Smoke and Mirrors

Lunch yesterday in Lake Arrowhead, CA.

See the smoke in the background? We watched it as we road on Paul's motorcycle around the curvy mountain roads to make sure it was not where we were going.

At one point I saw the fire burning in a rage. Then as we rounded another area I could see where it crested and started going down the other side.

As you can see in the image only smoke was visible. I pray that no lives, homes, or businesses were affected.

This is image 31/52 week challenge. #52weekchallenge #landscape

The Spinning Top

The hum and whir of life spins on around us.

It moves us. Or not. It makes no fuss.

This is image 30/52 week challenge.

I used the spin and zoom technique.

Can you tell what that original subject is? Please share your ideas. I'd like to hear what you think.

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.