Creative – Page 16 – Susan Rushton

September 4, 2015December 28, 2018

Art in the Garden: Connected

How often do we sense a connection between two people but can’t tell what it might be?

Most of these figures don’t seem connected at all, though they are joined at the base of this sculpture. The lady in the background is staring into space: remote, self-contained, she’s oblivious of the others around her. But the man and the woman in the foreground… now there’s the connection I thought of when I saw this week’s challenge. There’s something that intrigues me in the way their eyes seem fixed together – perhaps they don’t really want to attend to each other quite so closely as they seem compelled to? Continue reading “Art in the Garden: Connected”

August 2, 2015December 28, 2018

Weekly photo challenge: inspiration

When the subject of this week’s challenge was published, the subject seemed too vague. Inspiration is all around us. It’s in everything, everyone, everywhere. How do you photograph something that represents everything? The answer is: you don’t. You look for something particular. Continue reading “Weekly photo challenge: inspiration”

June 3, 2015December 28, 2018

San Fernando Cathedral light show by Xavier de Richemont, San Antonio

May 30, 2015January 2, 2019

Street Art in Austin, TX

The runner up post from my recent poll fits in nicely with this week’s photo challenge: on the way. I’d never been to Austin, Texas before and found our brief trip a bit of a tease. Try to imagine my increasing awe and fascination at the extent and variety of street art we came across, while conscious of our shared desire to arrive promptly for a timed slot later that day.

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May 22, 2015March 4, 2020

Elmer Long’s Bottle Tree Ranch

Bottle tree capped with a rocking horse

Master recycler, Elmer Long, has created a Bottle Tree Ranch in Oro Grande, on the famous Route 66.

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May 12, 2015November 30, 2016

Art in the garden: wooden head

It’s hard to explain why one particular work of art immediately appeals to you, while another doesn’t. It’s often an instinctive, love-at-first-sight for me – something that defies reason. Continue reading “Art in the garden: wooden head”

April 12, 2015January 2, 2019

Weekly photo challenge: afloat

I love street art, but this seemed to be sent today as a gift. I’ve been travelling, irking my companions, no doubt (though they were too polite to say) as I was looking for an unusual subject to illustrate ‘afloat’ for this week’s photo challenge.

I had turned down several opportunities that had helpfully been pointed out – to float a leaf or a flower in a birdbath; to capture wisteria in full bloom, kind of floating over an arbour; and had just turned my nose up at a decidedly grounded, rustic boat: I wanted something different.

So I could hardly believe my eyes when we turned the corner and I realised what I was standing before. Is it just me, or do most of these characters seem to be floating on thin air? Continue reading “Weekly photo challenge: afloat”