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.

Where is the fourth baby?

Muller’s Barbet

Love’s Scratch

My Precious

Muller’s Barbet

Stunning. Inspiring. Hope you have a picture perfect day.

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

The colors, the composition, the light.  Delicious. Luscious. Scrumptious.

Valcox on Flickr

amazon2008 on flickr

Vintage Alphabet Circa 1946

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.

Love this image – and don’t miss cheesekid’s Australian Spotted Jellyfish on Flickr – what’s not to love?

cheesekid on flickr

fede_gen88 on flickr

Amigos de la micologia Joseba Castillo on Flickr

Sarcoscypha coccinea, or Scarlet Cup Fungus…loving this!

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.