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ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. An image assembled from tessellated digital tiles, intended to create a far eastern feel. The colors are vermilion, gold and black; the vermilion emits a neon glow that you can almost hear buzzing. It's intense. This fiery glow and the basic structure of the image made me think of the hexagram Li (number 30) from the I Ching .
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. Yes, it's time for another tribute to the Grateful Dead. I've come to the conclusion that it's just not possible to have too many.
This is---take it from one who was there--an AUTHENTICALLY Sixties/Seventies hippie-art style image, a "leather" rose (because leather was a big deal then) in rose pink, petal pink, and red, with a golden center, and tie-dye effects all around. The corners are a very pretty purple, the color of encroaching twilight. Somewhere I'm pretty sure Jerry Garcia is smiling down at me.
If you don't know the song, here are the lyrics. Thanks to the very kind commenter who sent me the link to a UC-Santa Cruz site where you can find ANNOTATED lyrics to the great classic lyrics of The Grateful Dead.
RESOLUTION = 300 PPI. Image hosting at Flickr.
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. Some women really love pastels. I am not one of them. Nevertheless, I definitely make an effort every now and then to accommodate the tastes of women (or men) who aren't like me. Here is a window made of textured glass, each one filtering the light a little differently. You have rose, apple green, cerulean, violet, and very pale aqua with a bit of indigo for contrast. Looking at this, I can sort of understand the appeal of flower colors. I like to imagine that the central piece of not-quite-so-textured glass looks out on a garden and that the light coming through is the actual color of the flowers.
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. An enamelled stylized flower in shades of watery blue with just the intimation of lavender, surrounded by a star in cerulean and robin's egg, surrounded by a frame in blue, teal, and white enamel. The flower and the star float against a background of the darkest imaginable midnight blue. What I remember principally is the smell of the flowers.
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. Neon pastels---aqua, lavender, rose, and yellow, but with that hot, hot glow. Metallic frames within frames, with a distinct buzz around the edges. Less manageable than it seems, and with a lot more levels. RESOLUTION = 200 PPI.
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. Another image carved in lapis. This is the purest blue imaginable, concentric circles in satiny smooth stone alternating rougher textures, all centering around a small flower carved in the clearest blue you can imagine. The outer corners are violet. Hot violets and hot blues, summertime intensity.
RESOLUTION =300 PPI; image hosting at Flickr.com
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. A bauble made from lapis lazuli and gold, decorated with a jade star gyrates within a box made from the same materials. The image is richly detailed. The background is a lovely jade green.
RESOLUTION = 300 PPI. Image hosting at Flickr.com.
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. Two different wallpapers in stained glass which glows as if the light is coming through it. The pattern is inspired by Greek art. The colors are in the tints of the spectrum in deep jewel colors. The reference is to a beautiful four-line poem by Ezra Pound translated from Rihaku, called "The Jewel Stairs." It alludes to a wealthy and aristocratic woman waiting all night for her lover---who does not appear. You can see it printed here.
ABSTRACT DIGITAL ARTWORK. A moss-covered golden lamp with corners faintly decorated in rose and periwinkle---with a golden star in the center. A very strange image.
