Category: Creative Process

Buds Imaginings from what is perceived: Life chooses a majestic expression and bursts forth every Spring! More life from my Japanese Maple. This time standing proudly in front of the more robust shrubs behind it, shouting proudly that she too can survive the Montreal Winters! In going through my pictures of an old trip to … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #318 – Buds

First Bud Imaginings from what is perceived: The first signs of Spring are always so exciting. We wait for the snow to go and the sun to come back, then we watch closely as the trees bud in their individual fashion. Each bud a celebration of life and hope! This little bud belongs to my … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #317 – First Bud

Ice 2 Imaginings from what is perceived: With time and patience we can take hundreds of pictures of what, to others may seem like the same object, but we find in reviewing the many pictures afterward, that time does have an impact on the results... This shot was taken only minutes before the ice collapsed … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #316 – Ice 2

Vignettes - Snow Thistle Imaginings from what is perceived:Another odd plant growing in the snow. Not quite brown, but not green either. I doubt this odd plant is a thistle, nor its even more spindly and creamy cousin the milkweed. I may be the ubiquitous long-stemmed, white flowers that pop up through the field mid-summer … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #315 – Vignettes – Snow Thistles

Vignettes - Apples or grapes Imaginings from what is perceived: Please indulge my odd obsession with crabapples. I just had to take a macro on these to see what, if anything, was living on their skins. At minus 20 degrees Celsius, I can tell you there was nothing the naked eye could see. However, under … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #314 – Vignettes – Apples or grapes

Vignettes - Snow Fruit Imaginings from what is perceived: From the road these glowed like ripe cherries; up close these wild apples are vibrant with color. Ever wonder how Ice Cider is made? Just not with these. These wild crabapples are usually bitter-tart and leave your tongue feeling dry. I didn’t taste them on the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #312 – Vignettes – Snow Fruit

Vignettes - More Than Frost Imaginings from what is perceived: The winter filed is filled with unexpected colors. Image these occurred without sunlight and right after a new snow. I love this macro and would possibly have missed the shot if I hadn’t zoomed in on the snow. We can see the last remnants of … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #311 – Vignettes – More Than Frost

Vignettes - Indigo Winter Series Imaginings from what is perceived: It could be easy to mistake these for wild blueberries, but they are not. I'm not sure what they are, but the squirrels and crows also stay far from them, so they must be untasty in the least. Somehow the witches chant from Macbeth comes … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #310 – Vignettes – Indigo Winter Berries

Vignettes - Winter Fruit Imaginings from what is perceived: On a drive by a local field, I noticed bright splashes of colors...it was right after the first snow of winter; there was the little sun to shine on them, but they did shine... I went to investigate with my camera and caught these glimpses. These … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #309 – Vignettes – Winter Fruit