Downtown chic 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Returned downtown at 7:00 a.m.

in the morning to capture more

shots. It was peaceful and quiet

for the most part.

Really pleased with these

images. Hope you enjoy them.

Helen.

Contemplation 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I find Buddhism attractive

because it is contemplative.

I find gazing upon the

face of the buddha to be soothing.

Here are some buddhist images.

Helen.

Two New Pieces 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I have two new pieces to show

you.

The first is my wallflower

series. The term wallflower

refers to being personally

sidelined by illness.

In this piece I use my own

photograph of a dahlia as a backdrop.

Laid the backdrop on a horizontal

surface like a table or desk,

scattered fresh cut flowers

across the image and photographed it.

The yellow flowers beckoned to me

at the grocery store florist section
and this dahlia backdrop spoke to

me for this piece. The yellow flowers

glowed like sunshine.

The wallflower images are

shown in a triptych with some

text. The text is from a recent

photograph of a storefront with

text covering the surface of the

window.

The second piece is a collage

using mostly my own photographs.

I will be taking some art courses

this fall which teach collage

so I am looking forward to learning

more.

Hope you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Downtown horses 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I grew up with horses.

My younger sister has a horse farm

in adulthood. She is a veterinarian

so this is a perfect set-up for her.

Whenever I go downtown

I check to see if the horses

are out at this stables

and they were this day.

After, a rocky start

where they all walked away

to see an employee on a

cigarette break they

wandered back in sight

and I got some good shots.

Hope you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Doorway 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This doorway stood out as looking

a bit derelict despite being in

a wealthy neighbourhood.

I appreciate the artistry of this

shot.

Hope you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Downtown graffitti post-script 2010

Dear Everyone:

I have been reading books on graffitti-
here are some of the traditions and language.

One of the ways to gain fame as a
graffitti artist is to get your name
out in high volume called "bombing"
(quantity). The other route to
recognition is to have a very skilled
or artistic style called "burning"
(quality).

Simply writing one's name is called
a "tag". Names are adopted like
blade, and taki, and cope 2.

For a long period the New York
writers painted subway cars
but the transit authority introduced
counter measures so eventually
the artists moved to the streets to
surfaces like walls and bridges and vehicles.

A multi-artist mural is called
a "production".

As a sign of respect it is
considered unsuitable to write
over someone else's name or work.

It is customary for artists
to steal their spray paint
called "racking".

Well, I thought I'd share
some of the customs and
language.

Helen.

Downtown graffitti 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Stumbled across this graffitti
while running an errand downtown.

I believe graffitti is an art
form with it's own customs

and language. There

are star graffitti artists who

have achieved recognition

and fame.

Hope that you enjoy

these images.

Helen.