Golden Glowbloom

She stood in all her majesty!

She glowed as though she were the sunlight itself.

The brilliant sunlight shone off her glorious colors, deep and full.

Week 29/52 week challenge.

This image is made with the lens painting technique I learned from +Janice Sullivan. Janice is one of +The Arcanum Masters. 

Rippled Reflection

In peaceful introspection I sit in the garden by the lakeside.

I listen to the birds singing and the rustle of the leaves as a soft breeze blows.

The sun shines brightly and the flowers glow with their beauty.

I hear a soft plop in the water of the lake next to me when I look over to see such a beautiful ripple and reflection of a magnificently glowing of colors around me in the water.

Won't you come and join me?

Today's image is 28/52 week challenge. It's abstract art using the spin and zoom technique with a little extra added in post processing.

The Inferno Blast

It was a normal day, like most others.

On this day I made a visit to the city to take care of some things.

I needed to go into this hi-rise building today. Moments after entering there was a loud blaring alarm going off.

All of sudden I heard screams of horror and fear.

You never expect something like this to happen to you.

I heard people screaming "FIRE" "FIRE" and running for their lives.

I was standing at the elevators waiting for be lifted to the 20th floor.

The elevator door opened and this is what I saw blasting and jumping about like it was dancing to a really hopping song. But the song was screams of horror and fear, not dance music.

I barely made it out alive. All my hair was singed and my skin felt like it was on fire. It was red as red can be... I think I even saw some blistering.

The hi-rise building was gutted by the fire. There's an arson investigation ongoing. Some say it was terrorist activity. Who knows with all this conspiracies being spewed about!

Thank God I escaped alive and am safe from the inferno!

This story is fictional. I made it up to go with my art piece.

Image 27/52 week challenge.

The Apparition

This image is inspired by some of the blur art I've been seeing online.

My +The Arcanum cohort apprentice friend +Matvey Z posted an art piece that's b/w and it's ghostly qualities. He posted that he was inspired by +Roxanne Bouche' Overton's work. I'm inspired by Matvey's work.

I love how we're all inspired by each other.

I'm actually a couple weeks behind in my posts because I was ill and acquiring a new mobile phone, which is one of my art creation outlets.

The backstory on this image is that it's from a videogame my husband plays that I love to watch him play. The game is: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. The main character was down in this cave. When I saw the image I was like... "OMG I need to get this... it'll create a great art piece."

There's a new video game deemed to be released August 9th called No Man's Sky. I'm hoping to capture some awesome images for art in this game. I'm excited about this new game. I'll play it myself instead of watching my husband.

Wormhole

Appearing before Space Jammer on another galaxy adventure is this stunning view.

Grabbing a snapshot of this amazing and stunning wormhole before the ship ventures into it.

Once inside the wormhole there's no going back. Once through the wormhole it will close up and disappear. It's a whole new life.

Think twice or three times before entering.

This is image 25/52 week challenge.

The Gallery

Today's image is 24/52 week challenge.

Today I'm going to share something to stir your soul.

We put art in galleries on display. We like to parade through the gallery and gaze into the art. As we parade we're seeking the one art piece that speaks to our soul.

When that art piece catches our gaze we become entranced and paralyzed by it. It reaches deep into our soul and speaks to us. What does it say? What emotions does it conjure up. What memories does it bring?

I dream of my own art hanging there in The Gallery waiting for it to reach out and grab you and speak to you. Hoping for it to take you to a completely serene place. Even if just for a moment. What memories does it bring forward? Does it speak to your soul? What is it saying?

You're Invited To My Garden Party

Springtime is a great time for a garden party.

I like that phrase: "Spring showers bring May flowers!"

The dew sparkles on the flower petals as the rising sun bursts through.

The bright and brilliant colors dance in the sunshine as a cool morning breeze lightly moves through and kisses the blooms shaking them with excitement as they dance around.

The blooms burst with a wonderfully relaxing and serene scent.

Come and join me, won't you!?

This is image 23/52 week challenge. It's a rendition of spin and zoom.

I discovered this technique when a fellow Arcanumite posted an image from a project she's involved in using this same technique. I queried her about how she learned and if there were any tutorial videos available. She quickly shared a video. I then watched it and decided to investigate more videos on the technique. I found another one by the same creator of the previous I watched. I liked the teaching in the 2nd video better than the 1st. I quickly began playing with the technique with my dinosaur canon dSLR. I quickly realized that the sensor needs cleaning. I have to figure out how to do that. I defaulted to using my mobile phone and a specific camera app I like to use to create with. I came up with a few new art pieces using my mobile phone camera app. This one here is one of them.

Purple Dreams

When I dream it's of purple.

When I dream it's of softness,

with a smooth touch.

She veils harsh places to protect my eyes.

Her beauty is far reaching from within.

She is royal and stands regally in honor.

She whispers sweet things. She sings of great wonders.

I dream purple dreams!

His Glory Appears

His glory appears like the sun!

The music video tells of how this image speaks to me.

My faith will show up in many of this images I create and share.

How and what does this image speak to you?

Flaming Passion

The flames of passion burn hot!

Allowing my passion to burn inspires my imagination to grow.

I love when my imagination runs wild. I love being inspired.

When I am inspired my passion grows stronger.

Being passionate creates such an place of euphoria.

The state of euphoria opens my mind to awesome colors and shapes.

The colors and shapes create awesome abstract art.

What does this image speak to you? Share in the comments. I'd like to know.

This is image 20/52 week challenge.

I dedicate this image to my wonderful husband, Paul. Today is his 37th birthday. Also, today is my father and sister's birthday. I wish them an awesome birthday.

Seashells - Tongue Twister

She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

17/52 week challenge. I like tongue twisters. So, today I'm pairing my image with this tongue twister.

Do you like tongue twisters?

From Within

It lurks there... from within.

I hurried past.

I could hear it breathing heavily as I passed and it watched me.

What lies beyond? It could be anything fear related.

What are you afraid of? It's out there. Waiting for you. Or has it moved in and lurks from within?

Yes, this is a scary post. Sometimes, I like to express scary because we all fear. Expressing my fear here is therapeutic for me to get it out of my own mind.

This is image 16/52 week challenge.

#abstractart #lenspainting #52weekchallenge

Spring Flight

It's Spring. The birds are whistling their tunes. The sky is full of puffy white clouds, and the flowers are blooming.

Spring brings new life, as well as, newborns. The flying kind that is. Mothers flit off to find food for their young. The young wait for their return. The first sights and smells of mom the young squawk for their feeding. Mom hovers over them as she flits from one to the other offering each nourishment.

She lovingly cares for them until it's time for them to take flight.

This is image 13/52 week challenge.

#52weekchallenge #abstractart #lenspainting

Mars Beach Creatures

This week's image is something completely new and different in content. However, I'm applying the same technique to create this art piece.

@anewlifeoasisphoto

A photo posted by A New Life Oasis Photography (@anewlifeoasisphoto) on Jan 11, 2016 at 11:44am PST

The story short that goes with the image:

Imagine with me for a moment... I'm on a beach on Mars. [Yes, there's beaches on Mars! ;-D Beaches are one of my favorite things, as well as astronomy.] So, back to the story. I go on a journey to this magical beach where everything glows in magnificent colors. I come across all these wonderful creatures. I run and dance in excitement at their beauty. In my excitement they all rush in together to take part in this joy. I grab my camera to capture this moment for memory in history. Take in this joy and pleasure, even if for a slight moment. It's so magical!

This is part of a 52 week challenge in my Arcanum cohort in the Google Community I participate in.

Really the only thing stopping me is myself. The possibilities are endless. Lay aside all self-limiting beliefs and let the creativity flow.

What I'm learning is that it doesn't matter where you are or what your subject matter is. See things from a different perspective and apply that. I'm finding that I really enjoy creating abstract art. No limits! 

Chair || March Photo A DayThis

Not my photo, just borrow for story.

I'm a big fan of the Heidi story made into movie. Yes, I have the DVD in my movie library. In the story Heidi becomes companion and playmate to Klara who was bound to a wheelchair. Very much like the one on the left.

Toward the end of the story Klara surprises her Daddy with the fact that she can now walk because Heidi helped her learn.

I'm reminded of a girl I cared for during my nursing days. She loved Shirley Temple movies. She was wheelchair bound. However, she'll never be able to walk because of her disease.


She was one of my most favorite patients. She always greeted me with a smile and hug. When my name was mentioned and she saw me she got so excited she would bang her head against the back of her chair so hard that if she weren't strapped in she would jump right out of that chair. She was adorable.
It's been a might long time since then. I've lost track of her and her family. I'll never forget her.

This post was inspired by today's theme prompt for #marchphotoaday by #fmsphotoaday for Day 6.

Mt Baldy in the Clouds

Cloudy Mt Baldy

I love big puffy clouds.

This evening at sunset I noticed this out my window. I didn't have time to set my camera up. So, I grabbed my mobile phone and snapped it.

I did some post processing edits on it because there were a few unsightly things that were terrible distractions.

I love the way the crevices in the mountain cast the deep rich shadows at sunrise and sunset. I also love the rich warm glow from the sun.

Recently, I've been going through some transformation in myself. Just today I was reading over at Brooke Shaden's Blog. She's a fantastic photographer and story teller. I took a photography class offered by creativeLIVE that Brooke instructed. She creates amazing art. Her post from today [2/27/2014] put me on my toes. I was mentally and emotionally challenged by it.

I struggle with being imaginative and creative. Everything I do is basic safety net stuff.

It's hard to break out of my mental black box. I was encouraged by a few people in the comments on Brooke's post.

For me, my mental black box is just that... black, dark and a dungeon. I feel mentally paralyzed.

When a sliver of light creeps in I'll reach for it. It'll be my escape hatch with a rope that I can climb out of.

When I reach the for the light it will bring light to the darkness. It'll shine bright and show all the wonderful blessings and open my mind to have permission to come out and play.