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Serpent's fascination?

ivdanu — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:54:46 +0000

I haven't the slightest idea why serpents surge so often in my paintings. Is it that I like their curves? (but them I also like women's curves... Oups! woman... serpent... Eve... THE serpent...) Could be. Anyway, this is one of my latest acrylics. I entitled it "The Serpent's Egg" because there is an "egg" and then there is also the evocative name of a Ingmar Bermann's films...

And no, I almost never know how a paintings becomes THAT painting and why I give them the names I gave them... A suggestion, a mental phrase, floating among my synapses, a recent lecture, who knows? Sometimes, the titles change but usually I stay with the first ones...

Grasses, Reeds and Rushes: Chic

Garden & Co. — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:29:44 +0000

If you have a thing for cleanliness in your environment, then, a non-shedding breed of dog (they exist!) and a super-duper chic collection of grasses is a fabulous idea for your surroundings. Is this not the neatest terrace? Works like crazy in narrow spaces where a savvy plank path dominates the way. The grasses soften the hard edges you build creating such a t-square environment. Add English pea gravel and make a layer of pale, minimal texture that reflects the sun in a sumptuous way (bright white in the afternoon to pale pink at sunset and light indigo at twilght.) And, just wait for the effect of the breeze. It is awesome. Did you notice I used the adjective minimal, again? I'll return to the perfect cottage garden later, I promise.Grasses have quite a lot of motion in nature, whether on your portico or in a field, and they are dynamic in their change of colors with the seasons. These are not your average, invasive pampas grasses, either.

Work in progress...

meanmagenta — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:49 +0000

More children

sand3r — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:12:08 +0000

Some of the children were quite shy. I had some colour pencils with me which I gave to them. First they were a bit unsure but then with a big smile they ran to their friends and parents to show their new treasures. Obviously more people came to ask us for pencils and we gave at least one to everybody. I think if I would offer a pencil to a 14-year old child in Barcelona it would probably start to laugh...

EXIF
Shutter Speed: 1/640
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal length: 108mm
ISO: 200

I applied a texture to the picture during the post prosessing.