Blue sunrise 2012

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Dear Everyone:

Sometimes when I see a

sunrise I think of God.

Helen.

Electric sunrise 2011

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Dear Everyone:

This is slightly different work.

Enjoy.

Helen.

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.

Iconic Treetrunk at Sunrise revisited

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Dear Everyone:

This tree is my favourite image

of my work. I thought I would

post it again in current postings

to keep it in the forefront.

Nothing to remark about

it other than the fact that I

love the combination of colours.

I took some risks with this piece.

So a revisit to this image.

Helen.

Iconic Tree trunk at Sunrise 2009

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Well. I returned to my 3rd photo

of a tree trunk and did another sketch.

I wanted to use red with the blue and tan.

Instead the image took off in a different

direction towards an interpretation

of the tree trunk at sunrise.

I must say that I particularly enjoyed

the choice and selection of paint colours

for this image.

See what you think.

I sort of see it as a store logo.

Or stitched as a pattern

for a leather handbag.

Have a return-to-it-if

-it-is-bugging you kind of day.

Helen.

November sunrise 2009

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Capturing this sunrise was serendipity.

I was on my way to try and capture trees

with sparse leaves and spotted the sun

shining through clouds early yesterday

morning. I pulled a fast righthand turn

and practically ran to capture the image

as sunrise configurations are fleeting.

When I got home and printed the images

out they were even stronger than I

recognized at the scene. So I am very

pleased with the results.

As luck would have it I couldn't find

a tree with sparse leaves of the

description I wanted

and came up empty in that regard.

So pure serendipity.

Doing photography means seeing

your surroundings as shots to capture.

I am generally always alert

to shots.

Have a hope-serendipity-finds-

you kind of day.

Helen.

Radiant Sunrise 2009

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Well. I have decided that I am

fascinated by sunrises.

The colours to be found in sunrises

are extraordinary.

Ideal for me as I love playing with colour

whether it is decorating or folk art I

am working on.

Hope that you enjoy today's images.

Have a made-it-through-the first-week-of-

September-kind of day.

Helen.

Silent sunrise 2009

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This sunrise is a little subtle. Hence the title

silent sunrise. It is not gaudy or flashy.

Enjoyed painting it.

Hope that you enjoy this work.

Have a work-can-bring-joy-kind

of day.

Helen.

September Sunrise

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Well. I haven't posted anything for a few days.

I was still shooting but the shots I obtained

weren't excelling enough to post.

Am pleased with this image of a sunrise I

captured today.

See what you think.

Have an-overlook-small-frustrations-

kind of day.

Helen.

Sunrise revisited

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Some early morning shots. A bit of fog

partially obscured the sun. Like the tranquility

of these photos.

Feedback welcome.

Have an enjoy-the-sunshine kind of day.

Helen.

July sky revisited

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Revised today's painting to include a horizon.

Helen.

July sunrise

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Spotted this sunrise out my window.

Ran outside and around different vantage

points to capture it.

Painted one of the images.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Have a wake-up-refreshed-kind of day.

Helen.

Vibrant sunrise

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When I spotted this sunrise out of my window

I literally dropped everything and ran to my

car to drive to a spot to capture it. I had never

seen such bold colour. Incredible.

Have a spot-the-beauty kind of day.

Helen.

Golden Sunrise

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These sunrise images were taken when on the way to photograph

somewhere/something else.

I almost had a car accident when I saw these images because I stopped

so suddenlyand swerved off the road to take the shots.

My scanner doesn't do them justice. The hard copies of these images on

photographic paper show a golden glow to the sky and water that looks like liquid gold.

These images prompted me to think of the work of Nova Scotia artist Suezan Aikins.

She paints with gold leaf for some of her work and these images on photographic

paper look like her gold leaf paintings. See her work at http://www.suezan-aikins.com/

The sudden apprehension of these 2 shots takes the act of noticing. This is part

of the reward of photography. The eye develops so that when we are

in the world we notice vignettes of beauty or of interest to be photographed.

Have a noticing-the-beauty-around-you kind of day.

Helen.