STILL LIFE

GARDEN FLOWERS
flowers still life
Apples For Sale
A rag doll with apples.
apples apple basket basket scarecrow fall autumn produce fruit harvest
The Letter
A romantic compositon showing a beautiful letter with a yellow rose.
The letter envelope shell clock rose yellow rose time texture window light f22 canon still life romantic still life romantic sea shell reflections
Garden Treasures
A still life of peaches and flowers.
flowers bouquet bee balm white vase peaches basket still life golden light
Holiday Setting
A table set for holiday guests.
citrus tangerines table top table cloth berries blue glass blue vase tangerine slices lace lace table cloth
Home For The Day
A table showing objects after a long workday.
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LEMONS & GRAPES
One of my recent still life projects of lemons and grapes.
glass jars grapes lemons lemon peel knife wooden plank texture fruit reflections
The Pollenator
After a still life session with tulips I opened one and used a flash and macro lens to capture the inner workings.
The Pollenator flower pistil stamen stigma ovule pollen tulip inner tulip red tulip macro canon 100mm macro
The Basket
An 1800’s basket.
This was photographed at Casa San Ysidro: The Gutierrez/Minge House in Corrales, New Mexico. This complex is part of and run by the Albuquerque, Museum. It’s full of rooms which are full of objects dating back in history. This particular basket was in the hallway entrance. Although the basket is indeed beautiful by itself I wanted to work with it in an artistic way to invoke the feelings I had when seeing it. I hope you like my rendition.
The basket 1800s basket pioneer era old west straw woven basket side lighting texture
Garden Impressions
An impressionistic take on the garden.
Impressionistic flower lily of the nile
Morning Begonias
Begonias are so beautiful with profuse flowers summer through fall. They always disappear with the first freeze, but this year I wanted to immortalize them in artistic fashion.
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SPRING ROSES
Blue vase with spring roses and books.
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Cornucopia
Cornucopia with autumn leaves, nuts, and berries.
leaves autumn leaves straw basket nuts wooden table table still life texture horn of plenty holidays
Decorating
Decoratiing for the Christmas holiday.
Time Decorate Christmas decorations doll deco can beads snowman texture ornaments desk storage can
Lemonade
Fresh picked lemons from the store. :)
lemons pitcher bowl porcelain bowl porcelain pitcher table lace curtains window light
Nocturne
I’m musically challenged but my wife plays, and kindly loaned some of her sheet music for this still life.
dahlias flowers magenta flowers magenta dahlias vase bouquet candle sheet music music
A Slice Of Apple
A still life composed of a pitcher and apple.
knife apple apple slice plate pitcher texture wooden table wooden plank table golden fruit
A Bowl Of Lemons
A bowl of lemons.
porcelain porcelain bowl porcelain pitcher table wooden table window light still life texture fine art
Spring Blossoms
Spring blossoms
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Country Charm
Spring clematis vining and blooming profusely begs for some time in the studio!
Country Charm mauve wood lighting jar colorful detail
Garden Impressions
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The Warmth Inside
Having been close to being homeless at one time, this represents looking into the warmth of a restaurant while sitting in the dark during a cold rain waiting for the bus.
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WALKING THE PLANK
I had fun doing this. I love mixing it up and having differnt styles in my various works.
In this, the clock and windchimes are actually suspended by fishing line while the shell is propped up. As for the crow, I brought him back (image) from a trip and placed him on the plank. Along with the addition of the crow I added the title of the image onto the clock along with reversing the image reflection of the shell for fun! Hope you like it!
Walking The plank crow shell walking the plank mobile wind chimes silverware forks spoons knife clock texture
HAPPY HARVEST
I wanted to do a Still Life celebrating the fall and the harvest. A time of year when many of us take a little more time to reflect on all the good things, and the people, the friends, that surround each of us in the present moment.
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Spring Tease
If your a gardener like I am, you may be having thoughts of spring, especially if you are knee deep in snow and the mercury is below zero. On the other hand, it’s all good and it’s all magical!
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Nature's Bounty
Inside by lantern light with nature’s bounty.
Nature's harvest nuts assorted nuts cracked nuts fall foilage lantern lantern light texture meal autumn fall cup ceramic cup wooden table
THE DAILY GRIND
Morning sunlight higlights a daily ritual of making coffee with an old coffe grinder.
The Daily Grind sig 090916 9381 coffe grinder coffee coffee beans
Dried Flowers
My perhaps futile take on humor with an atomizer and dried flowers . . . but, it’s all fun!
Dried flowers glass bottles dried flowers atomizer pastel colors flower arrangement floral dried bouquet bouquet fall aumumn
Yellow Rose
One of my still life projects with the first yellow rose of spring. A celebration imortalized.
yellow rose rose jar rose jar drappery water yellow jar with rose jar with yellow rose garden flower garden flowers spring spring rose
Garden Party
Originally I had planned on having a fall blooming clematis vine but the flower, being extremely delicate began withering before I had hoped. So what to do. Time for some Black Eyed Susans instead which may have worked out better, but still keeping the vine.
Black Eyed Susans flowers vine cloth tea pot texture yellow flowers floral window light reflections folds in cloth golden light
Spring Garden Flowers
Preparing fresh cut flowers for the house. The flowers are Summer Snowflake Viburnum. They are a perennial and bloom from mid spring to early summer.
Spring Garden flowers sig 51518 3908 watering can vase table curtains Summer Snowflake Viburnum floral arrangement flower arrangement
The Expectation Of Form
Some believe that form is an illusion. This is my artistic interpretation of that idea.
still life impression illusion of form
Quiet Time
Still Life
Quiet Place Clock time candle red candle beads prayer beads meditation beads rose flower yellow rose texture golden light still life bell golden bell wooden box carved wooden box romantic
A Place For A Flower
Still life composition with blue glass and yellow flowers. It’s difficult to incorporate primary colors into an image and make them work so I wanted to give it a try. Let me know how you like it.
Place For Flower blue glass blue vase blue bottle clear vase glass vase yellow flowers flowers dramatic dramatic lighting floral
Lilacs & Lace
Still life of lilacs and lace. Who can resist the early morning fragrance of lilacs in the spring? Just a part of the miracle of life in the present moment.
lilacs lace still life texture spring floral bouquet spring bouquet glass vase
The Fruit Of Life
Still Life of oranges and apple with wine glass.
The Fruit Life oranges apple wine wine glass reflections bokeh blue plate plate kitchen restaurant glass wooden table table viginette
Memories In Time
Still life of sea shells, clock, and flower.
Memories Time blown glass vase vase flower shells shell clock vintage clock pink scarf texture still life textured still life lace tablecloth sea shells
A Cup Of Tea
Still Life.
tea flower still life texture
Strawberries And Cream
Strawberries next to a small cream pitcher.
strawberries cream fruit macro cream pitcher white pitcher cut strawberries whole strawberries commercial still life fresh fruit delicious
Sunflowers In Black
Sunflowers in brown jug.
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Ice Art
The first freeze of the year beneath a bird bath with falling water frezzing on the rocks and leaves overnight. The ribbons of ice in the central left are actually ice coated daylilly leaves. Pretty I thought, and worth a picture in awe of natures beauty!
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Iris
The intricate beauty and magic of creation is perhaps what motivates me to be a gardener along with the great peace of being close to nature. I built my garden over three years as a retreat and a place for meditation. This is my first planting of Iris in the garden and it gets to have it’s picture taken. :)
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Lily of the Day
The Stella de Oro daylilies in the garden bloom early and into the fall. This is one of the first to make an appearance! I shot this with a 2.8 aperature for a shallow depth of field.
Lily the Day Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro daylily flower yellow golden depth of field 2.8 flash yellow daylily
Tulip Talk
Three tulips that look as though they may be having a conversation or perhaps dancing in celebration of spring or maybe I’ve had too much wine! :)
tulips spring flowers stems yellow and red flower stems black background lighting flash
Romance In Red
Water drop reflections.
red petals water drops reflections red flower flower floral romantic orton technique soft glow dahlia
The Time Keeper
We are ruled by time all or most of our lives. The creative people (you) know that it seems to slow down or even stop when we are involved on a project. Having practiced serious meditation for more than 4 decades, my experience has been that it doesn’t exist at all. Like the mind, it is a tool but a poor master! I hope you like my rendition of the false reality of time.
The time Keeper clock gears inner workings management work schedule busy lighting clock face 2.8 controled blur
A Balancing Act
While working in the garden over the years, I have saved some of these beach pebbles because of their shape. I'm picky, so out of the thousands, I kept but a few. Recently, I decided to spend some quiet time trying to stack and balance them. It was fun and the concentration required can bring a heightened peace and presence, unless one falls off the table onto your foot! :)
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Bee Balm
I deadheaded the garden this morning and even though the Bee Balm was spent, I still thought it beautiful for the subject of a still life.
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