Category Archives: Photoshop Elements

Getting Stuck

Sometimes I get stuck in a certain groove. I start with one painting or photo, and keep altering it over and over, trying different things in any number of ways. What I call getting stuck (and I don’t mean that … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Wrapped Up In Your Own Devices

People can become so wrapped up in their devices, so unable to think without them or even live without using them, for more than a few minutes at a time, that they actually  become diminished by them. They become mere … Continue reading

Posted in Drawing, iPad Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements, Quotations, Topics that catch my interest | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Leisure Time

When computerized equipment first came out, we were told the computer would give us more leisure time. Who would have guessed that most of our leisure time would be spent with computers! Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of … Continue reading

Posted in iPad Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements, Quotations | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Passionate Exploration

I am teaching two classes this summer: Open Book for the Altered Ego at Wellington County Museum (see page 3 of the brochure) and Stitched Paper Explorations at Southampton Art School & Gallery. I am passionate about working with paper. Its marvellous capacity … Continue reading

Posted in iPad Art, Photoshop Elements, Workshops | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Over Stimulated

I feel over stimulated, yet under nourished, here. She patted her chest, as if her heart hurt. Maybe you have to stop just accepting the rules, he whispered. What? She looked up, her attention caught. If he had stated it … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Art, Drawing, iPad Art, Narrative, Photography, Photoshop Elements | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Like A Fox After A Rabbit

Sometimes I ask myself WHY I am so compelled to create. I only have to catch a glimpse of a color, a texture, a shape, and I want to grab something, ANYTHING, and make some art, to follow that prompting … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Art, Drawing, iPad Art, Photoshop Elements | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Animal Inside Us

. Some consider “animal” a slur, when it is used to describe a person. Others believe the human race would be better off if we were all more like animals. It depends on how you were treated, by both people … Continue reading

Posted in Can't help wondering . . . . ., Digital Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Red Door

  We come into this world through a red door, she said. He didn’t say a word. When she spoke like this, with a voice that was her own but more, it was best to remain silent. The way of … Continue reading

Posted in Can't help wondering . . . . ., Digital Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements, Words | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Welling Up

  I used to be afraid of Mystery, she told him. What if something happened to me that no-one could explain? I like to watch a good mystery myself, he teased. Especially a Sherlock Holmes. Very funny. Her eyes flashed. Now, I … Continue reading

Posted in Photoshop Elements, Quotations | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Be It Ever So Humble

The paper towel photos have proven my assertion, once again, that nothing is too humble to take a photograph of. Once you start to play with an image ~ any image ~ anything can happen. I so love that exploratory, … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Art, Photography, Photoshop Elements | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment