Impressions

Mysterious and enticing

We are drawn into a world of muted colours

Soft, dreamlike shapes take form

Like folds of flowing satin

Could there be a pearl hidden within?

So many frills and curves

in a beautiful Amaryllis

A journey into abstracts

Seeing abstracts is like turning off the switch of recognition

as we enter a world of impressions

Curves and straight lines and colour

and depth given by the space in-between.

We stop wanting to interpret

and let ourselves be amazed and touched by the unexpected.

The simplest of shapes and textures

become a lesson in visual harmony.

Shadows and solid objects intermingle and create flow.

Reflections create surreal scenes that tell us stories of the unknown.

For me,

abstracts create a journey scattered with mystery and delight

I love not knowing where they will take me next.

Discovery

When pansies become a painting

 and where the wind whispers its impressions to soft and dreamy yellow daisies

Tiny speckled flowers fade in and out of their smudged background

like the breath of a flower fairy

When flowers and crocheted Mandalas blend together and connect

and a chalice of petals reaches up to brush the circle of life

A soft blanket cascades down to meet with a single flower

and all becomes muted and mingled and each object becomes part of another 

as they dance together in joyful abandon.

The discovery

of the 50mm lens

how it connects to all it sees

with a paintbrush dipped in watercolours.

I've just finished a very uplifting class

with Kim Manley Ort

The 50mm Project