This post will be a real potpourri as in it I want to share: some photos of the early morning clouds in the valley; photos regarding a fellow and emerging artists; and storms in the valley.
First the valley full of clouds. Fiona and I never tire of the happenings in the valley below and a few mornings ago the valley was just awash with clouds - in fact at one stage it was not possible to see the mountains below through the clouds.
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| © Barry Smith - Clouds fill the valley - stitched photos |
I also wanted to share a few photos of postcards that Luthien sent me when she sent the peace piece called
In Honour of.... The cards are beautiful and
very Luthien - full of stories and a tad of darkness to add to the mystery.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Luthien's postcards |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Luthien's postcards |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Luthien's postcards |
The following photos are of 'works' by emerging artists Daphne and Pearl - two young daughters of fellow artist
Shannon Garson. They visited early last Saturday and spent a good hour or more with me making various things including a leaf form cuff bracelet a leaf form hair clasp (hair held with a twig) each (of course). They rewarded me with the drawings below; and the cup cakes which they helped their mum to make and ice. How good is that?
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Daphne's gifts |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Pearl's gifts |
And we keep having a lot of brooding storm clouds that tend to come in the afternoon. I love the streaks of rain falling on the far hills. The naked photos of the storms are beautiful.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Brooding storms across the valley |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Brooding storms across the valley |
But I do get tempted to play - so a couple altered photos follow - just to further highlight the dramatic nature of nature. And I love how the iPhone's telephoto lens results in an almost pixel painting.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Brooding storms across the valley - accentuated |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Brooding storms across the valley - accentuated |
So you can see why the title of the post had to be called - of clouds, artists and storms ( and maybe a little iPhoneography on Wednesday).
Beautiful work from the emerging artists! And, of course, clouds and rains streaks are endlessly inspiring to me... I wonder if you've ever visited my art web site? There are two pieces there that attempt to capture those rain streaks from far off. "Island Storm" and "Rain"... www.valerieclaff.com I continue to be inspired to try to capture these weather phenomena, and sometimes my explorations look a bit like your altered photos, I love that.
ReplyDeletePerfectly delightful!
ReplyDeleteInspiring Barry... if only you painted.
ReplyDeleteAlways love the view from your place and that panorama view. Luthien cards and Jewels are always wonderful. Someday I hope to have a view like that to look into while I'm welding.... now that would be inspiration!
ReplyDeleteVA, AA, JM & SZQ - thanks for checking these images out. VA - amazing just how your storm water colours seem to to be to the iPhone photos especially the altered ones - brilliant delicate brush work. AA - thanks - something different. JM - painting was a thing I did many moons ago but I lost the mojo for it. SZQ - the invite to come and weld with our valley as inspiration is always there. All - go well and enjoy. B
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely view you have ... that mountain peeking out of the clouds, so surreal ... like some place on middle earth.
ReplyDeleteahhh... the cards :) hahaha ... glad you think that they're so me ... love how you describe them/me - stories, darkness, mystery :)
awww... the cupcakes are just wonderful and the scribbly writing ... made my heart melt. Life is indeed wonderful!!
Really magical Luthien's postcards, I love those pictures of the sky in full swing, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteso blogger seems to be eating my comments - not very nice...
ReplyDeletei thought i had definitely left one here - luthien as a beautiful way of working - in all its different parts... i love her postcards... what you did with the girls is really wonderful - and their gift of thanks is really precious... i am sure they enjoyed working with you so very much...
and as always, love the shots of the valley -