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Wow...Spring is here...It does come later in Seattle!

Spring is here and in Seattle, the best is yet to come!  Our rainy season is everyone else's winter (although we were working on the SNOW thing until a month ago!)  So now we get to enjoy intermittent sunny days with the BLUEST SKIES I'VE EVER SEEN (that's an old song you know, sung by.....Perry Como.  OMG, I'm reaaaalllly dating myself!).  And, I digress from the spring loveliness here!  So many opportunities for photographs!  Birds, flowers, trees, and, ta-da, wonderful skies! 

My neighbor's lovely dogwood!

 

and, of course the Dandelions which go to seed early!  This photograph reminded me of little bubbles floating in the grass!

 

And so from my little Dandelion shoot, I added these images to my Etsy shop...

 We Three

 

A Perfect World

In the rainy season, the shots look more like....

 

After the Rain

 

Thank you, Sun...you are a welcome light!

Here's some excitement...Etsy's FreshPeaches has featured me at her wonderful blog!  Here's the link:

 http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/ketzelphotography.html

and of course, I must mention what Tere, of Birdandmoonstudio has been up to!  She has taken her amazing birds to a new place...a cabinet of curiosities place!  In the 1700s and 1800s there were cabinets filled with curious expressions of Nature...such as unusual birds or fossils or butterflies or insects...

Here is Tere's version of a cabinet of curiosities:

  

See more of this and her other creations at

http://birdandmoonstudio.etsy.com

and she does have another shop where she features vintage items...

http://ryder.etsy.com

TAKE A LOOK!

Thanks for stopping by!  I promise to post again, soon! 

Gayle

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

I really believe this is my favorite holiday in a lot of ways.  Besides the feasting and celebrating, the opportunity to really reflect on what I'm grateful for is so welcome.  As much as I'd like to remember gratitude everyday, all the time, that reflection does seem to get lost in the hubbub of work, work, and work!  We have to remember we just don't really have to have all that we have.  Gratitude reminds us that we are fortunate, that we have all that we need in this very moment.  Those of us able to have a computer, be unrestricted in our communication, have enough food and sleep for the energy to work online, to not be abused or in danger of war, how very much do we have to be grateful for!  And how good is it for us to feel that gratitude!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, ONE AND ALL!

And Here are Some of the Wonderful Beings I am grateful that I share life with:

Tere

    

 

 

 

Princess...grooming Tere!

Beautiful Cuba

Po Po (Thinking "you weirdo!" as Cuba shares himself with us!)

  Poody (the cat formerly known as Murray...sitting on my favorite Japanese maple!)

  My son, the Bobster!

And Tyler, Tere's Son!

The best things at Etsy...

A New Steampunk Bird Mixed Media Creation by....drum roll........................

http://birdandmoonstudio.etsy.com/

And I spent the other day working on encaustics...I am writing a Skills Sharing feature for the BEE (beeswax and encaustics on Etsy) team so watch for that on their blog,

beeswaxteam.com

after December 1, 2008.

Here's my newest encaustic...

  a diptyc of Sunlit trees on 8x8 panels...a pair of crows hidden among the lovely branches.

See my stuff at   http://ketzelphotography.etsy.com/

Thanks for stopping by...I'm grateful for that, too!

 

Fall is Really Here...

Have you noticed that rather suddenly like a curtain coming down (or rising, if you prefer!), autumn is here.  Fall has fallen...with all it's glory. 

A time for hunkering down, making soup, becoming all the more creative from the inside out!  There is so much beauty in this change of season to inspire us. 

Here is an effort at the Change...

You know when I switched to digital a number of years ago, I said..."no fooling around in Photoshop.  All Natural!"  HA!  Now I can't seem to leave a photograph alone...especially the TTV which lends itself so well to layering texture in PS. 

So I've been having fun today, looking out at the autumnscape and fooling around...

 

 

 

 

Have FUN fooling around...however you do it!

Happy Labor Day...

Good Morning Everyone...

Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to get up and out of bed on a Holiday...especially a holiday that isn't also a retail holiday so that you can still do your shopping?  Not that I'll be shopping today...in fact, I'll be preparing my work so that others my buy...does that sound altuistic?  Anyway, it just seems easier to get up when you get a free day! 

Here's a new one: 

And here's an old favorite! 

I've also been getting in to POE lately...actually it's not the wonderful Dark Author, but the Etsy Street Team...TA DAAAAA...the Photographers Of Etsy!  It's a growing and very active team with it's own blog http://photographersofetsy.blogspot.com/ . 

Tere (of the wonderful www.birdandmoonstudio.etsy.com) and I will be working in the studio...both the studio for making things physical and the studio for making prints photographic!  I'll be adding some new items to my listings at Etsy and preparing some items to go the Art and Soul Gallery in Bothell WA in Country Village. 

Art and Soul Gallery is a grand gallery with a wonderful selection of art and fine craft by local artists of the greater Seattle area.  The pieces extend from jewelry to fine woodworking to paintings to fine photographic work.  Tere and I will have work there within the week.  Check it out. 

That's my little catch up for today...new resolution: Write in My BLOG more frequently!  With good pictures.

Good Thoughts to all those struggling with Hurricane Gustav and displacement.  Our thoughts are with you for a quick recovery from Nature's latest Force.

Gayle

Here we are again...

Good Thursday afternoon!  This is the last day of my work week at the office and the eve of my art works!  I look forward to a weekend of productivity.  Tere and I work side-by-side each doing our art and readying it for presentation.  Last weekend I did create some new encaustic pieces using my photography...photography is always the base...the beginning...the font of the rest of my art!  It is my first love...speaking of media only!

So here's my favorite from last weekend...........

Standup Pears in a Blue Bowl

6x6x1.5  encaustic photograph on wood panel

This and others are at http://ketzelphotography.etsy.com

And then in my spare time before work this week, I came up with a few new photography listings at Etsy...

                                                                                                                                  Dainty  AND The Early Bird

                             Now I'm busying posting the POE (photographers of Etsy) logo on all my listings.  POE is one of the Street Teams of Etsy which provide group support, resource and sustenance for members who sell at Etsy!  Very Important function, indeed!  Thank you, POE! 

                                                                                                                                 

Here's an update of Tere's beautiful work, now showing at Etsy http://birdandmoonstudio.etsy.com

                                                          On the left is a mixed media presentation of bird with frame...FLY     and on the right is the deepframed shadowbox with miniature Bird in Hand oil painting...Brava, Brava, Brava Tere!!!!!!   

I guess that's it for now...except to say Cuba is getting cuter and more loving everyday...and the cats are need of more jealousy-reducing attention!                                         

Ta Da...a wonderful new find at Etsy

Usually a good part of my morning is spent at my favorite place...Etsy...looking at new and wonderful expressions of humanity!  Today a new artist appeared on my screen...New to me that is...she's actually a life-long artist...and only yesterday began to show her latest work at Etsy.  And the winner is.... www.BirdAndMoonStudio.etsy.com 

Isn't this little guy adorable...Bird and Moon Studio has he and other charming bird sculptures at her site...Take a look!

Okay, okay!  So she's not just any new artist at Etsy...she's my partner in all things and I'm proud to say, in the sharing of the artist path!  Way to Go, Tere!

I'm working away this morning...with a new addition to my Etsy listings...sometimes it is the rusty, dusty, worn things we see everyday, but don't see that have the most wonderful composition in a frame.

And there, I hope you enjoy...See my Etsy listings at www.ketzelphotography.etsy.com... Have a great day!

Hello and Welcome to my Blog

This is my first post to my first blog.  In welcoming your visits, I hope to express myself in interesting ways that will engage you as the reader, browser person!   I'm hoping to use this as an artist's journal also...With previews of my latest...some fun stuff...some about my life with my animals...and some more...

Thought for today...Show up, pay attention, be yourself, and don't get too attached to the outcome!  I guess that's what I'm trying to do here so that this blog may evolve in a natural, artist's way.  More later after I get to my desktop with all the photos in it.

11:37 AM  Back again...just time for a photo of the most exciting little canine I know...