The Green Spider

I have a lot of nice flower photos, but being the way I am, I always feel the need to go a step or two farther with them. I'm happy with the way this one turned out, and will likely pursue this concept further when the time is right. The flower is a peony (one of my favourite flowers to photograph and to have in the garden) from the back yard. If you look at the lower middle you will see a little green spider hanging on to one of the petals. I never notice these little fellows when I am shooting, but they are included somewhere in a lot of my flower photos, as I come to realize only when looking at them on the computer. 

Raven's Guidebook

Here's a new photomontage titled "Raven's Guidebook", combining my own photos with vintage imagery and a touch of distressing. I just delivered a mixed media version of this (ready to hang, mounted on a cradled art board with encaustic medium overlay) to the Saskatchewan Craft Council Affinity Gallery (Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon) for the ongoing members' show if you want to check it out. The show continues until August 29th, but note that as pieces are sold, they get taken home by the purchaser on the spot, so this one might not still be around if you wait. 

Rescued

Here's a brand new addition to my dog themed art images, title "Rescued". It features my own rescue Boxer, Rony. Check out the "Dogs" gallery on my Fine Art America website for more dog art. My share of the proceeds from all dog gallery sales on that site go to Boxer Rescue Canada to support the excellent work they do. 

Before and after

One of the many things I like about working with Photoshop is the fact that you can explore various options and directions. Here are a couple of images from last week, based on the photo at the top. The number of interpretations that can be done from any given photo is limited only by the imagination.                        

                         

              

Aunt Doris

Here's another one in my rocking horse series. This one is titled "Childhood Treasures". The first version  featured a different and slightly older girl. At one of my pre-Christmas shows, a customer (friend of Ed who made the rocking horse) asked if I could insert an old family photo of Aunt Doris instead of the child I had in the original. She brought me the image you see here, and I am totally in love with Aunt Doris. The photo is over one hundred years old, still in excellent condition. Aunt Doris has such a look of sweet optimism and hopefulness that this is now my preferred version of this image. 

Recent work

This is one of my newest photomontage images. Don't yet have a good title for it, but with luck that will come. 

Droplets

Here's a somewhat seasonal image, although here in Saskatchewan the best of the show of glads is over and they are looking a little tired. I took this shot in the back yard just after a refreshing rain. I find a lot of visual interest in white objects, which can also be a challenge to photograph well. 

Global equine

Haven't yet come up with a good working title for this one. I like merging map/text with my photo images, and was also happy with the colour combination in this one.