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Dear Everyone:

Just some new urban shots.

The young woman with the partially

scalped hair was charming and co-operative

for the shot. I can see why some

photographers focus mainly on shooting people.

There is definitely a thrill to having rapport

with your subject.

The other shots capture an urban vibe-

an apartment balcony, grafitti, a window,

an easter lily against a gritty backdrop.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Magnolia Revisited 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Went back to shoot

a favourite magnolia.

Got some edgy shots of the

magnolia blossoms with forsythia

in the background.

Hope you enjoy these shots.

Have a keep-your-eyes-open-

for-the-unusual kind of day.

Helen.

Tree medley 2010

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As hoped I painted an abstract

from one of my "the magic of trees"

photographs.

The shapes and lines are quite

good. The colour works.

See what you think.

Have a generous-hearted day

today.

Helen.

Play 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I have been playing the last day or two.

I received a new digital camera

as a hostess gift this week. The camera

is mini and is wallet-size. This makes

it very portable. A Nikon it is model

CoolpixS570. So far my impression

is that the richness of colour and fineness

of clarity are exemplary.

See some of my first shots.

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Then I have been playing with different
brands, colours and viscosities of acrylic

paint in preparation for taking a course

next week. See abstract012010 for

a new piece with some of these paints.

I'm not taking these pieces

too seriously. So far, I favour

Pebeo brand extra fine artist's

colour from De Serres. It glided on

smoothly and seemed to have a

bit of a sheen to it.

Have a light-hearted day

today.

Helen.

Russian dolls 2009

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Dear Everyone:

I am procrastinating today.

I started a series of folk art paintings of

birds and have a couple of pieces

finished but am hitting a block on

doing any more of them at the moment.

I was browsing through a binder of

my work and came across these 2 images

of Russian dolls in a window. They look

charming and with the brightly coloured patterns

look festive to me.

They remind me a bit of 2 photographs by

nationally recognized, award-winning

Nova Scotia photographer

Margot Metcalfe. See some of her work

at http://www.secordgallery.com/. Click on artists.

Click on Margot Metcalfe.

I hope that you enjoy these 2 images.

I am just mulling over whether to do a folk art

painting of them.

Have a generous-hearted kind of day.

Helen.

Fashion image II

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I picked up a copy of American Vogue.
The January, 2010 issue.
The most striking image was of a model
in the Utah desert wearing a coral
Yves St. Laurent dress and on her
head a tumbleweed crown.
The tumbleweed was found at
the locale.The coral colour references
to me the red soil and cliffs of the region.

The more I read fashion magazines
like Vogue the more I appreciate
the art installation-like feature
articles and coverage of clothes and locales.



To my mind this image taken at the
Amangiri spa and resort could easily hold
its own hung in an art gallery. And
that is what appeals to me about it.



Hope you enjoy this image.



Helen.

November raindrops

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Today I felt rather restless inside the house.

It was raining outside and so I thought well

I will just go and catch a few shots of dead

flowers as the basis of a series of drawings

despite the rain.

Unfortunately there was not much to see.

However I noticed these rain droplets on

branches and thought I would try to capture them.

These 3 images are my best shots. In the image

with the finest most delicate branches

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rain drops look like shimmering diamonds.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

The Visual Poetry of James Bleecker cont'd.

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Well, James Bleecker set up a bit of

an e-mail correspondence with me.

He seems utterly pleasant and gracious.

For a bit more background he trained

at the Rhode Island School of Design.

He took top honours in his academic

work and for this he was awarded the Bo

Bernstein award.

He has done alot of important work for museums

and public collections as

well as his own fine art photography.

I have enclosed a few more of his photographs

including a picture of James himself.

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His work to me looks like visual poems.

Some critical praise states:

"Bleecker's work is powerful and mature.
Technically perfect and rigorously composed,
his photographs reduce you to tears by
their beauty".

Edgar Munhall, Curator Emeritus, The Frick Collection


To see more of James' work see his
web-site at www.jamesbleecker.com.

He can be contacted directly at

James Bleecker Photography
40 Fifth Avenue, 5D
New York, NY 10011
(212)-473-7533
James@JamesBleecker.com


Hope that you enjoyed these images
hence enjoyed seeing more of James work.

Helen.