Monthly Archives: August 2013

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I’ve been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. ~Henri Matisse

August 31, 2013 by owfotografik

Tulips are another favorite flower of mine and these three are no exception. I enjoy the spring blooms as these friends awaken with the sun in the early morning. They open their essence to the light as they seek to envelope the very energy of the new day. Can you see their song as they sing to the earth and all of its inhabitants? I love the way that flowers follow the sunlight. They stretch and seem to just drink […]

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Categories: Art, Color, Favorites, Flowers, Love, Nature, Painting • Tags: Abstract art, abstract painting, Acrylic Print, Canvas Print, colors, fine art, flowers, garden, Henri Matisse, light, matisse, nature, red, sun, sunlight, Sunshine, Tulip, white, yellow

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ~Mahatma Gandhi

August 30, 2013 by owfotografik

I see World Peace and the idea that we can all get along and love each other even though we are different. I see all colors being equal , and all shapes and sizes as beautiful. There are large areas of common ground and plenty of places where conflict is alive and struggling. Red is anger and love and blue is peace and calm. Yellow is life and the idea that it will all continue throughout until it is no […]

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Categories: Digital Painting, Painting, Philosophical • Tags: Abstract art, abstract painting, Activism and Peace Work, Alive, blue, Gandhi, Gates of Heaven, Heaven, Love, Mixed media, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Peace, red, World Peace, yellow

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ~Niccolo Machiavelli

August 29, 2013 by owfotografik

I am fascinated by this quote and this photograph. I love the soft orange and brown in contrast with the dark bue and green. I think of sand and the night sky. Do you see an hourglass filled with sand or does another vision come to mind when you look at this Macro photograph of a glass ornament? I am fascinated with colored glass and handblown glass artwork. See more of my Macro Glass Photographs

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Categories: Glass Art, Philosophical, Photographs of Glass • Tags: Abstract art, Abstract Photography, Arts, blue, Brown, fine art, glass, Hot Glass, macro, nature, Niccolò Machiavelli, Night sky, orange, Photography, Sand, Sand Dunes

Wander over the mountains from Seattle and enjoy the great outdoors in the scenic Methow Valley.

August 28, 2013 by owfotografik

Welcome to Winthrop Washington. A very small town with a Western theme, Winthrop is located in the beautiful Methow Valley and is home to many varieties of outdoor recreation, arts and the old west. Just 4 hours Northeast of Seattle but very different indeed. Come visit and enjoy the scenic beauty and outdoor recreation. This view of town is looking down from Sun Mountain Lodge. http://www.winthropwashington.com/ “Take a step back into the Old West. Located on the North Cascades Scenic Byway […]

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Categories: Country Living, Methow Valley • Tags: biking, festivals, hiking, methow valley, north cascades, pacific northwest, recreation, rivers, snow, Sunshine, trails, washington, Washington State Route 20, winthrop, Winthrop Washington

I am offering something really Big and really Beautiful that you might be interested in.

August 27, 2013 by owfotografik

Pearrygin Lake State Park in the Methow Valley $89 for a 36×24 Canvas Print Pearrygin Lake State Park is a 743-acre camping park in the Methow Valley in north central Washington. The park features expansive green lawns leading to 11,000 feet of waterfront on Pearrygin Lake. The lake offers swimming, fishing and boating. Old willows and ash provide shade on hot summer days. I am offering this 36×24 Canvas Print of “Pearrygin Lake State Park” for only $89.99 +shipping, an […]

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Purple lupine standing tall and proud in the afternoon sun.

August 26, 2013 by owfotografik

Come visit my abstract garden yet again for another visual treat. Lupine are abundant in this space and each one blooms for a a week or so as it slowly opens its blooms to the spring sunshine. Each small part of the flower is on a quest to find light and nourishment as it grows and enjoys the space that it flourishes in. I love to capture this energy and beauty as the garden wakes. No two flowers are ever […]

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Categories: Digital Painting, Garden • Tags: abstract, abstract painting, Afternoon, art, Artwork, Bloom, blooming, blue, flower, garden, green, Home, Lupine, methow valley, painting, plant, purple, spring, sunlight, texture, wa, washington

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at – not copy it. ~Georgia O’Keeffe

August 25, 2013 by owfotografik

Pretty Peachy Rose Abstract Flower Roses are such incredible beauties. There are so many colors and varieties of this mysterious flower. They are all so different and yet the same. When I was in college at Western Washington University I would walk by a rose garden on my way to class. Every day I would remind myself to stop and smell the roses 🙂 I thought that if I was fortunate enough to walk by this fragrant spot every day […]

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Categories: Art, Digital Painting, Favorites, Garden, Painting • Tags: abstract, abstract painting, flower, garden, Georgia O'Keeffe, nature, painting, Peach, Peach Rose, Rose, Rose Garden, washington, Western Washington University

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. ~Pablo Picasso

August 24, 2013 by owfotografik

It is interesting to me that when I look at this painting I feel like I am looking into the heart of the sun itself. All of the fiery energy and molten colors pulsating out into the universe with a fierce and explosive presence. Deep orange bursts into life as it stretches towards us and melts into a soft yellow pulse as it fades to black. I was attempting to replicate the bloom of a Marigold. A beautiful flower that […]

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Categories: Digital Painting, Favorites, Painting, Philosophical, Sunny Days • Tags: abstract, Abstract art, abstract painting, Artwork, black, Design, Energy, fine art, flower, Marigold, Molten, orange, Pablo Picasso, painting, Picasso, sun, texture, Universe, yellow

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. ~Buddha

August 23, 2013 by owfotografik

Abstract Self Portrait This photograph is really fascinating to me because I look at it and I see a self-portrait waiting. I see an empty space that I can imagine any version of myself I want to see. It is such a perfect frame for a face and an idea. The edges are beautiful and remind me of a specialty picture frame. Crystal or diamond or some other exquisite stone are a reminder that life is sacred and that we […]

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Categories: Glass Art, Philosophical, Photographs of Glass, Portfolio • Tags: abstract, Abstract Photography, Artwork, Crystal, Design, Diamond, fine art, Frame, Gautama Buddha, glass, glass art, golden, handblown glass, natural, nature, Photograph, Picture frame, Self Portrait, unique, Visual Arts

You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. ~Edwin Louis Cole

August 22, 2013 by owfotografik

Aquatic Wonder. A deep pool of clean clear water beckons. Will you heed its call and come running or will you sit by quietly and ponder the vast empty blue pool. Shades of blue are soothing and yet when you fall in you may be swept away. Water is very relaxing to me and yet in the wrong moment it can be overwhelming in its intensity. I see a vast body of water sitting and waiting to be discovered. waves […]