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VARIETY is the (VISUAL) Spice of IMAGERY ~ CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  5 years ago  •  78 comments


VARIETY is the (VISUAL) Spice of IMAGERY ~ CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
 

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Chase Utley … Philadelphia Phillies Favorite (Now Retired from Baseball) … a Poster for Local Fans

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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    5 years ago

I'm posting this on Wednesday night since I will be away from my computer until Thursday afternoon.

Please post you creative work!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    5 years ago

Your baseball poster is comprehensible, but I wonder about the other with 3 seemingly totally different images - A colonial soldier on horseback, a diamond engagement ring (?) and a Zeppelin.  ???

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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1.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1.1    5 years ago
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Buzz of the Orient
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1.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1.1.1    5 years ago

Ah, the numbers and hands are barely visible to these tired old eyes.  Okay then, is the metaphor about differences in time - that of the rider and that of the Zeppelin?  Or is the rider British as the Zeppelin in German? - both have been enemies at one time or another.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
1.1.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1.1.2    5 years ago

An American Revolutionary War General/Equestrian, Good Year Blimp and a clock from Quincy Market in Boston, Mass. .

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
1.1.4  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1.1.2    5 years ago

Look closer, Buzz, it's an ornate clock from a public square … note clock face hands and numerals … at first glance the frame certainly looks like, but is not, a diamond engagement ring. Each item represents a different element in a time/era.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
1.1.5  Raven Wing  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1.1.2    5 years ago
Ah, the numbers and hands are barely visible to these tired old eyes.

Same here Buzz. I can see the outline of the clock, but, nothing in the middle. Nice colors though. jrSmiley_13_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
1.1.6  dave-2693993  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1.1    5 years ago

Alright folks don't flog me,  but I kind of like the original one better...

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
1.2  Raven Wing  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    5 years ago

Great artwork, Mac. Lots of color. jrSmiley_13_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
1.2.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Raven Wing @1.2    5 years ago

Thank you; will fix the intensity of the clock face … check it now.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
1.2.2  Raven Wing  replied to  A. Macarthur @1.2.1    5 years ago

Ahhh....MUCH better Mac. Now I can see that it is a clock. Thank you....the clarity does make a difference when putting the overall subject of the picture together.  Well done! 

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
1.2.3  Ender  replied to  Raven Wing @1.2    5 years ago
Great artwork, Mac

He always has great work. I feel redundant when I keep saying that. 

Maybe that is why I don't always comment on these. I sound the same.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
1.2.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1.2.1    5 years ago

Okay, can see the clock face now. 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
1.3  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    5 years ago

Love your baseball poster~

It makes me :)

The boys of summer are back!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
2  Buzz of the Orient    5 years ago

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Ender
Professor Principal
2.1  Ender  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @2    5 years ago

That one is nice Buzz. Really like that one.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
2.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @2    5 years ago

Beautiful Buzz. So peaceful!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
3  Buzz of the Orient    5 years ago

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
4  Buzz of the Orient    5 years ago

I found it interesting to turn a photo into resembling a painting.

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Kavika
Professor Principal
5  Kavika     5 years ago

Leroy Nieman painting, Casino at Monte Carlo. It's hanging in the living room 

If you like color this painting has color. 

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
5.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @5    5 years ago

Another fantastic piece of art in your collection.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
5.2  Raven Wing  replied to  Kavika @5    5 years ago

As you say, lots of color there. Great picture!

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
6  dave-2693993    5 years ago

Julia is  the graphic artist around here, regardless of where she might be at the moment.

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
6.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  dave-2693993 @6    5 years ago

She's both beautiful AND talented.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
6.1.1  dave-2693993  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1    5 years ago

Thank you Buzz.

That means a lot coming from your background an experience.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
6.2  Raven Wing  replied to  dave-2693993 @6    5 years ago

Nicely done! Beautiful!

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
6.2.1  dave-2693993  replied to  Raven Wing @6.2    5 years ago

Wow, It is so good to hear things like this from true artists.

Thank you Raven Wing.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
6.3  Kavika   replied to  dave-2693993 @6    5 years ago

Outstanding

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
6.3.1  dave-2693993  replied to  Kavika @6.3    5 years ago

Thank you Kavika.

Knowing you have the artistic eye and making that observation is very appreciated.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
7  Raven Wing    5 years ago

Hope everyone has a great weekend,

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
7.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Raven Wing @7    5 years ago

Did you mean for that image to be a depiction of sadness or disappointment? - Not only the facial expression, but it being bereft of colour?  If not, what were you trying to illustrate with that picture?

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
7.1.1  Raven Wing  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @7.1    5 years ago

Yes, it is meaning to depict sadness. It is an image of a Native American elderly woman sitting and smoking her pipe. It is sort of a symbol of the hopelessness and despair that many elderly suffer from on some of the Reservations. Poverty and lack of health care are a serious problem on many Reservations across the country. That is why I chose to do the image in black and white to express this feeling.

I hope that I have managed to express that in this creation.  

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
7.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Raven Wing @7.1.1    5 years ago
"I hope that I have managed to express that in this creation." 

It obviously worked for me.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
7.1.3  Raven Wing  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @7.1.2    5 years ago

Thank you Buzz. Sometimes what we see in our own work is not always seen by others. I am glad that you were able to see what was intended.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
7.2  dave-2693993  replied to  Raven Wing @7    5 years ago

As always, beautiful.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
7.2.1  Raven Wing  replied to  dave-2693993 @7.2    5 years ago

Thank you Dave. Your feedback is always appreciated.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
7.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Raven Wing @7    5 years ago

An image that effectively conveys despair and lament … the gaunt persona of a tragic life. It is ironically powerful in its literally colorless stillness.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
7.3.1  Raven Wing  replied to  A. Macarthur @7.3    5 years ago

Thank you Mac. To add color would, in my own thoughts, would detract from the bleakness and emptiness of what the subject of the image was obviously projecting. The starkness of the B/W seemed to do more justice to the look of hopelessness in the elderly woman's face.

Your comments on my work are truly very much appreciated and inspiring. 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
8  author  A. Macarthur    5 years ago

Let's keep it goin'!

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Rocky Mountain Meltwater Runoff Stream

© A. Mac/A.G.

 
 
 
charger 383
Professor Silent
9  charger 383    5 years ago

enjoyable

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
10  Kavika     5 years ago

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Waterfall on the Big Island, Hawaii 2008
 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
10.1  Raven Wing  replied to  Kavika @10    5 years ago

That's a beautiful waterfall Kavika. It's really a tall waterfall to go into that little pond below! 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @10    5 years ago

I have some great memories of the Big Island from almost 50 years ago, and your photo helped to rekindle them.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
11  author  A. Macarthur    5 years ago

Thanks for "dropping" in with an image for which we can all easily "fall"!

 
 
 
Uptownchick
Junior Silent
12  Uptownchick    5 years ago

As always, love all the images! Very talented bunch we have here!

Not much of a photographer, myself, but I found a couple of my favorite subjects on an old cell phone 48z1v09EWJIhU5WuU-cR_iA5WeESvljb9Z86Islu

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Kavika
Professor Principal
12.1  Kavika   replied to  Uptownchick @12    5 years ago

You can't get much more beautiful than a butterfly...Well done Uppy.

 
 
 
Uptownchick
Junior Silent
12.1.1  Uptownchick  replied to  Kavika @12.1    5 years ago

Thanks Kavika! 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
12.2  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Uptownchick @12    5 years ago

I am unable to view these, Uppy … 

This is what I see …

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Anyone else having this problem?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
12.2.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @12.2    5 years ago

I do have the problem, but I have that problem more than anyone else.   I see the same codes that you do.  I'm surprised Kavika can open them if you can't.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
12.2.2  Kavika   replied to  A. Macarthur @12.2    5 years ago

Mac, referring to your comment I see the butterflies on a brick wall....Clear as can be.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
12.2.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Kavika @12.2.2    5 years ago

All I see are the codes.

 
 
 
evilone
Professor Guide
12.2.4  evilone  replied to  A. Macarthur @12.2    5 years ago

I'm seeing a gray circle with a white dash inside it. 

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
12.2.5  Kavika   replied to  A. Macarthur @12.2.3    5 years ago

It must be my Shazaam ring....I see beautiful butterflies on a brick wall...

 
 
 
Uptownchick
Junior Silent
12.2.6  Uptownchick  replied to  Kavika @12.2.5    5 years ago

LOL...you guys are cracking me up! Let me see what I can do from my desktop when I can get back on it, funny thing is, on my tablet, i can only see the codes, too!jrSmiley_98_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
12.2.7  Raven Wing  replied to  A. Macarthur @12.2    5 years ago

Same here Mac.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
12.2.8  dave-2693993  replied to  Kavika @12.2.5    5 years ago
It must be my Shazaam ring.

Don't loose it.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
12.3  Raven Wing  replied to  Uptownchick @12    5 years ago

I can't see them here on this end Uppy. 

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
12.3.1  Kavika   replied to  Raven Wing @12.3    5 years ago

Am I the only one with a Shazaam ring?   

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
12.3.2  Raven Wing  replied to  Kavika @12.3.1    5 years ago

LOL! That's because you have that Ojibwe magic touch. (grin)

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
12.3.3  Kavika   replied to  Raven Wing @12.3.2    5 years ago

Well the photos have finally disappeared for me as well. Just a circle with a dash in it. 

The Shazaam ring can only last for so long. After all in came in a box of cereal.

 
 
 
evilone
Professor Guide
13  evilone    5 years ago

Last weekend we had serious fog.

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
13.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  evilone @13    5 years ago

The fog was not a negative for those great photos.  In fact fog often enhances photos - Where I am it's almost always misty, as should be obvious from any of my distance shots. 

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
13.2  Kavika   replied to  evilone @13    5 years ago

Beautiful EG.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
13.3  Raven Wing  replied to  evilone @13    5 years ago

Beautiful pictures EG. Starkness of the in the bottom one adds to the power of the river. The mist gives the top one a rather calming aura.

Well done!

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
13.4  dave-2693993  replied to  evilone @13    5 years ago

Great photos.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
14  dave-2693993    5 years ago

Friday on my way to work I saw something special, so of course I needed a closer look.

They are colorful and we had a car like the red one when I was a kid.

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
14.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  dave-2693993 @14    5 years ago

Reminders of my teenage days....

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
14.1.1  dave-2693993  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @14.1    5 years ago

Me too.

Do you have photos of your Pontiacs?

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
14.1.2  Kavika   replied to  dave-2693993 @14.1.1    5 years ago

Two 57 Chevy's....WOWOWOW

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
14.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  dave-2693993 @14.1.1    5 years ago

The '57 Chevies were the rage when I was in High School.  I don't have photos of the actual Pontiacs I owned, but I was able to get matching ones off the internet - even the same colours:

The new black 1959 Pontiac Parisienne (Canadian Bonneville brand) convertible that my father gave me as a graduation present when I got my B.A.

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The new silver 1964 Pontiac Parisienne convertible that I traded my '59 one for:

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The new racing-green 1973 Pontiac Grand Am coupe I owned (after owning an intervening Buick Skylark 350 coupe):

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Raven Wing
Professor Guide
14.2  Raven Wing  replied to  dave-2693993 @14    5 years ago

Great photos Dave. And the '57 Chevy's do take me back. The best car I ever had was a '55 Buick Special. The ride was like being on a cloud, and as solid as a tank. I loved it.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
14.2.1  dave-2693993  replied to  Raven Wing @14.2    5 years ago

Oh yes, thanks, I remember your Buick. When cars were works of art.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
14.2.2  Raven Wing  replied to  dave-2693993 @14.2.1    5 years ago

Here's a picture of a '55 Buick that looks like my Baby Doll;

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dave-2693993
Junior Quiet
14.2.3  dave-2693993  replied to  Raven Wing @14.2.2    5 years ago

That's it.  Isn't that even the same color? Or similar? Thank you.

When cars were art.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
14.2.4  Raven Wing  replied to  dave-2693993 @14.2.3    5 years ago

Yes, it is the same color. And my older Brother decided to add two door knobs on the grill, one on each side of the emblem on the grill. 

When we lived in Pawhuska OK, the Mayor was a full-blood Osage, and he put long horns on the front of his '56 Buick Special, and it had cowhide seat covers. And there were Colt .45's as door handles. It was the funniest thing I ever saw. And he always wore a huge Stetson with the high top, and high cut snake skin boots that looked like they were two sizes to big. And his wife always wore traditional Osage clothing. 

But, they were the friendliest folks you'd ever want to meet. Very protective and caring of the towns folks. I still miss those years we lived there.   

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
15  author  A. Macarthur    5 years ago

Oh! Classic Automobiles! Why didn't ya' say so?

I've photographed one or two.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
15.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @15    5 years ago

OMG. A virtual gourmet shmorgazbord of classic beautiful car art.  Two of them made me sad to see.  I still regret having had the chance when I was 16 of purchasing a 1938 (or was it 1939) Packard limousine (I had the money - $900, but my father forbade it) and the 1950s Mercedes SL (a client who had one was bumped by a street car - almost NO damage whatsoever, and without telling me sold it to the Mercedes dealership for $1000.  I would have bought it immediately.)

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
15.2  Raven Wing  replied to  A. Macarthur @15    5 years ago

Our neighbor of several years ago had a 1952 Kaiser Henry J. I drove it around a few times and what a hoot it was to drive. Here is a picture like the one he had.

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