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Mother Nature Is My Favorite Artist

…regardless of using a Vivid or a Monochromatic palette…

Mother Nature is my favorite artist. Whether her palette is abundant with vivid colors or monochromatic, grayscale or black and white, she creates beauty and intrigue all around us. My “job” as a mortal artist is to capture some of that beauty with a camera – so it can be shared with others.

With “brush strokes” of bright yellow on a red-orange canvas, She painted these leaves in Bar Harbor, Maine for all to enjoy.

Autumn Leaves in Bar Harbor Framed

The only “color” in this scene (below) was created my man. Mother nature provided the silver monochrome sky and reflections in the Atlantic Ocean and Indian River Inlet in Coastal Delaware.

Indian River Bridge Moonlight Panorama Framed

My respect and admiration for Mother Nature is reflected in my artworks. In most of my collections, nature is the co-creator of each piece I have created or, you may say, documented with my camera. The sun, the sea, the trees, and everything I see in my wanderlust are captured where they are most beautiful.

Click below to browse larger images and to see more like this.

Link: Autumn Foliage in Bar Harbor, Maine (Fine Art America)
Link: Autumn Foliage in Bar Harbor, Maine (Pictorem)

Link: Indian River Bridge Moonlight Panorama (Fine Art America)
Link: Indian River Bridge Moonlight Panorama (Pictorem)

Link to: Full Gallery at Fine Art America

Link to: Full Gallery at Pictorem (w/ Free Shipping)

Two thoughts about Mother Nature’s creations…

  1. Wherever we look, nature is fashioning her own personal art scene. From a sweeping prairie to a quiet pond, from the hills of Tuscany to the streets of New York City– Mother Nature inspires with the perfect canvas and the richest pigments. The result? A celebration of color so brilliant it captivates us all.
  2. Soft white clouds and a bluebird sky may welcome a calico kitten or may be a perfect compliment to the serene grayscale image of a mother deer in her misty woodland home with her fawn. A tranquil scene reminds us all that we can enjoy the simple pleasures in life and breath easier knowing that there is such beauty everywhere around us.
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Poppy Seed Roll and a Toothpick

Poppyseed Loaf is a tasty treat for breakfast but you may need a toothpick

In keeping with the breakfast theme and my entries in the “7 Day Kitchen Macro Images” challenge, I thought it might be time for some food to go with the beverages. We’ve already had tea and coffee and a mimosa so now it’s time for a sweet breakfast loaf, a family favorite Poppy Seed Roll.

Poppy Seed Roll Loaf

Easy to make. Sweet yeast bread is rolled out thin and flat, swirled with a delicious pasty poppy seed filling and rolled up into a loaf and baked. Even easier to eat.

But why the toothpick? Think about it – flavorful but small seeds – just about the right size for lodging among the molars.

Wooden Toothpicks Expressionism

Links to the photographs in my gallery…

Link: Poppy Seed Roll for Breakfast

Link: Wooden Toothpicks Expressionism Abstract

Link to: Bill’s Fine Art America Gallery

Link to: Bill’s Pictorem Gallery

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Morning Coffee and a Mimosa to Start the Day

Continuing the Kitchen Macro Challenge at Fine Art America

My participation in the “7 Day Kitchen Macro Images” challenge continues with my own “breakfast” theme interpretation of that challenge. Of course we start breakfast with a beverage, either hot or cold. My first images were of a pot of tea being brewed for my wife. Next up is coffee and a breakfast cocktail.

Brewing a Hot Cup of Coffee

The coffee at our home is normally from a K-Cup of a good blend and produced by a Keurig-style coffee maker. I do like one full cup to start the day – just the way it comes out of the bean – no sugar or cream(er).

On occasion we will also enjoy a breakfast cocktail, a Mimosa to be more exact. That gives us our dose of Vitamin C in the Orange Juice. Grape juice, too, right? LOL

The Champagne and OJ should be from the refrigerator. The glass should also be chilled. Here is a narrow Champagne-flute-style glass with a single ice cube chilling the rim. The image has been “adjusted” to bring out the shapes and edges with the dark background. It might even be considered to be an abstract. Regardless, the end result, the Mimosa, was just fine. Maybe even perfect.

Ice Chilling a Mimosa Glass

The following links will let you browse larger images and see the choices of wall art and home décor products on which they are available.

Link: Brewing Coffee With Expressionism

Link: Ice Cube in a Mimosa Glass