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Speaking "Expressionistically" on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  3 weeks ago  •  51 comments


Speaking "Expressionistically" on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
 

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Red Box Rules

RED BOX RULES:  AN IMPORTANT REMINDER

From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …

• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,

• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).

VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.

Thanks, A. MAC


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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    3 weeks ago

Good evening.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    3 weeks ago

In my case, good morning.  Lots of pretty swirly images to feed our imaginations I see.  There are two present and recent relevant articles that should also be observed by those who enjoy and/or contribute to creative arts.

Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

LINK -> Lynx, Tiger And Tadpoles, Oh My: See The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners - Community | The NewsTalkers

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

LINK -> Artist's Beijing Solo Continues Literati Painting Tradition - A. Macarthur | The NewsTalkers

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.2  Gsquared  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    3 weeks ago

How's everything?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
1.2.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Gsquared @1.2    3 weeks ago

Better than last week, thanks for asking. Exploring chemo and medication options.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
1.2.2  shona1  replied to  A. Macarthur @1.2.1    3 weeks ago

Arvo.. that is good news to hear..

Slow and steady as you go and cross the bridges when you come to them..

Was wondering how things were going so that is a relief..🌄

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
1.2.3  Gsquared  replied to  A. Macarthur @1.2.1    3 weeks ago

I'm glad this week is better.  

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
1.2.4  shona1  replied to  A. Macarthur @1.2.1    3 weeks ago

Evening...yes it does take some tweaking at times to get the right combinations to suit the person..

It really is a fine line and one size certainly does not fit all..

Sounds like it is getting sorted and that is the main thing and Mrs Mac is now comfortable..💐

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
1.3  shona1  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    3 weeks ago

Good Arvo..🐨

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
1.3.1  shona1  replied to  shona1 @1.3    3 weeks ago

Good evening now..

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
2  Thomas    3 weeks ago

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This isn't slightly expressionistic, but it was my day today. This picture I call "Mountain Sky" from my well-spring of thoughtful and creative titles. ©TomEArtSite

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
2.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Thomas @2    3 weeks ago

Strong composition and great subject. Thanks for posting.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
2.2  shona1  replied to  Thomas @2    3 weeks ago

Arvo... love that and very impressive..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
2.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @2    3 weeks ago

It's interesting how that photo leads your eyes to the centre of the photo then up to the clouds.  It actually draws you into in.

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
3  Gsquared    3 weeks ago

Bamboo Forest #3 (© G. Gam)

                             original

Bonsai (© G. Gam)

                                      800

Temple of Heaven, Beijing (© G. Gam)

                                original

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @3    3 weeks ago

Very creative editing.  I see that you have adopted a method used by Shen Xaotong.   My depiction of The Temple of Heaven is not so unique as yours:

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Gsquared
Professor Principal
3.1.1  Gsquared  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.1    3 weeks ago

Thanks.   I just did the first image this week and it was definitely inspired by Shen Xiaotong.  The second image was completed before I knew of him or was aware of his art.  The third image was also completed a while ago except for some enhancement of the color I did yesterday.

 
 
 
devangelical
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3.1.2  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @3.1.1    3 weeks ago

I like all 3 ...

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
3.1.3  Gsquared  replied to  devangelical @3.1.2    3 weeks ago

Thanks, dev.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
3.2  shona1  replied to  Gsquared @3    3 weeks ago

Evening..my first impression of the bamboo picture I originally thought it looked like a murder scene..or maybe after a croc or shark attack..

But then I could just see the bamboo.. phew..

Don't need my eyes tested after all..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.2.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @3.2    3 weeks ago

Did you look at the second article I linked in my firsts comment above?  I'd like to see what will say after you do.

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
3.2.2  Gsquared  replied to  shona1 @3.2    3 weeks ago

The full title of that picture is actually "Eye Tests Down Under:  Crocs Murdering Sharks in a Bamboo Forest #3".

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3.2.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @3.2.2    3 weeks ago

LOL. That's the title of your bamboo forest painting?  Then shona1 is exceptionally perceptive. 

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
3.2.4  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.2.1    3 weeks ago

Arvo...first thing I thought of when I saw the boy with the red back ground and the red landscape is fire..

This is what happens here when the bushfires are roaring.. everything turns blood red..

Hell on earth..not my photos and have a horrible feeling we are going to be in for it this summer..not had the rainfall we normally get and it's quite dry already...

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Buzz of the Orient
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3.2.5  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @3.2.4    3 weeks ago

Wow.  I almost said "Holy Smoke" but that expression would hardly be appropriate.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
4  Buzz of the Orient    3 weeks ago

Transformations....

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Gsquared
Professor Principal
4.1  Gsquared  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4    3 weeks ago

I like those.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
4.1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @4.1    3 weeks ago

Thank you.  I don't recall where I took the photos of the irises or the girls, but the river scene was near the start of the river cruise that started at Guilin in Guanxi Province and went down the Li River through the Karst mountains, and the Buddha was imbedded in the wall on the way up the steps to see the Giant Buddha of Leshan in Sichuan Province.

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
5  Thomas    3 weeks ago

Here is another, shot on my phone.

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I call this one "Tahawus Autumn" ©TomEArtSite

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
5.1  shona1  replied to  Thomas @5    3 weeks ago

Arvo...that really is quite stunning Thomas..

Think I like this one more than the other one..

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
5.1.1  Thomas  replied to  shona1 @5.1    3 weeks ago

Thank you, Shona. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
5.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @5    3 weeks ago

Another good one.  With both the fallen birch and the rock pile this becomes more than just a photo.  Is Tahawus the name of the area?

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
5.2.1  Thomas  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.2    3 weeks ago

Tahawus is the name of the ski trail that it is taken from. Tahawus was the name given to the highest point in New York State and means cloud-splitter in Iroquois. The mountain's name has been changed to the much less dramatic "Mt. Marcy. Interestingly, cloud-splitter would be apt name for the mountain on this day, because it is obscured by the mass of clouds at the top of the picture. 

The shoulder of Pete Gay mountain is the reddish yellow just beyond the trees, with the rocky Moxham Ridge in cloud shadow just beyond that. My real reason for taking the picture was the large blob of fog/cloud in the valleys just beyond Moxham Ridge that appears to be slithering, octopus-like up and over the next mountain... Either that or the clouds are calling it home. 

I didn't notice when I was taking the picture, but there is either a hawk or falcon in the clouds around the pine tree. I had noticed the bird earlier and immediately discounted my chances of getting a shot at it with my phone, yet I just noticed when I enlarged the image that I did indeed get a picture of it... but only I would know that. It just looks like something on the lens.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
5.2.2  shona1  replied to  Thomas @5.2.1    3 weeks ago

I saw that and thought it was a mark on my mobile phone screen.. but in the end I thought it was an eagle..

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
5.3  Thomas  replied to  Thomas @5    3 weeks ago

This one I actually tweaked a little bit.

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I don't know about this one. Topridge Oven ©TomEArtSite

I think that just cropping the original would have been enough.... 512

Oven Mountain Pond Original ©TomEArtSite

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
5.3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @5.3    3 weeks ago
"I think that just cropping the original would have been enough..."

I think you're right.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
6  author  A. Macarthur    3 weeks ago

Digital Illustration; "Ceremonial Mask" Abstract.

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© A. Mac/A.G.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @6    3 weeks ago

Maybe so, but it made me think of either a tree or a mushroom.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
6.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1    3 weeks ago

Abstract Art is often “polyreferential” as you have demonstrated.

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
6.1.2  Thomas  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1    3 weeks ago

... or a mandrill

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @6.1.1    3 weeks ago

Looking at it again, I see a wolf wearing a helmet, looking straight at me. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @6.1.2    3 weeks ago

Yes, that long nose. 

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
6.1.5  Thomas  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1    3 weeks ago

This is a mushroom..

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...among other things! Shroomin ©TomEArtSite

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1.6  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @6.1.5    3 weeks ago

At first I was thinking more of something like this:

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,,,or like this:

R-C.ae92a3369ce7e92dd2d75a4c93e7e38c?rik=7L0RryCGrS2kWA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.forgottothink.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2016%2f07%2fBeautiful-and-strange-trees1.jpg&ehk=TAWSzVlMF3RUpvX%2bZ4tai6NH5SdVP07RhGfaM2uouwU%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
6.1.7  Thomas  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1.6    3 weeks ago

I know, but they are no fun ;)

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1.8  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @6.1.7    3 weeks ago

Really?  I thought that tree was one of the funniest I've ever seen.

 
 
 
Thomas
Masters Guide
6.1.9  Thomas  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1.8    3 weeks ago

Makes one wonder at the park bench,"Will this keep me dry?"

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1.10  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @6.1.9    3 weeks ago

I bet it would.  However, last month I saw something I had never before seen in my lifetime.  There was about an hour when the wind was so strong the rain was going sideways instead of down - it swung my computer-room side-hinged window that wasn't even open that much right around to smack against the wall.  It took the building staff to bring it back to normal position. 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
7  author  A. Macarthur    3 weeks ago

My wife, having a PhD in Nursing, sees the "female reproductive system".

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
7.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @7    3 weeks ago

LOL.  Never would have thought of it, but I think she's more accurate than all of us. 

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
7.2  devangelical  replied to  A. Macarthur @7    3 weeks ago

I can see that, she's a keeper amac.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
8  author  A. Macarthur    3 weeks ago

Thanks to all; back Thursday night.

 
 

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