Category Archives: Art

~ Abstract Challenge: Day Two ~

  Rules: Five days – five Abstract images – no people – no explanations. Open invitation to anyone else who would like to participate. Thank you Olga! 5 Days, 5 Photos: Abstract (Day 5)  

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~ Abstract Challenge: Day One ~

Rules: Five days – five Abstract images – no people – no explanations. Open invitation to anyone else who would like to participate.  Thank you Olga! 5 Days, 5 Photos: Abstract (Day 5)  

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~ Clark’s Tree In Fog ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC: Repurpose 2 ~

 Repurpose

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~ NU2U ~ WPC: Collage ~

Collage at it’s finest is a repurposing of elements to create a new design.  In my early years, I loved making paper collages. Later I gravitated toward found-objects (objet trouvé).  This storefront in Long Beach, WA was right up my … Continue reading

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge: Repurposed ~

This fence is made of six-foot high cedar planks mounted on steel posts set into six inches of concrete. Originally meant only to keep the beagle in her own yard, it also provides space for an outside gallery. In this … Continue reading

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~ Skywatch Friday + Weekly Photo Challenge: Path ~

As I drove out of my neighborhood on the last day of autumn, light white/grey cumulus clouds — barely visible on the horizon — drew me to pull over, get out of the car and take some shots with my … Continue reading

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~ Heirloom Photograph ~

On the back of the original frame was a note written by my Grandfather, George Sutherland Low (1884-1957): In Glen Tilt ~ Perthshire Scotland, by Charles Reid ~ Gold Medal ~  London Exposition of Photography I’ve always loved this photograph, … Continue reading

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Face ~

Garden sculpture at Olga Pottery, Orcas Island, Washington USA. My maternal grandmother lived with us the last years of her life. She liked to sit on the piano bench while the family gathered to watch television. By nine o’clock, grandma … Continue reading

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~ Crow Shadow ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Abstract ~

The challenge this week is to present photographs with an abstract expressionism twist. Being a student of art, this is a fun one for me. Thanks to Ben Huberman for making this suggestion! Abstract

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