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that’s the spirit

August 16, 2017Photo Essay, photography, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo ChallengeAutumn, Pacific Spirit Park, photography, postaday, summer, Vancouver, weekly photo challenge, WPDiscoverAndrew Seal View all 12 comments

Ooh, Shiny!
Diversions, distractions, and delightful detours.

For this week’s Photo Challenge from The Daily Post we are asked where do we find our “Ooh, Shiny” moments. If you follow The Changing Palette you will know one of my favourite walks is in Vancouver’s Pacific Spirit Regional Park, and when the sun is out it’s all about those Ooh, Shiny moments, whether it be the height of the summer, as it was just a week or two ago…

…or in the cool, clear, colorful days of Fall, as I posted in October 2015

I hope you’re exclaiming “Ooh, Shiny!” with me 🙂

liberty weeps

August 13, 2017Art, Painting, Photo Essay, UncategorizedAmerica, Art, Art studio, Charlottesville, hope, humanity, pen and ink drawing, photography, postaday, Remembrance, Statue of Liberty, terrorism, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

August 11th and 12th, 2017 will be forever remembered as two days of infamy that brought terror, shame, evil and murder to the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia. I send my condolences to the family and friends of Heather Heyer, murdered as she bravely stood up against bigotry and hatred, and whose words on her Facebook read “If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention.”

I also send condolences to the families and friends of Lt. H. Jay Cullen, Trooper Berke M.M. Bates, who also died as a result of the evil that visited their city.

May they all rest in peace and may Liberty’s flame act as beacon of hope.

maturday

August 12, 2017Art, maturday, Painting, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, landscape painting, maturday, photography, postaday, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

Lessons from the Great Masters Day 14 – 20.7.15 matted and framed

In July 2015 working my way through Tony Smibert and Joyce Townsend’s Tate Watercolour Manual: Lessons from the Great Masters, this lesson was titled Painting onto coloured paper: watercolour heightened with gouache. The book was introduced to me by my friend the inspiring artist and teacher Debi Riley from Perth Australia. Thanks again Debi 🙂

Earth fire air and water came together at sunrise visiting Horseshoe Bend, Arizona in 2015.

maturday

August 5, 2017Art, maturdayArt, Art studio, landscape painting, photography, postaday, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

“imbued with possibilities” matted and framed

To see the evolution of the painting and the explanation of its title visit July 3,2016.

This close-up I took today of my painting that celebrates our memorable visit to the Cave of Lascaux in South West France in 2015 is all about textures. You can see the full painting here on Day 327 of my 365 day challenge.

goodness gracious…

August 2, 2017photography, UncategorizedEnglish Bay, photography, postaday, sunset, Vancouver, wild firesAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

…great ball of fire.

Last night’s sunset over English Bay in Vancouver was one giant fire ball resulting from the smoke of the wild fires to the east blanketing the city. Our thoughts are with all those who have lost homes and property and have had to evacuate their towns and communities. At the same thanks go to all those on the front lines fighting the fires each and every day.

WPC: Satisfaction

July 26, 2017photography, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challengecherry tomatoes, garden, photography, postaday, satisfaction, tomatoes, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 10 comments

“Share a photo of something that brings you satisfaction,” invites Jen this week.

Picking and eating our cherry tomatoes growing in abundance on our little kitchen deck is as satisfying as it gets at the moment, with many more to come as you can see.