Category: photography
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Persistence to Transformation
A rubber chicken becomes a beautiful hummingbird! One of the most wonderful parts of teaching painting workshops is when you get to be in on a magical transformation. This past Saturday’s workshop participants, like so many other workshops, consisted of a mix of the never painted before, rusty haven’t painted in years, and experienced artists expanding […]
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The Captivating Amaryllis
Symbolic of success, strength and determination, the Amaryllis’ name means “to sparkle” and so it does!
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Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbills are quite beautiful until you get a close up look at the bald head and long flat bill.
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Pelicans
The white pelicans are arriving in my part of the US on a daily basis. They will hang out here for the winter. Large numbers of them come to Kentucky Lake and Reelfoot Lakeevery year. The numbers of winter arrivals have been increasing in recent years. The white pelicans are mostly people-shy and stay well away from populated […]
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Cormorants
These swimmers are so funny with their underwater antics. Cormorants love to make people smile!
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Weekly Photo Challenge- Beneath My Feet
Peebles in the Stream beneath my feet. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/beneath-your-feet/
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Theft or Flattery???
“A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa but people still line up to see the original.” Louis Armstrong (from The Painter’s Keys) Help me out here! When is it okay to appropriate someone else’s work to use for your work? Is it ever okay? Suppose you like to paint in the studio from photographs. Would you […]
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Weekly Photo Challenge-Inspiration-The Garden
Most of my inspiration comes from the garden or other beautiful nature scenes. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/inspiration/
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Sunday Slideshow-Butterflies in the Garden
Last year I didn’t plant a butterfly garden because I had just moved in to a new home. This year, thanks to a wonderful friend who gave me the seeds, I did plant one. The rewards are worth the time and effort. The realtor who sold me the house gave me a patio swing as […]
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