It was easy to hear the birds but so hard to photograph them.
A wonderful challenge while walking along the trails of Horn Pond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Pond_(Massachusetts)
Posts Tagged ‘Photography’
at horn pond
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged birds, Branches, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on April 2, 2017| 5 Comments »
the rock shaping water
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Charles River, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape, water on March 30, 2017| 1 Comment »
in the works …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Branches, creativity, design, fashion, headbands, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pouches, scarves on March 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Even though snow is forecast for the weekend, it is indeed spring in New England and that means my favorite flower shop is soon to reopen (yay). Various art shows including Somerville Open Studios (SOS) are building momentum. More news about those exhibits in the near future. Meanwhile, I’m continuing to challenge myself with applications for my photography. And happily so!
These headbands are available in my new shop on the Art of Where website: https://artofwhere.com/artists/wordsandimagesbycynthia I’ve been pleased with the quality of the final product and look forward to adding new items with new images of branches especially as spring blooms appear.
The literal and figurative nature of branching has always played an important part in my creative life, whether writing, researching or walking the world with my camera.
pencil/make-up pouch
During these rather chaotic times, it has been a pleasure to delve into new realms of creativity by … branching into cloth. 😉 We’ll see what the future holds. Meanwhile, please visit the shop and enjoy: https://artofwhere.com/artists/wordsandimagesbycynthia
Thank you!
sunlight on a silk scarf
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, Inspiration, light, Photography, scarves, silk on March 29, 2017| 4 Comments »
The sun shone bright late in the day. I did focus my camera at the sky at one point to see what affect on the clouds but in the end it was the light inside that caught my attention most. I was given this scarf by a friend several years ago. It had belonged to her grandmother. I don’t wear the scarf much anymore. I use it more for interior decoration in my work space at home. It is draped over books and old correspondence, all of which is a source of inspiration.
evidence of spring
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blooms, Inspiration, nature, Photography, spring, urban landscape on March 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »
shells and roses
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, Inspiration, Photography, roses, shells, still life on March 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
a rose fell
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, fashion, flowers, imagination, Inspiration, Photography, roses on March 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »
upon a white sheet of paper and for some reason the petals reminded me of a ball gown and so I tried to draw little legs and high heeled shoes. My nine-year old friend said the shoes looked a bit like rabbits but we agreed that was okay. 🙂
a rose in shadow
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, flowers, Inspiration, Photography, pink, roses on March 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
with bowed head
Posted in Inspiration, tagged angels, art, beauty, holy grail, Idylls of the King, Inspiration, murals, painting, Photography, poetry, Tennyson on March 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I have read too many headlines this morning. My head is full of thoughts. I think I shall take a break from the computer screen until I can sort them. Meanwhile, I share these last images from my recent visit to the Boston Public Library’s Abbey Room and painter Edwin Austin Abbey’s expression of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King.
Panel XIII. Sir Galahad crosses the sea in Solomon’s Ship
As for what’s happening in this scene, from the BPL website: “Sir Galahad crosses the seas to Sarras in Solomon’s Ship, guided by the Grail borne by an angel. Sir Bors and Sir Percival accompany him, while three spindles for the Tree of Life rest upon the stern of the ship.”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/sets/72157647672175522/with/15074561737/
revisiting the abbey room
Posted in Inspiration, tagged art, Arthurian, beauty, Boston Public Library, Edwin Austin Abbey, holy grail, Inspiration, painting, Photography, poetry, storytelling, Tennyson on March 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »
detail from The Arthurian Round Table and the fable of the Seat Perilous
Between 1893 and 1902 fifteen panels were installed in the Boston Public Library in Copley Square depicting the story of The Quest for the Holy Grail. Conceived of by artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911) he based his work on Lord Alfred Tennyson’s version of the Arthurian legend. In recent years the BPL has done a magnificent job of capturing the beauty of the full panels and sharing each panel’s story with the public through Flikr. That link is below. When I walk in with my camera I tend to focus in on the details and this is what I recently saw.
detail from King Amfortas and the Castle of the Grail lie under a spell
This time one of my favorite panels to focus on what the last in the sequence, The Golden Tree. According to the BPL summary, an adaptation from an outline by Henry James, “Sir Galahad, now the King of Sarras, builds a golden tree. When he is presented with the Grail, his spirit and the Grail ascend to heaven. Like other elements throughout the mural cycle, the golden tree and the Grail are depicted in gilded raised relief, a method that Abbey may have learned from his studio partner John Singer Sargent.”
Well worth a visit to see in person but until then you can see the full cycle of panels here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/sets/72157647672175522/with/15258034891/
And if you have a large cup of tea at hand, or something else, you can read Tennyson’s Holy Grail upon which the murals were based. They don’t write poems like this anymore. 🙂 http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/tennyson-the-holy-grail
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