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  • Cars of the 30’s

    This is my last post from Sundays art show…it wasn’t really a piece, but I have a interest or soft spot for classic and vintage vehicles., this particular model from the 1930’s. I have restored a number of 70’s vehicles, but never something of this age. Perhaps one day when I get some time and space I will be able to. I love the style, the lines and stand out design these old models bring.

    Photo wise, I wanted to simulate a more period look. Using Gimp I desaturated the image after cropping out some of the left of the image which had more modern cars. I then added a faint sepia layer and added a rough boarder. I think if I spent some more time and either further cropped or clone stamped the other cars nose out from next to the building it would look pretty good.

  • Book Heads

    As well as a mass of interesting art from various artists, the event I went to over the weekend also had a massive children’s section housed in one of the old wartime underground barracks. I always enjoy looking at children’s art – it can have less bounds and sometimes a simplistic yet sensible look at the work around us. Probably not today’s piece. I once again failed to record who or which local school made ‘Book Heads’, but it caught my eye for two reasons. The main reason was the amazing filtered light that was cast upon its pages. We were underground with minimal lighting, but above this piece was a small ground level window.  Secondly, I just loved all the work that had gone into creating the heads of various characters from well know books.

    See who you can spot that you might recognise!

  • Get Down from There

    Get Down From There was an interesting steel (I think) creation that brought back memories of Where the Wild Things Are book. If you zoomed out from my photo you would see that the masked monster is actually a small child perched up upon a letterbox.

    Shot in colour on the Nex, I desaturated and slightly pushed both sharpness and contrast in Gimp.

  • Treehouse

    Another of my series of artworks from the event I attended on Sunday. I didn’t capture this artists details, but I loved the work. Not much else to say about it, but its the best (miniature) tree house I have seen!

    In post processing I cropped the image for a long thin aspect, desaturated much of the colour and slightly bumped the contrast.

    So many great works – I will post a few more and keep the rest in archives to pull out on a rainy day!

  • Black, White and Red all Over

    As stated yesterday, I will post up a series of images taken from the art show I attended in Devonport on Sunday.

    Today’s image, ‘Black, White and Red all Over’ (The artists actual title, not mine- Turtle Donna Sarten) was a beautiful, yet sobering piece that brings about awareness of child abuse and death in the country. As well as the Kiwi I captured on the ground (representing the next generation at risk) the tree also had a large number of Kiwi hanging from the branches (representing those past). Being made of alloy, they chimed in the wind.

    Shot on the Sony Nex, I gave it the same treatment in Gimp as yesterday – essentially the lomo filter and resizing.

    Another art work tomorrow!