Art Post 1: Photography

I spend a good deal of my time on flickr - whether its looking through my contact's work or though the Explore page. I've found so many amazing artists on there that show a passion for their work...some amateur, some professional, and some just sharing their creativity.

Like this woman:


This photo, and the following one, were done by BrookeShaden ...her work inspires me. This second one is part of her Re-Imaging of Ophelia series...and yes, folks...it is a photograph.



Next up is Alexa Sinclair, who is really photographer and digital artist all-in-one. Her work is incredible. This photo is from her Regal Twelve series...see it HERE on her blog. If you go through the photos, you will see my favorite....if you know me at all you will be able to recognize it by the lady's attire :D. I didn't post it here because it's obviously NSFW. This one is also a favorite.....Archer!! lol



Then we have Anna Gay (I swear, there are some guy photogs that I like, lol). I can't share her photos here, and I will not save to my computer...so you will have to trust me and go check out her flickr page :).

Next up: Mr. Flibble . He cracks me up.





A Daddy-Photog: JWLPhotography. He creates incredible portraits of his daughters.



I'll show some more tomorrow. Once I started with this post I realize how many I want to share and I guess its good I have a month to fill, lol.

Art is Intense

I saw that NaBloPoMo's theme for this month was Art and I made a decision to join...I was excited about it. But what did I do? I forgot to post anything yesterday. Ugh. So I'm starting today and I will give my most valiant effort to post every day about art for the rest of this month.

First things - I consider myself an artist. I am a photographer, or at least I like to call myself one. I'm a writer, I love to sing, I even love to paint...but, since I can't draw, its usually just crazy painted lines on a canvas or piece of paper. I love to design houses...yes, I consider architecture art.

Seeing the things that others have created with an image in their minds always amazes me. Whether its lines of poetry or lines of a cathedral, it first came from a thought and these amazing people turned it into a reality. Their reality then makes us cry, gasp, stare in wonder, laugh...intense emotions sometimes, that stay with us long after the creation is gone from our vision.

Every day, I intend to showcase an artist from a different medium...someone that has spoken to me on some level. I hope you enjoy and I hope that my favorites can inspire you, as they have inspired me.