July sunrise 2011

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Dear Everyone:

I enjoy doing folk art paintings

from my own photo references.

Here is a painting of a recent

sunrise and its photo reference.

Enjoy.

Helen.

Tulip study 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I quite like these shots of tulips.

As the image is cropped in these shots

they are interesting rather than a straight-on

traditional single bloom shot.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Tree and rock 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This image is tough to explain.

I think it represents simplicity.

My work recently is about capturing

a kind of soothing, even spiritual

beauty.

When looking at this photo I

think objects we believe to

be inanimate such as rocks

actually have an energy

of their own.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Woodland Drama 2010

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Dear Everyone:

These trees demanded to be photgraphed.

I saw them first on a drive-by and returned

to photograph them.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Have a stay alert -to -the -beauty

around -you kind of day.

Helen

Woodland Story 2010

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Captured some great shots of woods.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Muralscape 2010

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Photographs of another mural from a downtown

building.

Have a hard-work-brings-satisfaction-

kind-of-day.

Helen.

Stream medley 2010

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Saw this stream from a moving

vehicle and had to halt the car

backtrack and photograph it.

Pleased with the result.

Hope that you enjoy this

somewhat magical image.

Have a set-small-attainable-

goals kind of day today.

Helen.

Palate Cleanser 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I took this image at a top

restaurant. I thought the tablescape

was very attractive and wanted

to record it.

I am very pleased with the result.

This posting is like a palate

cleanser at a fine meal of

several courses. Typically

sorbet a palate cleanser

prepares one for renewing

the taste buds for subsequent courses.

This image of a tablescape is refreshing

after pictures of nature and architecture

and heavenly images like angels

posted to this blog recently.

The image of a tablescape reminds me of

the work of Maria Alexandra Vettese and

Stephanie Congden Barnes in their

collaborative book "A Year of Mornings"(2008).

New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

These two women met once and live

several thousand miles apart in Portland,

Maine and Portland, Oregon.

They posted to a shared blog a year

of photographic images from their personal lives

each morning before 12 noon.

A charming result the book is

well worth a look.

The tablescape image is also

reminscent of the work of

fine art photographer Karen

Rowantree of Jo Beale gallery,

Peggy's Cove (www.jobealegallery.net).

Rowantree took photographic images

of partially eaten or completed

meals and recorded the result.

Hope that you enjoy this tablescape image.

Have a treat-yourself-kind-

of-Sunday today.

Helen.

Sky Study I & II

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Moody skies at a beach.

Have a reflective -kind of day.

Helen.