – federation square The city of lights,Paris is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with over 30 million visitors per year. La Madeleine / Arc de Triomphe / / Joelle / / Galeries Lafayette /
Digital Art , / Drawing / Photoshop / Available as a Card and Matted Print / On the red bubble HOME PAGE featured (14 April 2009) All Origional art work can be purchased through the artist. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Copyright notice: / All rights reserved. All images contained on these pages are © copyright protected by Mariska and any use of these images in any form without written permission will be considered an infringement of these copyrights. / / Image 094 / / /
Parrots of the Caribbean / May 9, 2009 / Fairburn, Georgia Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40) / Aperture: f/5.0 / Focal Length: 200 mm / ISO Speed: 200 Featured work in First Things group.
One aspect of RedBubble that has got little attention is where it fits in the development of art. Firstly a caveat, I probably only know …
One aspect of RedBubble that has got little attention is where it fits in the development of art. Firstly a caveat, I probably only know just enough to be wrong. Ploughing on regardless, I believe RedBubble is part of a revolution in the artistic market. It is about the rediscovery that art can be embedded in the fabric of society rather than spread on top like a thin veneer of Vegemite. Since the Renaissance, art has been what a tiny elite produced and sold at vast prices to another tiny elite. The art world was open only to the wealth few and a cabal of elevated artists. I have been lucky in my life and have some of this art on my walls. I know it is art because somebody has told me it is and because it cost a smallish fortune. It bloody well better be art or I want my money back. But then, taking a deep breath, I look at what my children produce (or an even deeper breath, what I produce) and I understand that this elite view of art is only part of the picture. I know in non-Western societies art can be much more democratic – anybody can participate in the process. Australia’s Aboriginals maintain this capacity but they are not unique (I have seen a similar thing in Bali). There was a dream of many in the 19th century to return to democratic art. John Ruskin felt everybody had a right to beauty. But the technology has worked against such dreams. In the era of mass production, everyday art is uniformly bland. Ikea continues to churn out an art mediocrity that manages to insult both the artist and the purchaser. And so RedBubble. I feel the site is creating new artists and new art purchasers. We strive to deliver the highest quality and each work, while not unique, is certainly rare. Building a great collection of traditional art is beyond almost everybody’s reach. A great collection from RedBubble can easily be aspired to for a few thousand dollars. All the Bub’s art lacks (in general) is the imprimatur of art elite who tell us it is good. As for me, my RedBubble purchasers sit proudly beside traditional works and I will dare anybody to say which has intrinsically more value. Next week I am meeting with the Chairman of the National Gallery of Australia. We will see if he shares my views on the evolution of art. I will pitch him to try and get a RedBubble art installation, which I see as truly modern art, not just a change in the medium (or content) but a change in the very meaning of art itself. This is a change enabled by the power of the Internet combined with print-on-demand technology.
like sparkling wine / the Ruby’s shine / your love and mine til the end of time
I thought it would be cool to do a period image juxtaposing Robots with the Renaissance. Here’s the results. / 12×16 version. Oil paint on masonite.
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Never thought to upload this one as an actual artwork, until a friend asked to see it larger. What I like about it, is the expression is open to interpretation. It is many things at once, (sadness, determination, subordination, deep thought) and at the same time, none at all. / Also went for a renaissance-style chiaroscuro effect on this one…
Renaissance Man featured in the Men Appreciation Group 6-4-09 Renaissance Man is painted in acrylic
Oil on canvas, 30×40
View of Paris from the Eiffel Tower / The city of lights,Paris is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with over 30 million visitors per year. sold 20×16” framed matted print – client Art festival / 6 – 8×10 matted prints La Madeleine / Arc de Triomphe / / Joelle / / Galeries Lafayette /
Chateau de Villandry – a 16th century late Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, France…..famous for it’s magnificent gardens. The Loire Valley, with a great number of chateaux, is listed with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. / / This recreated Renaissance garden at Villandry is like a tapestry changing with the seasons. / The gardens are on three levels. At the top, from where this photo is taken, is a water garden fringed with ancient lime trees, then on the next level down, a flower garden level with the chateau and then below that is the world’s largest ornamental kitchen garden. Eight full time gardeners maintain the gardens at Villandry. They raise and plant 60,000 vegetable and 45,000 bedding plants each year. / It truly is a delight to the senses. National Heritage and Other Trusts Sites World Wide.
Taken at the Renaissance Faire. She dressed in an Elizabethan era costume so I tried to create an image that reflected the age. / I think she would look right saucy in some London street scene, circa 1570 or so…. Huzzah!!
(NOT FOR SALE) featured in Peace, Love & Happiness Hippies 06-03-2009 / featured in Dimensions 05-25-2009 / featured in Shapes & Patterns 05-27-2009 / featured in The Patchwork 05-25-2009 MUSIC Come along with me / Down into the world of seeing / Come and you’ll be free / Take the time to find the feeling / See everything on it’s own / And you’ll find you know the way / And you’ll know the things you’re shown / Owe everything to the day Chorus: See the carpet of the sun / The green grass soft and sweet / Sands upon the shores of time / Of oceans mountains deep / Part of the world that you live in / You are the part that you’re giving Come into the day / Feel the sunshine warmth around you / Sounds from far away / Music of the love that found you / The seed that you plant today / Tomorrow will be a tree / And living goes on this way / It’s all part of you and me See the carpet of the sun / See the carpet of the sun / See the carpet of the sun / See the carpet of the sun / / A Marriage between Apophysis & Incendia
I purchased this violin back in 96’, as i was reading the book The Artist’s Way by: Julia Cameron. Looking for my ‘inner artist’. well, i think i found it. Although . . .it never came through the strings of the violin, more through the lens of my camera. When i did play (and i played often) . . it was more noise and scratching rather than music . . my biggest fans were my 2 cats that sat endlessly at my feet and tilted their heads in sync to the ‘noise’. Perhaps it was music to their ears . . or just them amusing me! Anyway – i still have the violin, but get something other than music from it, I got this series!
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