inspirations
Alyogyne huegelii (Lilac Hibiscus), native to SA and WA, just open for business after a rainy dawn. It’s all over in 24 hours.
<these colours work well together>
Honeybee on it’s final approach to a Dog Rose (Bauera rubioides), a native from South Eastern Australia.
<harder edges on the focus areas, and the rest is a softer focus>
Where inspiration for creating art comes from is hard to define. I notice the things I dwell on, when you pause to look closer, to really see. It could be either something on a screen or something you see in the flesh. Was it something about it’s construction, it’s detail, it’s colour combinations, or the emotions it triggered? Usually it’s a combination of these.
I take a lot of photos for future reference, and as a memory aid. When an idea for an art work pops up, a lot of times it involves using a picture I have taken in the past.
I like to use my photos nowadays but sometimes I cannot be there in the flesh and use pictures from the web, for works like ‘Navalny’, ‘Anointed’ etc.
A very young spotted dove, only days out from nest. Still covered in the fluffy chick remnants. Can fly but clumsy at landing. When it sees movement it freezes, and you can carefully get really close. Go back ten minutes later and it’s moved.
<a lot of unnecessary detail, maybe if I try a neutral background…>
‘Young dove’ pen and wash
The path ahead now branches, you have four choices.. You can move down the path to see recent creations, maybe take the path that goes to older work. The last path leads to the back yard and its inhabitants, a great source of interest and inspiration. Or you can turn around and go back to the home page.
Agapanthus ‘Fireworks’ <purple, white and shades of green>
Cardinal creeper and visitor <this range of reds and these greens>
Day lily and early visitors <limited palette here>