Seasonal Rituals (2)

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 | drawandshoot

autumnmaple — Autumn Maple captured in a ‘drive-by’ photograph.

Trip the Light Fantastic ***

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 | drawandshoot

Reflection_Fence-and-Flora2 ***

Reflections and reflections.

Sumac and Starlings

March 16, 2016 | drawandshoot

StarlingsandSumac1 StarlingsandSumac2 StarlingsandSumac3 Pretty winged things.
StarlingsandSumac4

Frayed Edges of Winter

March 8, 2016 | drawandshoot

LaceIce1 LaceIce3
LaceIce2

The lovely underbelly of ‘lace ice’ reflected in the creek. The seasonal shifts have begun.

(Click on small images for gallery view)

Goose Down 2

December 14, 2015 | drawandshoot

This is a reworking of an image from a couple of years ago. The graceful form of the bird struck me when I first came across it; the water was shifting the goose back and forth in a slow rhythmic motion and the submerged down looked so soft and painterly. I have layered the bird photograph with an image of cloud reflections on water and I think I like the inky blue that spills over to the delicate palisade of golden threaded flora. Now I am thinking about how I might translate this into a painting…

It’s Still Autumn

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 | drawandshoot

River’sEdge1, Early December 2015

River’s Edge2, Early December 2015

River’s Edge1, Early December 2014

River’s Edge2, Early December 2014

In the infancy of December 2014 the air was very cold and the river was all frozen jagged edges – sculptural and almost colourless. It felt like deep winter. But there is no ice in this early December, no snow. Just gentle waves lapping the soft shoreline.

[click on an image to see the bigger picture – top images from this Dec, bottom images from last]

Ligularia

November 29, 2015November 30, 2015 | drawandshoot

Pink-fluff seed heads of a ligularia plant in my garden. When the plant is in flower the petals are a bright yellow, but it’s these delicate rosy seed heads of autumn that truly catch my eye.