Artists Down Under - Australia and New Zealand - January 2019 by Artists Down Under

DOWN UNDER Australia and New Zealand

issue 22 - jan 2019 | digital artistry

06 E D I T O R ’ S M E S S A G E by Pam Henderson

36- A R T I C L E 39 b y J u d i L a p s l e y

Miller

- 2018 Wildlife and Native

Photography Challenge

PHOTOSHOP ARTISTRY by Sebastian Michaels

40 G E R A R D W H E L A N - D a h i a ’s A r t

08- N E W S / W H AT ’ S O N 13 b y A D U M e m b e r s - Care For Africa Raf fle

- Care For Africa Foundation and WorldPix.org

- Red Wine And Chocolate

- Water From Ar t

Exhibition

- T he Collector

66- L O U I S E S M I T H 67 - D a y s G o n e B y - Serenity

- Missing Link

68- K AY E V I S O N 69 - T h e L a s t O f T h e

- Helping Women with Endometriosis

64- J U D I L A P S L E Y M I L L E R 65 - P o r t r a i t O f A Tu i

DE AN HOHN - Reflecting Upon

- Summer Cash & Carr y

62- V I K I M U R R AY 63 - H e r e N o w

42- J U L I A H A R W O O D 43 - R e d C a p p e d P a r r o t

- Willy Wag tail Feeding Baby

- Tr e e P l a c e G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n - T he Summer Show E xhibition

14- A R T I S T S A C H I E V E M E N T S 26

- Finear tphotography

44- A L I O P P Y 45 - R e r l y d a n

HELEN AKERSTROM - Tr u n k C a l l

28- C LY D E S C O R G I E 29 - T h e L a k e 30- S O N I A P U S E Y 31 - H a u n t e d H o u s e

- Home Sweet Home - Ta k e N o C h a n c e s

32- S H A R O N R A N K M O R E 33 - C o u p l e I - Lost I

34- A N N W E H N E R 35 - R e f l e c t i o n s O f

DENNIS RICK ARD - Best Seat In The House

- Cit y Renewal

50 LY N N J E N K I N - On T he Run

- Passing Through

5158

My Life

ARTICLE by Judi L apsley Miller - 2019 Wildlife and Native Photography Challenge

59 M E R R A N G Â Û S - Midnight Rose

- Summer In T he Cit y

60- D A L E B O T H A 61 - T h e C o a s t g u a r d - Three Roses

- A S m a l l To k e n

- Holiday Reading - Kiwi Rail No. 5206 - Sunrise - Pink Eucalypt - Yello w - Tr e e O n B l u e - Bio

- Remembering T he Fires

- W h e n I ’m A S p a r r o w I n W i n t e r

- Ghosts In The Cloisters

48- M A R Y K N A G G S 49 - B i r d s O n A W i r e

- Lukchai 8 th Bir thday

- Bats In The Belfr y

- L i g h t h o u s e Tr i p t y c h

- Ye a r 2 1 18

F E AT U R E D A R T I S T MAUREEN MA XWELL

- Pear

- Phantom

- Ar t Sold

- Mr Bojangles

- Running Scared

46 M I C K R O O N E Y

- Greater Por t Macquarie Focus - The NZ Ar thouse

7177

- Illumination

- Living The Photo Ar tistic Life Magazine

SUE JOY - O n e Tr e e

- Facebook Page

- Light Space & Time

Repasaurus

78- B A R B A R A D U D Z I N S K A 79 - F r o m D a r k n e s s - Rain In Venice

80- R O C H E L L E M A R S H A L L 81 - D e s o l a t i o n - Fragilit y

82- S U E M A P L E S 83 - B l u e W i n g K o o k a b u r r a - Why te - Our Rooster

84- J U L I E P O W E L L 85 - B e l l e - Cockatoo

At Mooloolaba

86- M A R G A R E T K A L M S 87 - A n c i e n t A u s t r a l i a W i t h

Tr e e s

88 A R T I C L E

S OME P HO T OSHOP INSP IR AT ION by Andrew Haysom

89 E D W I N L E U N G

- Auckland At Dawn I - Auckland At Dawn II

90- A N D R E W H AY S O M 91 - W a t c h f u l - Flower Power

- T he Eye Of T he T iger

92- K A R E N WA A L W Y K 93 - D r a u g h t H o r s e 4 - Draught Horse 6

- Draught Horses 2

94 S U E M A S T E R S O N

108- C O L I N C A M P B E L L 109 - F r a m e s - Hat Discussion

110- G E O R G E K O N C Z 111 - B i a n c a I n R e d D r e s s

- Contemplating My Future II

112 A R T I C L E

CHINESE WHISPERS #14 by Maureen Max well

113 P E N N Y D E J O N G -Claudet te

- Flut terby Flower

114- M A R J O R I E L O R D 115 - W i l t e d R o s e 1 - Wilted Rose 2

- Bride In Black - Waiting

95- F E AT U R E D A R T I S T P H I L L I PA F R E D E R I K S E N 101 - Complicated

- A Place Called Home - Dear John - Boy With Golden Rocks - Your C a r r ia g e Aw ai t s - C o l d W i n t e r â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s N i g h t - Storm - Apocalypse

- Bio

102- D I E P T R A N 103 - A u t u m n A n g e l - D a n c e To F r e e

104 C O L I N K I L L I C K - Narrow Bridge

- Within The Wind

132- T R I S H H O S K I N 133 - C h i n a t o w n - The National

134 B I L L O L D H A M

- T he Early Bird Gets T he Worm - A Meeting Of Like Minds

135 WA R R E N M AYA L L - Days End - The Hog

136 J O H N K E L LY

- To r q u a y S u r f B e a c h I - To r q u a y S u r f B e a c h I I

116- A L B A M A S S 117 - P i n k y

137 T H Y S J E A R T H U R

118- C I N Z I A H A R T 119 - H e r e

138- A N T H E A S C O T T E 139 - B r i c o l a g e C h a l l e n g e

- Pretty Dancer

- And There

- Ladybug

T here Are No Words I

- Bricolage Challenge -

120- A N N L AV I N 121 - A n g e l - Deliver y

- Stolen Kiss - Stars In Dresden

130- PA M H E N D E R S O N 131 - E v e n i n g D e l i g h t

122 M A R I S A L I B E R AT O

T here Are No Words II

140- I L O N A A B O U - Z O L O F 141 - K a l m a - Queen Nicole

- Three Cousins On A Day Out - Up Up And Away

123- F E AT U R E D A R T I S T CHRISTINA BRUNTON 129

142- D E N I S E M c D E R M O T T 143 - L o c k s m i t h - Tr e e S p i r i t

- Steampunk Pink

- Steampunk Sally - Youn g Dr e s s De s ig ner - Smiley

105 J O H N F. K E L LY

- Autumnal T hames - Sand Castles

106- M I K E K A N E 107 - R e f l e c t i o n

- Steampunk Alchemy

- Posh - Green Day - S k i r t To s s i n g - Bird Man - Just Resting

FRONT COVER by ALI OPPY - Autumn Fox

- Red-Grey Steampunk - Bio

Ilona Abou-Zolof - In The City

Viki Murray - Prashanta Vahita

Viki Murray - The Red Lantern

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

EDITOR’S MESSAGE Happy New Year to you all, and welcome to another exciting year of Artists Down Under - Australia and New Zealand, where we will showcase some of the most amazing talent from our artisits throughout Australia and New Zealand. Well Christmas has gone for another 12 months, and now we all plan that ever dreaded diet to try to rid those extra pounds that kindly came to visit over the festive season and decided not to leave - but it was all worth it. I don’t know about the rest of you but I am still trying to work out where the year 2018 has gone. I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank the team of Artists Down Under for all the work and effort they put in behing the scenes to make my life easier in producing this magazine for you, I could certainly not do it without them. This month I would like to share with you the yearly schedule of the 2019 Art Of Birding Wildlife and Nature Photography Challenge, open to anyone that would like to join. This is the second year that our own artist Judi Lapsley Miller has been hosting this challenge and it has been such a delight in viewing the talent of some of the photographers amongst her group. Will you be one of them this year? Andrew Haysom is back with us this year sharing his knowledge of Photoshop with easy to follow tutorials. The Redlands Digital Artists Group are

also back with a delightful New Year’s image. Our Featured Artists this month are Maureen Maxwell, Phillipa Frederiksen and Christina Brunton. Please take the time to look at these very talented artists’ work

Rochelle Marshall - Reflection

Well that’s enough from me, I hope you enjoy this edition of Artists Down Under as much as I have enjoyed organising it for you. Stay safe and see you all next month. Pam Henderson

Our artists have once again been very successful with competitions, interviews, exhibitions and having there work chossen to appear in international magazines. There are also three exhibitions being held, so please if you are in the area, pop in and show your support to these amazing artists.

Al BaMass - Ariel Arielita Soft Smoke Backgrounds: Foxy Squirrell Laitha’s Designs - Jai Johnson - White Lane Studio Copyright 2017 © Artists in this publication are responsible for any rights appertaining to their work.

Christina Brunton - Mystical Huntress

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Image by: Pam Henderson, Photoshop Artistry Student (Australia) Portfolio at: https://artboja.com/art/dmfi9d/

aD rOt W i s tNs U N D E R Australia and New Zealand

NEWS

Care for Africa The raffle image has been kindly printed and donated by Print 2 Metal in Melbourne in support of the Care For Africa Foundation. A huge thank you to Marie and Frank for their ongoing support. The raffle image is titled “Water Is Life ll”. The image is a Unique State image and a collaboration between Nigel Lazenby and myself. The image is 20”x30” printed on ultra gloss white coated aluminium with a floating frame. The raffle will be drawn on a date TBA. Raffle tickets are available 1 for $5, 3 for $10. Tickets are available by emailing Dean at dean.hohn@bigpond.com. You can also purchase tickets online direct from Care For Africa. Direct deposit into: Care for Africa: BSB: 037608 Acc: 387249 or Email: jennysaunders122@gmail.com Will ship to anywhere in Australia.

Digital Art links the Care For Africa Foundation with WorldPix.org! Never think for a minute people don’t take notice of your art and what you’re doing. Especially if it’s for a good cause! I got noticed by Mike Goldner, at ArtisanHD, from my ArtBoja page, who in turn told Paul Lynch, the founder of WorldPix.org about the work I was doing with the Care For Africa Foundation, raising funds for drilling fresh water wells. Thank you Mike Goldner for passing my information on to Paul Lynch.

It is coming up 12 months ago that Paul first contacted me to see if I would be interested in joining their group, who are doing similar work to what I’m doing for the Care For Africa Foundation, in various locations around the world. I said yes and filled out the application form, but I didn’t really meet the requirements of their organization because I have never been to Tanzania and therefore couldn’t provide images of the people or animals from the villages we are supporting.

Dean L Hohn My dream is to visit the Tarime District of Tanzania and spend time with the villagers and attempt to capture their stories and include them in my gallery. The Care For Africa Foundation, that I am raising funds for is based in Launceston, Tasmania. As a result of not having been to Tanzania, the board of WorldPix has been gracious enough to allow me to use my digital art images from around Tasmania, until such time as I’m able to actually visit Tanzania. I thank them for this privilege.

Combine that with the fact I did digital art instead of straight photography and it took a bit for the board You can see my gallery of images at https:// to work out how I could fit into their organization. worldpix.org/galleries-2/ In the end, we have overcome the hurdles and I am delighted to be a member of WorldPix.org. Dean Hohn

Care for Africa Cont ...

WATER FROM ART As many of you will know, my “WHY”, is using my art to support the Care for Africa Foundation to drill fresh water wells in the 6 villages it supports in the Tarime District of Tanzania. These villages are off the tourist route and therefore received no form of aid until the Care For Africa Foundation heard about their plight and decided to do something to help. It was the middle of June 2016 when a friend and fellow photographer posted some of her designs on Facebook that the idea of using my art for designs on clothing and scarves hit me. I asked her if she would mind if I copied the idea, of using my art on clothing and she said no. The end of June 2016 I launched my Nuna Collection, with designs originating from my rock art that dated back to the Nuna Era. As a designer I receive a commission of 10% for each piece that is sold and I in turn donate all proceeds to the Care For Africa Foundation. My designs have evolved over time and my latest designs are more contemporary and varied. You can view the collection at

https://tinyurl.com/yc5ar9gw

I also do custom designs and if you would like something created especially for you, you can contact me at dean.hohn@bigpond.com and I will be glad to discuss it with you. The scarves are available in Modal, Cashmere Modal, Cashmere Silk and 100% Cashmere. If you find a design you would like in a fabric other than shown, please contact me and I’ll add it and let you know when it’s available to order. I’m truly grateful for the support I’ve received to date and would appreciate any support you can give me in the future. Dean L Hohn Below are samples of some of my latest designs.

Pattern 89 - Cashmere Modal Scarf

Pattern 168 - Silk Scarf

Pattern 293.5 - Cashmere Modal Scarf

Pattern 274 - Cocoon Wrap

Pattern 365 - Silk Scarf

Yellow Roses - Sheer Wrap

Helping Women with Endometriosis 50% of profit donated to endometriosis research

My compassion inspires my photoart which I show in presentations to raise awareness. I joined Awake to teach me advanced Photoshop skills, specifically to expand my photoartistic skills to create imaginative and dramatic images.

26 women with endometriosis have told me about their experiences. They spoke to me about their concerns and collaborated during the photo session. We explored meanings of body, ideas of self and impacts of illness together, agreeing which ideas we would explore photographically. My photos are often carefully arranged, but that doesn’t mean they are fake. They represent the personal truth and experiences of 26 women with endometriosis. These women are remembering and acting out their OWN experiences. They choose their own stance and facial expression. Women with endometriosis are the only people who truly know what endometriosis FEELS like.

My photoart opens dialogue enabling freer expression of hidden feelings, experiences too private to mention in ordinary conversation. I create photoart inspired by the concerns of women with endometriosis. Several women have said that the process of imaging their suffering has helped them to face their pain and illness. There is immense strength in being heard. I want my photoart to become visual screams!!

Unfortunately endometriosis is relatively common; an estimated 1 in 10 women living with endometriosis, being over 175,000,000 women worldwide! And an estimated 500,000 women in Australia! Their experiences are heartbreaking. Regular illness and debilitating pain result in missed education and poor career opportunities leaving them women vulnerable to poverty.

When I first heard about endometriosis I felt a deep compassion and need to do what I could to help. Women with endometriosis suffer debilitating pain, disruptive symptoms and often endure multiple operations simply to function normally. Few people are patient when listening to descriptions of pain, symptoms or illness. This can have the effect of silencing people who are ill.

Share ‘EndoWomanArt’ with your friends on social media to raise awareness and money for women’s health! We all need clothes & household goods. Buy yourself a treat or buy a special gift for your friends. Make your shopping count! Remember 50% of profit goes to endometriosis research!

https://w w w.redbubble.com/ people/EndoWomanArt/shop Follow ‘Life with Endometriosis’:

ht t p s : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / LifeWithEndometriosis See Margaret Kalms photoart, ‘Life with Endometriosis’:

http://www.endowomanart.com Margaret Kalms

Women with endometriosis need real medical progress to reduce their suffering. I passionately desire to raise money for endometriosis research so that faster diagnoses are made and more effective treatments are found. To raise money for endometriosis research, I host events and sell products on Redbubble. Recently I gave $3,000 to Canberra Endometriosis Centre!

Bunch Of Butterflies On Grevillea Sweatshirt

Butterflies False Colour Grey Stripes

Bunch Of Butterflies On Grevillea Pencil Case

WHAT’S ON Judi Lapsley Miller NZ Academy Of Fine Arts Summer Exhibition NZ Academy Of Fine Arts 5 December 2018 - 13 January 2019 1 Queens Wharf, Wellington, NZ

http://www.nzafa.com/index.php/exhibitions

“SUMMER CASH & CARRY” EXHIBITION

At What Cost Forever (túï)

I Shall Ride Every Storm (túï)

If you are in the area, pop in and support our own Judi Lapsley Miller at this ever popular Summer Cash & Carry Exhibition to be held between 5th December 2018 and 13th January 2019 at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts, 1 Queens Wharf, Wellington, NZ.

WHAT’S ON Viki Murray Tree Place Group Exhibition Noosa Regional Gallery 7 December 2018 - 27 January 2019 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin, QLD 4565 http://www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au/coming-soon

“TREE PLACE GROUP” EXHIBITION

Prashanta Vahita

When Noosa artist Anne Harris followed the fallen form of an ancient tree to the local rubbish dump and made the decision to salvage it rather than watch it be chipped, she set about a chain of events that has seen some 25 separate creative projects develop. Each of these artistic offshoots will be revealed during Tree Place, an exhibition Harris has curated for Noosa Regional Gallery this summer. Our very own artist, Viki Murray, has been selected as one of the artists exhibiting some of her work. If you are in the area during this time, pop in to the Gallery and help to support Viki’s amazing art series “Finding Solace”, which was inspired by the tranquility of Lake Cootharaba at Boreen Point. All Viki’s images that will be displayed are printed on metal.

Here Now

Finding Solace

Sanctuary

WHAT’S ON Dean Hohn The Summer Show Gallery Pejean 10 December 2018 - 2 February 2019 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin, QLD 4565 http://www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au/coming-soon

“THE SUMMER SHOW” EXHIBITION The “Summer Show” Group Exhibition of 13 artists has been hung in Gallery Pejean in Launceston, Tasmania. My piece, “Enlightenment” is the blue/purple abstract, second from the right in this photo. The piece was created on my iPad Pro using Procreate and iColorama. I then took it into Photoshop to finish it off and used On1 Resize to increase the size so it could be printed at 42” x 42” (107 cm x 107 cm) on canvas. The exhibition runs from 10 December to 2 February.

“Enlightenment” 42”X42” (107cm X107cm) digital Mixed Media printed on canvas. $1500

Broken China Doll - Marissa Liberato

artists down under monthly Achievements

Rusty Puggles - Marjorie Lord

artists down under facebook

Dale Botha - Walking To The City

page

Clyde Scorgie - The Journey

The Artists Down Under Public Facebook page has been set up to allow the artists in the group to showcase their work and to enable them to share promotional information about themselves, e.g. exhbitions, awards etc... You can find the Artists Down Under Public Facebook page at this address; https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtistsDownUnder/ So, if you are an artist in the group, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to regularly share your work and information here, and to let your friends and family know about the page if they are interested in viewing the latest art and news from the group. If you are a reader of the magazine who does not have access to the page, please click the link above and request to join. When you request to join you will be asked to answer three simple questions that will allow us to determine if you are an eligible artist who may wish to join the group and therefore be able to post on the page, or a member of the public who can view, comment and like the work on the page. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great place to see some great art from this vibrant group every day!

Maureen Maxwell - Holiday Reading Ann Wehner - Feliz Navidad

Colin Campbell - The Great Eggs Of Giza

Abracadabra - Trish Hoskin

Christine Turner Coles - Calling All Angels

Three ADU members receive a special gift Our very good Awake friends Teddi Rutschman of Foxey Squirrel and Diane Stafford from WhiteLaneStudio continue to give gifts as a reward for members of the Artists Down Under group who contribute to the ADU Facebook page by regularly posting their artworks and supporting other members with their comments. Teddi, from Virginia, USA, is well known for her fantastic sets of digital designer backgrounds, masks and all kinds of wonderful elements ready for designers to add to or build a wondrous creation.

The January lucky winners are Teddi Rutschman (Foxy Squirrel) Gift Voucher of $10.00 - Gerard Whelan Dianne Stafford (WhiteLaneStudio) texture & Overlay Kit - Cinzia Hart - Kevin Sims

Teddi Rutshman can be found at http://www.foxeysquirrel.com/ http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Foxeysquirrel Teddi has given a $10.00 voucher for one very lucky member to spend in her on-line shop. Diane Stafford from Chester, UK, designs Photoshop textures and overlays for photo artists and photographers to use in their digital artworks. Diane has created another special kit just for Artists Down Under for the month of January. Two artists will receive a Diane kit each. Diane Stafford can be found at https://www.etsy.com/shop/whitelanestudio

Light Space and Time

“Seascapes” Art Exhibition

Christina Brunton - Boat & Boat Masts

Overall Winning Artist Category 4th Place - Christina Brunton - “Boat & Boat Masts”

Special Merit Category Ilona Abou-Zolof - “Broadbeach Morning” Ilona Abou-Zolof - “Maroubra Awakening” Christina Brunton - “Starfish Sunset”

Photography and Digital Media Category 2nd Place - Christina Brunton - “Boat & Boat Masts” Christina Brunton - Starfish Sunset

Honorable Mention Category Clyde Scorgie - “Ocean Sunset”

Clyde Scorgie - Ocean Sunset

fififIneartphotography Congratulations to the following Down Under Artists who had work published in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fineartphotography around the Worldâ&#x20AC;? magazine Edition XII - 2018

Pam Henderson

Ali Oppy

Rochelle Marshall

Merran G

Ali Oppy

LIVING THE PHOTO ARTISTIC LIFE https://issuu.com/thephotoartisticlife/docs/issue46-final Thysje Arthur - Here Sits A Bear ... (A Forgotten Toy In An Abandoned Hospital) Ilona Abou-Zolof - Giraffe Paradise Colin Killick - Narrow Bridge Denise McDermott - Living On The Moon Sonia Pusey - Star Gazing - Turn Back Time Ali Oppy - Solitude - Spiderella Kay Evison - Virginia - Steampunk Witch Sue Masterson - Bride In Black - Waiting Christina Brunton - Smiley - Steampunk Violinist Dale Botha - Walking To The City - A Bed Of Roses Viki Murray - Secrets And Silence - Wish Upon A Breeze Ann Lavin - Monocle

Christina Brunton - Smiley

Christina Brunton - Steampunk Violinist

Kay Evison - Steampunk Witch

Sue Masterson - Bride In Black - Waiting

Ali Oppy - Spiderella

Colin Killick - Narrow Bridge

Dale Botha - A Bed Of Roses

LIVING THE PHOTO ARTISTIC LIFE (cont ...)

Thysje Arthur - Here Sits A Bear ... (A Forgotten Toy In An Abandoned Hospital)

Sonia Pusey - Turn Back Time

Ann Lavin - Monocle

Denise McDermott - Living On The Moon

Ali Oppy - Solitude

Sonia Pusey - Star Gazing

Dale Botha - Walking To The City

Ilona Abou-Zolof - Giraffe Paradise

Viki Murray - Wish Upon A Breeze

Viki Murray - Secrets And Silence

greater port macquarie focus magazine Feature Story Mike Kane “Selfies 1700” Selfie I

http://portmacquarie.focusmag.com.au/mike-kane-selfies-1700/ Congratulations Mike on your feature story in The Greater Port MacQuarie Focus Magazine. Be sure to click on the link and read Mike’s interview and see some of his amazing images in more detail.

greater port macquarie focus magazine (Cont ...)

Selfie II

Skull N Book

Shipwreck

And They

Steampunk II

Time Traveller

Steampunk III

Tara Water I

The Reaper

The Jetty

Woman At Arms II

the nz arthouse featuring DARK SAPPHIRE Rochelle Marshall

https://www.thenzarthouse.com/collections/dark-sapphire

“Born and raised in a little countryside town outside of Nelson, creativity was instilled in life at a very young age. Growing up with exotic parrots and various other animals also gave the gift of love of all creatures great and small which now feature heavily in various works. After a number of years working in the corporate world, art and creating took a back seat until 2016. At this time, Sapphire my now 13+ year old Dobermann sparked the purchase of my first DSLR; this critter changed life’s path in ways I never dreamed of. Often you hear people say, once you view the world through a viewfinder your whole world changes - and that it does. Truly. The first click of the shutter and my world morphed. Dark Sapphire was born, named in Sapphire’s honour, and it has been slowly but surely evolving since. Wanting to take a less conventional approach to my own photography I enrolled in two photoshop artistry courses to further expand my knowledge and skill. The combination of these two mediums has been a wonderful ride with many of my works having been featured in Digital Magazines worldwide. Digital works primarily feature animals and some elements of nature, my style varies from dark and rich to light and dreamy. I like to create works that have an element of truth to them and often a little whimsy. I am at heart, a dreamer. A lot of my day to day images are used in my photo artistry as backgrounds and elements that create a variety of textures and colours; my camera is never far from my side. My more recent works also involve fluid art and working with pigment powders and resins and currently experimenting with digital meets fluid art pieces. My creations are constantly evolving and changing. No two pieces of fluid art will ever be the same.” Rochelle Marshall

the nz arthouse (Cont ... )

Armaryllis

Araquiel

Coventina

Curious Calendula

Fantail

Galene

Pandamoneum

Polar Drift

Rhoswen

Salena

Zanna

Zerrin

art sold Congratulations to Dean Hohn for the successful sale of two of his prints.

Hitting The Beach

“Hitting The Beach” was sold at the Penguin Art Gallery, this is the 3rd time this piece has been sold. “Hitting The Beach” is a limited edition 3/5 and was sold as 12”x 24” (30cm x 61cm) matted print on Hahnemuhle William Turner paper using K3 archival inks.

“On The Rocks” was sold at the Waybs Bay Gallery in Bicheno, on the east coast of Tasmania. On the Rocks was sold as an 18”x 12” (45cm x 30cm) inkjet print on Hahnemuhle William Turner Paper.

On The Rocks

TRUNK CALL

L U K C H A I 8 T H B I R T H D AY by HELEN AK ERSTROM

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/helen.akerstrom https://www.instagram.com/ha2260/

THE L AKE b y C LY D E S C O R G I E

Australia

HAUNTED HOUSE

HOME SWEE T HOME by SONIA PUSE Y

Australia

TA K E N O C H A N C E S by SONIA PUSE Y

Australia

COUPLE I by SHARON R ANK MORE

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/0719aj/

LOST I by SHARON R ANK MORE

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/0719aj/

REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE

W H E N I â&#x20AC;&#x2122; M A S PA R R O W I N W I N T E R by ANN WEHNER

Australia

https://www.annwehnerdigitalartistry.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/annwehnerdigitalartistry/

SUMMER IN THE CIT Y by ANN WEHNER

Australia

https://www.annwehnerdigitalartistry.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/annwehnerdigitalartistry/

Art of Birding 2018 Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge

Join Judi on a year-long weekly photography challenge, designed especially for nature and wildlife photographers. Storytelling, wildlife advocacy, and creative/artistic photography is where her heart is, and she hopes to encourage more photographers and photo-artists to not just stop at the perfect wild life picture but to take it further. These weekly challenges will encourage you to think about how your images can be composed and used to advocate for our precious wildlife (story), to hook the viewer in with compelling, creative images (creative), and to increase your technical skills and development (technical). She has created each challenge so that most people can participate, regardless of skill level or where you live in the world (though you will notice a New Zealand bias!). Most challenges can be achieved with just a camera phone. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about catching up, just jump in at the current week. From amateurs with just a cellphone to professionals with the latest gear, the participants in the AoB photo challenge bring many and varied perspectives to the weekly challenges. The challenges are designed to develop skills for wildlife and nature advocacy through visual storytelling, creativity and learning new photographic techniques. If you want to start using your photography for good causes, do join us. Details at https://www.artbyjlm.com/art-of-birding-2018.html

Week 49: the next generation (story) From baby birds to human chicks, what we do today will determine their future.

Week 50: focus stacking (technical) Use focus stacking to increase depth of field in macro or landscape photography. For this technique, you’ll need a tripod or stable mount. Take multiple photos at different focal lengths, then combine in Photoshop (or similar) by first aligning the images then blending them. If you’re lucky, your camera may do this automatically. And there are also apps for your phone that also do focus stacking.

Week 51: family (story) You can interpret “family” however you like - perhaps mum, dad and the kids, or perhaps the taxonomic rank of “family”.

Week 52: new beginnings (your interpretation) Wildcard Week - take some of what you’ve learned this year and put it all together.

Art of Birding 2018 Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge Photographersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Photos from Prior Weeks

Wabi sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of finding beauty in imperfection and age. This beautiful young seagull was busy collecting and eating shellfish on Tangimoana Beach in Spring, New Zealand and I was totally unaware of the missing leg until I looked at my photos. Beauty with a disability.

Week 45:Wabi Sabi (creative)

Catherine Thompson (Manawatu, NZ)

The New Zealand red admiral caterpillar (Vanessa gonerilla) wandering around on its host plant - tree nettle (Urtica ferox) - looking for its next meal.

Week 46: Teeny-Tiny (technical)

Paul Jenare (Nelson, NZ)

Art of Birding 2018 Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge Photographers Photos from Prior Weeks

I would just like to say a huge thank you to all the many volunteers throughout New Zealand who work to help our native wildlife.

Week 47: Volunteering (story)

Marion Skelton (Auckland. NZ)

Saw some amazing birds of prey at Millets Farm Falconry, just outside of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. This African Tawny Eagle must have been my favourite though. Always on the lookout.

Week 48: Birds-Eye View (technical)

Karla Ellicock (Wellington, NZ)

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W I L LY WA G TA I L F E E D I N G B A B Y by JULIA HARWOOD

Australia

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R E R LY D A N by ALI OPPY

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I L L U M I N AT I O N by ALI OPPY

New Zealand

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PHANTOM

YEAR 2118 by MICK ROONE Y

Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Art of Birding 2019

Wildlife & Nature Photography Challenge 51

For the second year, join us on a year-long weekly photography challenge, designed especially for nature and wildlife photographers. Storytelling, wildlife advocacy and creative/artistic photography is where my heart is and I hope to encourage more photographers to not just stop at taking gorgeous wildlife photos, but to take them further. These weekly challenges encourage you to think about how your images can be composed and used to advocate for our precious wildlife (story), to hook the viewer in with compelling creative images (creative), and to increase your technical skills and development (technical). I have created each challenge so that most people can participate, regardless of skill level or where you live in the world (though you will notice a New Zealand bias!). Most challenges can be achieved with just a camera phone. Be warned - you will (hopefully!) be pushed outside your comfort zone, and you will likely need to do some Googling to learn more about new techniques, but that’s also the point:) This is your challenge - do as much or as little as you want and in your own timeframe - it’s up to you to decide what works best for you. I do encourage you to take photos for the challenges, rather than digging through your archives. You can take photos in advance and “bank” them and you can do them out of order. All I ask is that you try to take the photos intentionally with the challenges in mind, rather than retrofitting an image to fit the theme. With an emphasis on storytelling and advocacy, I encourage you to post your images to social media (especially Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Flickr) and to your blog if you have one. Use hashtags to enable us to find and share your images. Challenge hashtags: #artofbirding, #artofbirding2019, #aob2019week1 through to #abo2019week52. Find the hashtags used by the conservation projects you are photographing, e.g. #sharemesealandia, #orokonui, so they can pick up and share your photos too. Use the hashtags commonly used for your critter: e.g., #kaka, #takahe, along with #conservation, #wildlife, and many more general terms. Join our Facebook group and post your potos, discuss the challenges, and get and give help:

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TO BOLDLY GO (STORY) Week 01: 31 Dec 2018 Let’s start the New Year with some fresh air and exercise. Put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and a friend, and explore a wildlife or conservation reserve that you’ve never been to before. Post a photo (or more) and describe what you experienced. Advanced challenge: blog about what you experienced.

A WORM’S EYE VIEW (TECHNICAL) Week 02: 07 Jan 2019 Change your normal point of view, mind your knees, and get down in the dirt with the wormswhat does the world look like from down there? You can point your camera either up or down! If your knees aren’t up to it, get creative and use a remote shutter (many cameras can now be remotely controlled by your cell-phone).

MOBILE PHONE MAGIC (CREATIVE) Week 03: 14 Jan 2019 Using your phone camera, experiment with creative effects. There are a million apps out there that can turn an ordinary photo into something engaging. Look for Distressed Effects, Tiny Worlds, ... or perhaps try out a clip-on lens. If you don’t have a phone camera, use the widest lens you have and try for a different perspective.

SEASON (STORY) Week 04: 21 Jan 2019 Regardless of what season you’re in, tell a story about what makes your area special this time of year.

FROM MY BACKDOOR (CREATIVE) Week 05: 28 Jan 2019 The potential for creativity is all around you - you don’t have to venture out to take an amazing shot. For this week’s challenge, take a photo from just outside your door (from work or home whatever suits). If it’s truly uninspiring, try macro - there’s always some little critter going about its life. Advanced challenge: take multiple photos and composite them together, e.g. overlay textures of cracks, dirt, mould.

MANUAL MODE (TECHNICAL) Week 06: 04 Feb 2019 Once upon a time there was only manual mode, yet people still took photos. Conquering manual mode is liberating for many photographers - some times it makes photography (especially bird photography) easier, would you believe! Even if you decide to continue using the other modes, having an understanding of the “exposure triangle” and how manual mode works will improve your photography no end and your confidence even more. Deep breath, turn the dial to M. Find out where to set your shutter speed, aperture, and ISO (yes you might need to look in your user manual), and take your time to experiment with what effects they produce. There are loads of excellent tutorials on the internet to help you. After a bit of experimentation, the specific challenge is to shoot a scene on Auto-everything mode and then see if you can improve on the image by using Manual mode. Advanced challenge: go fully manual and use manual focus and manual white balance mode too - take advantage of this by shooting a subject which would be hard to do automatically, e.g. a white or black bird sitting behind twigs. HABITAT (STORY) Week 07: 11 Feb 2019 Take a photo (or photos) that describes the habitat of a specific organism, i.e. its natural home or environment. BLACK AND WHITE (CREATIVE) Week 08: 18 Feb 2019 Shoot in black and white mode. To find interesting subjects, look for contrasts and textures. See if your camera can show you a black and white view through the viewfinder to aid in composition. Advanced challenge: using B&W software to add film effects and borders, such as NIK. LANDSCAPE (TECHNICAL) Week 09: 25 Feb 2019 A luscious landscape instantly transports the viewer. But there are technical things to consider like which lens, aperture, and focal point to use. There’s no one right decision, but whatever you choose to do, do so intentionally. Advanced challenge: shoot a landscape using a technique the requires multiple images, e.g. panorama, focus stacking, HDR, or if you’re brave - all three! FRAME WITHIN A FRAME (CREATIVE) Week 10: 04 Mar 2019 Frame your subject creatively, by looking for natural (or manmade) frames such as branches, leaves, or other elements. LITTER (STORY) Week 11: 11 Mar 2019 Take a compelling photo of how litter is impacting a natural environment. And perhaps take a bag with you to pick some of it up! Advanced challenge: can you use creative and compositional techniques to create a juxtaposition by making the litter look beautiful and ugly at the same time? PAINTING (CREATIVE) Week 12: 18 Mar 2019 Take a photo then turn it into a painting. How? You can use painterly effect filters in Photoshop, Topaz Impression, or various apps (many are free or have free trials), or print out your photo and embellish it, or perhaps pull out those paints and brushes and create a painting based on the photo - it’s totally up to you! SPLIT TONE (TECHNICAL) Week 13: 25 Mar 2019 Split toning adds a colour cast to the highlights and shadows of your photo. It can be subtle or dramatic. Split toning is particularly lovely with black and white images but it can work for any image and can be a nice way to integrate a series of photos. Advanced challenge: split tone a set of related photos. CLOUDS (CREATIVE) Week 14: 01 Apr 2019 Clouds make for the most beautiful patterns. You can choose whether you keep the horizon and foreground in your photo or whether you shoot just the clouds themselves. Advanced challenge: add a bit of post-processing magic to add a dark-and-moody look. Hint: try increasing the contrast or clarity setting; try decreasing the saturation and level of the blue channel to darken a blue sky. SERENITY (STORY) Week 15: 08 Apr 2019 Counter the bad news cycle by taking a serene image and share it with the world so we can all experience a moment’s peace.

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BOUNCE (TECHNICAL) Week 16: 15 Apr 2019 You don’t need expensive lighting rigs to improve the lighting on your subject. All you need is something white or reflective, e.g. a piece of white cardboard or tinfoil. Find a subject - a flower perhaps - and take a photo. Now without changing anything, use your reflector to bounce light back onto your subject. The light may come from the sun or a lamp. Try moving the reflector around and look closely at how the light changes. Now see if you can improve on your original photo. Hint: use a tripod if you have one so that you have a hand free for the reflector. HAIKU (CREATIVE) Week 17: 22 Apr 2019 Go out into nature and sit awhile. Soak in your surroundings and use all your senses. Don’t rush to take a photo. When you’re ready, contemplate a photo that might capture some of what you’re feeling, then take it. Now compose a haiku, or if that’s not your thing, a limerick, an ode, a lyric. Share it so we can experience that moment too. RIVERS (STORY) Week 18: 29 Apr 2019 So many of our rivers are dying. Tell a story about a local river or stream - a good news or a bad news story - you choose. BLUE HOUR (TECHNICAL) Week 19: 06 May 2019 That magical moment just before dawn or just after sunset lasts only a few minutes but makes for some beautiful light. Use a tripod or support as your shutter speeds will be slow. Advanced challenge: take a photo of a crepuscular critter, which are most active at this time of day. CLIMATE CHANGE (STORY) Week 20: 13 May 2019 How is climate change affecting where you live? If you haven’t been noticeably impacted yet, document something that is predicted to be impacted within the next few years. WATERFOWL AND OTHER WATER BIRDS (CREATIVE) Week 21: 20 May 2019 Can you find a creative way to photograph a bird on the water so that it looks dynamic rather than a passive rubber duck? OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE (TECHNICAL) Week 22: 27 May 2019 Do something that scares you a bit - feel the fear and do it anyway. Will it be a close-up photo of something with too many legs? Trying flash photography? Photographing a person? Spinning the dial on your camera to Manual mode? Take the plunge and let us know how you fare. MY FAVOURITE CRITTER (STORY) Week 23: 03 Jun 2019 This year “My favourite critter” is a “Story” challenge - and specifically a story about a challenge your favourite critter faces in its survival. VIDEO (TECHNICAL) Week 24: 10 Jun 2019 Virtually all cameras these days come with video capability, but have you truly explored how it works? (I haven’t!) If you’re like me and just press the red button and hope for the best, this week’s challenge is designed to give us a push. Take the next step and find out how to do something more with video such as changing the focus mode to better suit the subject, use slow-motion or fast-motion capture, or similar. Advanced challenge: create an Instagram IGTV or Story video with overlaid text or effects. MUCKING IN (STORY) Week 25: 17 Jun 2019 Tell a story about a local group who are mucking in and making a difference. You can either shoot the results of their labour or the people themselves in action. Be sure to get permission from any people you photograph, especially if you post the photo online. MOTION BLUR (CREATIVE) Week 26: 24 Jun 2019 Rather than aiming for that tack-sharp image, use a slow-shutter speed to blur motion of an animal or plant in a creative way. Advanced challenge: use panning and a slow-shutter to capture the sense of movement of a bird in flight.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT (TECHNICAL) Week 27: 01 Jul 2019 Hold on to your hats - this may push you well out of your comfort zone (it does for me!). Part of telling stories about wildlife advocacy is highlighting the incredible people doing conservation work. An environmental portrait is a fabulous way to tell a story with a picture of the subject in their environment. Rather than trying to isolate your subject, you’re looking to show them in a setting that describes who they are. Be sure to ask the person permission to use their photo if you intend to post it online. Advanced challenge: use your photo to blog about the amazing work your subject is doing and why it’s important. SYMBIOSIS (STORY) Week 28: 08 Jul 2019 Show an example of symbiosis, where two organisms have a close, biological interaction. BACKGROUND (TECHNICAL) Week 29: 15 Jul 2019 Controlling a messy background can make or break your photo but there are some hacks you can use if just moving your feet isn’t enough. This technique works well when photographing flowers and fungi. Use a piece of dark card or fabric - matt not shiny - and position it behind your subject, far enough away that it blurs. Advanced challenge: use a textured background that enhances but doesn’t compete with your subject - some photo-artists even print out textures onto boards so that they don’t have to composite in a background afterwards. BOKEH (CREATIVE) Week 30: 22 Jul 2019 Last year bokeh was a technical challenge. This year it’s creative. Open up your aperture to its widest setting and look for sparkles. Look at how the size of the bokeh changes depending on how close your subject is to the lens and how far the background is from the subject. Advanced challenge: use an aperture template for your lens to create shaped bokeh - or experiment with attaching a card with a shape cut in it over your lens. WINGS (STORY) Week 31: 29 Jul 2019 Tell a story of flight. RAINBOWS (CREATIVE) Week 32: 05 Aug 2019 Either take a photo of a rainbow or, if nature doesn’t cooperate, light refracting through a bubble or dewdrop, etc. STARBURST (TECHNICAL) Week 33: 12 Aug 2019 Learn how to take a photo with a starburst effect by setting your aperture to be very narrow and pointing it at a point light source (fairy lights, street lights, the sun). DON’T LOOK THROUGH THE LENS if you use the sun! This technique works well with low sun through twigs. You’ll likely find a tripod handy as the shutter speed might be quite long. SPIRALS (CREATIVE) Week 34: 19 Aug 2019 Nature is filled with spirals - from sunflower seeds to snail shells and more. Show a natural spiral in a creative, compelling way. LET YOUR PHOTO FLY FREE (TECHNICAL) Week 35: 26 Aug 2019 Give a gift to the world and donate a photo to Wikimedia Commons for anyone to use. We all use Wikipedia so I believe we should all give a little back too. You can choose what level licence to give (I use CC-BY-4.0: free to use including commercially, but with attribution). Think about a subject that is special to where you live or an exotic place you have travelled. Do you have photos of rare species? A sexy slime mold? A rare lichen? The more esoteric the better - just be sure it’s correctly identified! BUSY BEES (STORY) Week 36: 02 Sep 2019 Bees are vital to many ecosystems but are imperilled by human activity. Tell a story about either your native or introduced bees. DOUBLE EXPOSURE (CREATIVE) Week 37: 09 Sep 2019 Somewhere in your camera menu will be a function that allows you to take multiple exposures and overlay them. Use it creatively to superimpose a second picture on top of your main photos. Advanced/Alternative: using Photoshop, blend multiple photos together using blend modes and masking. © Concept and Challenges by Judi Lapsley Miller

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CARBON (STORY) Week 38: 16 Sep 2019 Carbon footprint, carbon sequestering, carbon sink, ... carbon is the story of our time. Find an angle and help us understand the role carbon plays in our environment. Advanced: carbon dioxide and methane are both invisible gases - can you find a clever way to illustrate them or their effects visually? COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS (TECHNICAL) Week 39: 23 Sep 2019 Check out the colour wheel and choose two complementary colours (think red–green, yellow–purple, and blue–orange) and take a photo where those two colours dominate. Don’t get too hung up on exactly which colour model to use - just choose one :). Advanced challenge: go for three colours that are split complementary where one complementary colour is split into two nearby analogous colours. A CALL TO ACTION (STORY) Week 40: 30 Sep 2019 Cover a local event that has the environment at its heart - perhaps a protest, an art exhibition, a bioblitz, ... Advanced challenge: blog about the event. INTENTIONAL CAMERA MOVEMENT (CREATIVE) Week 41: 07 Oct 2019 Spin your camera round and round or up and down to get an image with intentional camera movement. Aim to do so in a way that adds to the subject you’re shooting (e.g., up and down movement to capture the majesty of a grove of tall trees). Advanced challenge: use the Path Blur filter in Photoshop to add movement in post-processing. FOOD CHAIN (STORY) Week 42: 14 Oct 2019 Illustrate the concept of the food chain in a photograph. Advanced challenge: how many different lifeforms in the same food chain can you get in one photograph? SELECTIVE BLUR (TECHNICAL) Week 43: 21 Oct 2019 If you have a lens baby or wide-aperture art lens, you will love this challenge! This technique is also easy if you have a tiny macro lens for your cell phone camera. If you don’t have any of these lenses, fear not, you might have to more carefully choose an appropriate subject but it’s still doable. Using a wide aperture, focus on only one small but important part of the subject, letting the rest fall off into blur. This technique works well for flowers: consider the form of the flower in question and see what first draws your eye - is it a curl of a petal, the curve of the stem, the pop of a stamen? Focus only on that. Think carefully about your composition and where that sweet spot of focus will fall. Hint: you can also use Photoshop or apps to selectively blur in post-processing. Advanced challenge: add a painterly texture. CREEPY (CREATIVE) Week 44: 28 Oct 2019 Just in time for Halloween, tell a creepy story. It could be about a creepy-crawly, or wherever your imagination takes you. FOR A FRIEND (TECHNICAL) Week 45: 04 Nov 2019 By now you will have some stunning photos, so let’s do something with them that you can give as a gift and bring joy into someone’s life. Ideas: design a calendar, print greeting cards, print and frame your favourite photos, make a blurb book, make a handbound book - the sky is the limit! You’ll be surprised at the difference it makes getting your images off your computer and into the world. MY HAPPY PLACE (STORY) Week 46: 11 Nov 2019 Show us your happy place and make us happy too. REFLECTIONS (CREATIVE) Week 47: 18 Nov 2019 Double the impact with a reflection. Advanced challenge: show only the reflection in a creative way or add a fake reflection using Photoshop (or similar) and see if we can tell :) ONE SHOT WONDER (TECHNICAL) Week 48: 25 Nov 2019 You get one shot - so triple-check all your settings and think long and hard about your composition before pressing the shutter. It’s so easy these days to pray and spray, hoping to get the perfect shot while consigning yourself to an afternoon of deleting a thousand identical photos. © Concept and Challenges by Judi Lapsley Miller

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STILL LIFE (CREATIVE) Week 49: 02 Dec 2019 Arrange a still life scene and photograph it compellingly. Try to tell a visual story that links each element - though it doesn’t have to be an obvious one. Don’t be satisfied with your first photo, try different angles and settings and explore the scene. Advanced challenge: include memento mori to represent the transience of life and feel free to use Photoshop compositing and photo-artistry techniques to turn your still life into a work of art. EXPOSURE BRACKETING (TECHNICAL) Week 50: 09 Dec 2019 Do you get frustrated with photos that are either overblown in the highlights or have no details in the shadows? Extend the dynamic range of your photos by exposure bracketing to take multiple photos with different exposures, then combining them in-camera (if your camera does that) or externally in Lightroom or Photoshop either manually or by using the inbuilt features. Most cameras will have an exposure bracketing setting that will automatically take the set of photos at each exposure value. A tripod will also come in handy. ON THE EDGE (STORY) Week 51: 16 Dec 2019 Find a region where two ecosystems overlap and meet the locals, e.g. the littoral zone at the beach, an estuary, wetlands ... PHOTO ESSAY (EVERYTHING) Week 52: 23 Dec 2019 This is when we bring it all together. Think of the skills you’ve developed this year and create a photo essay of 5-10 photos, related by theme or topic, and use it to advocate for something you care about. Feel free to use photos you’ve taken this year or take new ones. Aim for a consistent look-and-feel across the photoset, while ensuring each picture contributes uniquely to the story. How to present your essay? Possibilities include designing an Adobe Spark presentation, Instagram story, YouTube slideshow with sound track. Make sure to tell the world about your essay through social media posts etc. Advanced challenge: arrange to print and exhibit your photo essay. BONUS WEEK FOR PHOTO ESSAY (EVERYTHING) Week 53, 2020: 30 Dec 2019

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MIDNIGHT ROSE

REMEMBERING THE FIRES by MERR AN G ÂÛS

New Zealand

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T H E C O A S T G U A R D AT M O O L O O L A B A

THREE ROSES by DALE BOTHA

Australia

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A SMALL TOKEN by DALE BOTHA

Australia

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HERE NOW b y V I K I M U R R AY

Australia

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PORTR AIT OF A TUI by JUDI L AP SL E Y MIL L ER

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New Zealand

THE COLLECTOR by JUDI L AP SL E Y MIL L ER

New Zealand

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D AY S G O N E B Y by LOUISE SMITH

Australia

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SERENIT Y by LOUISE SMITH

Australia

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T H E L A S T O F T H E R E PA S A U R A S b y K AY E V I S O N

New Zealand

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MR BOJANGLES

ONE TREE by SUE JOY

Australia

M AUR EEN M A X W EL L

B AT S I N T H E B E L F R Y 71

RUNNING SCARED by MAUREEN MA XWELL

Australia

PEAR

LIGHTHOUSE TRIPT YCH 73

GHOSTS IN THE CLOISTERS

H O L I D AY R E A D I N G by MAUREEN MA XWELL

Australia

K IWI R AIL NO. 5206

SUNRISE 75

P I N K E U C A LY P T

YELLOW by MAUREEN MA XWELL

Australia

TREE ON BLUE

When I retired in 2004 I took up photography, and at that time, I never dreamed that my journey would take me into the realms of photo artistry. I have been fortunate to have my work published in every edition of this magazine. I also feel privileged to be asked, for the second time, to be a featured artist. Most of all, I love belonging to a wonderful group of like-minded, and supportive, people from Australia and New Zealand who share a similar passion. I joined Sebastian Michaels’ courses in 2016 and my creative journey took a different, and more exciting, direction. I had achieved both National and International Honours in the world of amateur photography, but I felt restricted by competition, and camera club, rules. Photography still remains an interest, and I recently decided to challenge myself with the Still Life genre. I find it really absorbing arranging the various elements to achieve a satisfactory composition and managing the appropriate lighting. Above all, my approach to both photography, and photo artistry has been to have fun and to expand my mind. For those reasons I do it only for myself. However, if family and friends tell me they like what I’ve done, I’m pleased, and if they don’t, well, I’m really happy they took the time to look. My creative work has changed over the intervening years since I was first asked to be a Featured Artist. I feel I have progressed at my own rate, and to me, I am happy if I see continual creative improvement. The journey I have taken is exciting, motivating and very satisfying and I’m looking forward to many years of continual creative growth. Maureen Maxwell

FROM DARKNESS by BARBAR A DUDZINSK A

Australia

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R AIN IN VENICE by BARBAR A DUDZINSK A

Australia

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D E S O L AT I O N by ROCHELLE MARSHALL

New Zealand

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FR AGILIT Y by ROCHELLE MARSHALL

New Zealand

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BLUE WING KOOK ABURR A by SUE MAPLES

Australia

WHY TE - OUR ROOSTER by SUE MAPLES

Australia

BELLE by JULIE P OWEL L

Australia

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C O C K AT O O by JULIE P OWEL L

Australia

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ANCIENT AUSTR ALIA WITH TREES by MARGARE T K ALMS

Australia

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SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION CONTENT AWARE FILL WORKSPACE By Andrew Haysom Content Aware Fill Workspace In the Photoshop CC 2019 update (released in October 2018), there is a new and improved Content Aware Fill that comes with its own workspace. To use the new workspace, first select the area of your image you want to fill and then choose Edit / Content-Aware Fill. You will be presented with the new workspace shown in Figure 1. [Fig 1 – Content Aware Fill workspace]

The left hand side of the screen shows you your image, and the selected part you are wishing to fill. The majority of the image will be highlighted in green (the default). This highlighted area is showing the area that Photoshop will sample from to fill your selected area. You can turn off the highlighted area, change it’s colour and opacity or reverse it so the highlight shows the area that is excluded from sampling in the Sampling area controls at the top of the panel on the right hand side of the screen. The right hand side of the image window shows a preview of the image with the Content-Aware Fill applied. This preview will be updated “live” as you make modifications as described below. Use the Sampling Brush to modify the area of the photo that Photoshop samples from. You can modify the brush size in the Options Bar as well as using the standard brush size keys (“[“ and “]”). Change the brush function between “adding to” or “subtracting from” using the Options Bar or the [Opt/Alt] key. Use the Lasso or Polygonal Lasso tool to add to or subtract from the selection to be filled. Note the Options Bar where you have the standard selection tool options as well as an additional Expand / Contract option. Use the controls in the Fill Settings section of the control panel to modify how Photoshop fills the area; - Colour adaptation affects the colours and contrast of the image and how they adapt to the fill - Rotation adaptation allows Photoshop to rotate the sampled area to varying degrees - Scale allows Photoshop to scale the sampled areas up or down - Mirror allows Photoshop to flip the samples areas and could be useful in images with symmetry Under output settings choose how Photoshop will save your changes, the options are; - Current layer – a destructive change is made to the current layer - New layer – a new blank layer is created and the changes only will be on this layer - Duplicate layer – a duplicate layer with the changes is saved Try out the new Content Aware workspace, it gives you a lot more control over this powerful feature.

A U C K L A N D AT D AW N I

A U C K L A N D AT D AW N I I by EDWIN L EUNG

New Zealand

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WAT C H F U L

FLOWER POWER b y A N D R E W H AY S O M

Australia

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THE EYE OF THE TIGER b y A N D R E W H AY S O M

Australia

https://www.flickr.com/ajhaysom/ https://andrewhaysom.myportfolio.com/

DR AUGHT HORSE 4 b y K A R E N WA A L W Y K

Australia

https://www.flickr.com/photos/88165766@N05 https://artboja.com/art/i1sahn/

DR AUGHT HORSE 6

DR AUGHT HORSES 2 b y K A R E N WA A L W Y K

Australia

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B R I D E I N B L A C K - WA I T I N G by SUE MASTERSON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/g6gt11/ https://www.facebook.com/Sue-Masterton-Digital-Artist-1662189864018110/

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C O M P L I C AT E D 95

A PL ACE CALLED HOME

DE AR JOHN by P HIL L IPA F R EDERIKSEN

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BOY WITH GOLDEN ROCKS

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COLD WINTERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NIGHT by P HIL L IPA F R EDERIKSEN

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STORM

A P O C A LY P S E

STOLEN KISS by P HIL L IPA F R EDERIKSEN

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S TA R S I N D R E S D E N I completed a diploma course in Visual Arts majoring in Applied Textiles, retired from Early Childhood Teaching, travelled around Australia and THEN became interested in Photography ... just before the beginning of the digital revolution. In the local Camera club, I was one of the first to experiment with digital cameras and creative editing on the computer. I caused quite a furore when I submitted 3D images and images taken on a flat-bed scanner! I now take most of my images on my iPhone and then creatively compose images on my phone. If I am traveling and taking photos with my “big camera” I also take similar images on my phone. I hardly ever look at my “real” photos. They sit in folders on external hard drives. I just enjoy being able to relax in a chair and see what I can do with my phone images. I also teach others how to creatively edit on their phones and have just completed 3 x 4 hour workshops in Brisbane. I LOVE seeing others getting excited about what is possible on such a simple device and I enjoy watching their creative development on Facebook and Instagram. My husband is very supportive of my efforts though I think my children are slightly bemused! My Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren are often my unsuspecting but uncomplaining models! Over the years I have been on the committees of the Gold Coast Photographic Society, the Queensland Photographic Society and the Australian Photographic Society. Being on a committee helps you to progress in your field of interest! Now, however, I am concentrating on my own creative endeavours! Although I have taken part in many joint exhibitions I think I am ready to have my own exhibition one day! Phillipa Frederiksen

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AUTUMN ANGEL by DIEP TR AN

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/tranphotography/ https://www.instagram.com/trandiep1234/

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DANCE TO FREE by DIEP TR AN

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/tranphotography/ https://www.instagram.com/trandiep1234/

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NARROW BRIDGE by COLIN K IL LICK

Australia

https://driftingleaves.net

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AUTUMNAL THAMES

SAND CASTLES b y J O H N F. K E L LY

New Zealand

https://www.rps.org/member/profile/john-kelly https://www.facebook.com/johnfekellyphotographer/photo_stream

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REFLECTION by MIK E K ANE

Australia

https://www.mikekanephotography.com.au/

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STE AMPUNK ALCHEMY by MIK E K ANE

Australia

https://www.mikekanephotography.com.au/

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FR AMES by COLIN CAMPBEL L

Australia

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H AT D I S C U S S I O N by COLIN CAMPBEL L

Australia

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BIANCA IN RED DRESS by GEORGE KONCZ

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C O N T E M P L AT I N G M Y F U T U R E I I by GEORGE KONCZ

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REDLANDS DIGITAL ARTISTS GROUP A COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF PHOTO ARTISTS By Maureen Maxwell

CHINESE WHISPERS #14 “NEW YEAR WISHES”

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CL AUDE T TE

FLUT TERBY FLOWER by PENNY DE JONG

Australia

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W I LT E D R O S E 1

by MAR JORIE LORD

Australia

http://artmuse.com.au/ https://facebook.com/ArtMuse.MarjorieLord

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W I LT E D R O S E 2

by MAR JORIE LORD

Australia

http://artmuse.com.au/ https://facebook.com/ArtMuse.MarjorieLord

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PINKY by AL BAMASS

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/nsthnn/

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PRE T TY DANCER by AL BAMASS

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/nsthnn/

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HERE by CINZIA HAR T

www.cinziahart.com

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Australia

AND THERE by CINZIA HAR T

Australia

www.cinziahart.com

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ANGEL b y A N N L AV I N

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/d6au4o/

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DELIVERY b y A N N L AV I N

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/d6au4o/

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T H R E E C O U S I N S O N A D AY O U T

U P U P A N D AWAY b y M A R I S A L I B E R AT O

Australia

https://www.marisalphotography.com

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C H R I S TI N A B R UN TON

STE AMPUNK PINK 123

S T E A M P U N K S A L LY by CHRIS TINA BRUNTON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/1pa52q/

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YOUNG DRESS DESIGNER 125

SMILEY by CHRIS TINA BRUNTON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/1pa52q/

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POSH 127

G R E E N D AY

SKIRT TOSSING

BIRD MAN by CHRIS TINA BRUNTON

Australia

https://artboja.com/art/1pa52q/

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JUST RESTING

RED-GREY STE AMPUNK

Fifteen years ago I learnt how to paint and later I started photography as a way to capture images as a reference for my oil paintings, but work commitments made it hard to find the time to paint. The idea was to take photos of beautiful scenes I saw whilst travelling and later paint them once I had time. I never went back to my oil painting, as photography had taken over. It wasn’t until I discovered Sebastian Michaels’ course on Photoshop Artistry and how photographs could be made into works of art that I was able to merge my passions of painting and photography. It has been a wonderful journey learning new skills and I never want to stop learning. These works of art are my steampunk series from photos I have taken at a recent steampunk festival. My art generally starts with a photo I have taken and then I enhance it digitally. Creating art work is a way of life that sings to me and I hope it touches the viewer’s emotional strings, their heart and soul. Christina Brunton

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EVENING DELIGHT by PA M HENDERSON

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/snapnshootdesigns/ https://artboja.com/art/dmfi9d

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WITHIN THE WIND by PA M HENDERSON

Australia

https://www.facebook.com/snapnshootdesigns/ https://artboja.com/art/dmfi9d

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C H I N AT O W N by TRISH HOSK IN

Australia

https://www.trishphotography.com https://artboja.com/art/726rzm/

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T H E N AT I O N A L by TRISH HOSK IN

Australia

https://www.trishphotography.com https://artboja.com/art/726rzm/

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T H E E A R LY B I R D G E T S T H E W O R M

A MEE TING OF LIKE MINDS by BIL L OL DHAM

Australia

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25818712@N04/

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D AY S E N D

THE HOG b y WA R R E N M AYA L L

New Zealand

http://www.warrenmayallphotography.co.nz

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T O R Q U AY S U R F B E A C H I

T O R Q U AY S U R F B E A C H I I b y J O H N K E L LY

Australia

http://www.instagram.com/myphotosbyjohn

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L ADYBUG by THYS JE ARTHUR

New Zealand

http://www.tgagraphics.co.nz/ https://artboja.com/art/wpqa4m/

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BRICOL AGE CHALLENGE - THERE ARE NO WORDS I by ANTHE A SCOT TE

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Australia

BRICOL AGE CHALLENGE - THERE ARE NO WORDS II by ANTHE A SCOT TE

Australia

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KALMA by ILONA ABOU -ZOLOF

Australia

https://www.zolof.net/ https://artboja.com/art/4zzu8q/

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QUEEN NICOLE by ILONA ABOU -ZOLOF

Australia

https://www.zolof.net/ https://artboja.com/art/4zzu8q/

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LOCKSMITH by DENISE McDERMOT T

Australia

https://www.imagesbydenise.net

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TREE SPIRIT by DENISE McDERMOT T

Australia

https://www.imagesbydenise.net

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