I’m participating in the online adventure travel and outdoor photography magazine
Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers
This week’s Challenge is: Clouds!
Remember the song “Send Me an Angel” by the Australian band Real Life? (Taken with an iPhone 4S.)
Taken in the Florida Keys with a point and shoot camera
Taken at Ponce Inlet, FL with a Canon
Taken in New Smyrna Beach with a Sony H9
Taken with a Sony H9 in New Smyrna Beach, FL
Taken with a Nikon – Miami, FL
Oahu, Hawaii – Taken with a Nikon
I love sunrises and sunsets, so this was a perfect opportunity for me to show off some of the photos I’ve done for this weekly contest. Most of my photos come from Florida, but hopefully soon I will have more from other places. Enjoy!
Oak Hill, Florida
Florida Keys
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Edgewater, FL
Hawaii
Oak Hill, FL
Florida Everglades
I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers This week’s Challenge is:Sunrise, so get up early this week and take some shots of the sky!
(*Initially when I tried to find out more information about the Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois, I was taken to a park with the same name in Colorado.)
Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois is part of the Shawnee Forest. It has a very tranquil energy and is a great place to watch sunsets. It’s hard to believe that this was once a part of the ocean.
Garden of the Gods Recreation Area
Garden of the Gods rock formation
Remnants of the Sea
Rock formations
Remnants of an Ancient Sea
Garden of the Gods
Iron bands
Reddish bands caused by iron and ground water
Man on a Mountain
Sunset at Garden of the Gods
Winter Sunset at Garden of the Gods
The waters -
rough
the path -
rocky
the mountain -
steep
the destination -
unlimited.
Makapu’u Beach, Oahu
I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers
This week’s Challenge is: Wanderlust, so get out there and join me by photographing something that makes you yearn to travel and explore the world!
When I was a kid I was fascinated with 3-D art – holograms and 3-D viewers were my two favorite things to stare at for hours. Incorporating texture into some of my paintings gives a somewhat 3-D effect.
This is the first of a series of three sunset paintings.
“Sunset I” – acrylic on canvas board
Detail of “Sunset I”
Detail of “Sunset I”
I was taking an abstract painting class in the Florida Keys when I painted this. I don’t quite recall what the assignment was, but I believe it had to do with creating a landscape. I had no intention behind it when I started to paint, but this is how it ended up. Can you see the little people?
“The Little People” – acrylic on canvas
Detail of “The Little People”
I’m sure most people will question why I named this “Gator Country.” Going with the flow of sunset colors, my husband pointed out that it had a lot of blue and orange, his two favorite colors together (note: not mine 
). He was excited and thought I was painting this for him.
If you’re familiar with college football, you have probably heard of the Florida Gators (University of Florida) football team. This is my husband’s team, and I am not a fan. I attended Florida State University, which is UF’s rival. We are a house divided when it comes to college football, so this painting became a gift to him.
“Gator Country” – acrylic on canvas
Naming my work can be just as much of a challenge as it is to paint them. Sometimes putting names to abstract pieces helps others understand what the piece is about. This is one I named “Approaching the Island,” perhaps from a sky view.
“Approaching the Island” abstract painting
The title of this piece reflects what I did to this photo. Needing a little more than the traditional blues and yellows, I painted the sky by adding bright pink using Photoshop.
