All Entries in the "Color" Category
john & fish’s birds
flickr find:
John & Fish spend their weekdays working at John’s software technology company in Taiwan and weekends taking pictures of bird life on the island. The brother and sister team, who have lived and worked together for 20 years, began taking pictures in 2006 – joining Flickr a year later. Their Flickr album garnered more than one million clicks in their first two years on the image hosting site – impressive. See all of the images here.
Stunning. Inspiring. Hope you have a picture perfect day.
bluebells
today’s flickr find:
The gossamer thin petals on these Virginia Bluebells caught my eye – would love to see this translated into polymer. I’m out and about today – might be back later with more. Have a great day!
Focus Envy on Flickr
vintage alphabet
I thought you might enjoy this image of vintage letters that I will be listing on Etsy soon. They are a hard, thick plastic, each side wears a different color, and they stand almost two inches high. Their bright, bold, colorful cheeriness made me smile – kid style – yeah, that kind of smile.
Vintage Alphabet Circa 1946
eugenia pardue: paint as a sculptural medium
My eyes found a quiet place to rest this morning – a place where thinking stops and serenity begins; where the adage ‘less is more’ comes alive; where meditation is effortless and my mind is at peace. Eugenia Pardue’s white-on-white paintings – part painting, part sculpture - are my guides today as I continue on my quest for calm and balance.
Rendevous, acrylic on panel, 48″ x 48″
Pachelbel, acrylic on panel, four 24 x 24 panels
Working all in white also enables me to concentrate the viewer’s visceral response on the paintings’ surfaces, which reach out from the picture plane and engage the senses.
Tree of Life, acrylic on panel, 48″ x 48″
In my studio I use tools to braid, mold, and weave paint into shapes that are sometimes soft and graceful, sometimes spiky and dynamic. After the shapes are created and positioned, I envelop them in sheets of acrylic paint, until their contours rise like islands from a glassy-smooth sea.
Mystical Secrets, acrylic on panel, 48″ x 48″
In our increasingly detached digital age, I aim to bring viewers back into touch with the opulent physicality of art, and to remind them of the beauty within themselves.
Pardue suggests that her work is best viewed in person and I have no doubt that she is correct. To get a sense of the scale of the paintings, look here and these images showcase the textures. Read more about the artist at Saatchi Online.
purple puffball
today’s flickr find:
Love this image – and don’t miss cheesekid’s Australian Spotted Jellyfish on Flickr – what’s not to love?
scarlet cup
Amigos de la micologia Joseba Castillo on Flickr
Sarcoscypha coccinea, or Scarlet Cup Fungus…loving this!
tracy chapman: our bright future
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman’s new website, Tracy Chapman, Our Bright Future is set up like a virtual animated coloring book, complete with jumping fish, moving clouds and flying kites.
Home page uncolored
Here’s the beginning of my coloring effort on Chapman’s homepage
The upper right corner of each page boasts a ‘paintbrush’ and ‘paints’, and you can color every page of the site while you listen to her sing.
The paint palette
I’ve been a fan for many years, but if the music doesn’t lure you in, the interactive coloring book will. Beautifully done. Go on, color your world.
