It starts with some twigs… by Harold Davis

Harold Davis discusses the construction of a complex image built up from twigs collected with his children. His blog-post of 21 Nov 2017  It starts with some twigs...  is reproduced in its entirety here with Harold's permission. You can view these images at a much larger size if you visit his original post. We don't necessarily...

Four Seasons with Jodi

With Jodi's kind permission I'm sharing some of my favourite posts from her fantastic blog, of which you could say that I'm a devoted follower. If you enjoy beauty, art and inspiration (not to mention mouth-watering food recipes) then Jodi's blog simply has it all! I feel honoured that Jodi so generously allows me to...

Seeing Beauty. Guest Post by Tina Schell

"Beauty surrounds us." Jalaluddin Rumi Many years ago I tried my hand at oil painting. The teacher was much too kind to tell me I had no talent, but I was smart enough to figure it out pretty quickly. Not being one to give up easily, I then turned to photography as my avenue for...

Tina Schell, writer and photographer… our next Guest Contributor!

  Tina began shooting with her first camera, a Nikon FM1, some 40 years ago. She put her cameras aside when her career in technology became all-consuming. After retiring to beautiful Kiawah Island (South Carolina, USA) in 2000, she revisited her love for the lens and fully-embraced the world of digital cameras and creative post-processing....

On Beauty – at Life in Between. Guest Post by Jodi McKinney

On Beauty. When Liz reached out and asked if I would be interested in guest posting on Exploring Colour, I enthusiastically accepted. What a BEAUTIful gesture! Then I started thinking..... What do I know about BEAUTY? Should I share my love of the beauty of photography? Should I share my love of the beauty of...

The Creative Life In Between

I'm delighted to introduce to you the second guest contributor in the series Where and What is Beauty?. Her guest post will be published on this blog tomorrow! This beautiful watercolour of A Bumble Bee Named Buzz was painted by Jodi McKinney, from Mars. Yes, really! Jodi is from Mars which is a suburb in...

On Beauty and Art. Guest post by HAROLD DAVIS

Images and Text © Harold Davis. All Rights Reserved. What is beauty? What is the place of beauty in art? Surprisingly, these are contentious and difficult questions that involve some very slippery concepts. In the past couple of centuries, since the end of representational art as the ultimate goal of the artist, the role of...

Where and What is Beauty?

Think about it ... there is no easy answer to this question! Negativity threatens to overwhelm us and its easy to feel swamped with all the political problems, social issues and environmental concerns. I was reflecting on these things earlier in the week and found myself thinking about the Beauty that I've discovered since joining...