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Author: settleandchase
05.04.
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I hope you like this small flower, another from my favourite eyelash plant.
I did experiment with some layers in the background, but actually in the end I liked the space, it felt a bit like the first days of spring, when you step out into open air!
Happy Easter!
27.03.
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Somehow the black and white fed into the colour here. It makes a story to me, in Cornish light.
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© C.E. Rennie 2015.
Minus the Bird.
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I tried tinsel, biscuits, and baubles, but pears won.
Getting in early to wish you a wonderful Christmas time,
and such a Happy New Year.
See you round the bend!
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Clearing
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I was excited last weekend to find that my music and photographs were featured on Elsa Mora’s generous and lovely blog, Art is a Way.
I’ve been a huge admirer of Elsa’s work for several years now – her intricate papercut work and other fantastic creations are so inspiring. I feel really honoured to be listed there!
The first featured image was one that I had kind of put to the back of my mind, and it was nice to be reminded of it. It inspired me to give this small girl a new view..
Winter Branch
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Trying to capture something of a wintery light into this blue..
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08.11.
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Whistles
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This is how it felt to me..
(Posted one of these a while back but they were due some editing, and I think I like them better for it..)
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Dream Fishing
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Sleep just didn’t want to happen in this wild and windy night tonight, so I distracted myself and made this collage.
Layer upon layer of golden fossilised fish..
(this is taken from a scan of a Mene rhombeus, which, according to Bristol University (take a look at their brilliant cabinet of curiosities), is a beautifully-preserved fossil fish from the famous Monte Bolca (or Pesciara) site, in Verona, Italy, from some 50 million years ago!)
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First Day on Dartmoor
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I am still working on my collages, but I got a bit distracted with this one as I was going through some old files.
This photograph has great resonance for me, as it was the first day that we went up to Dartmoor shortly after moving to Devon.
The air was clear and full of frost, and I was so happy to be there. Something about that light was strange, picture-book almost.
(A little change from the rain that we have here at the moment, we are surrounded by water and it doesn’t look to be stopping!)
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C.E.Rennie, 2014
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I’m working on some new collages at the moment. There are so many decisions to make – how much to include, what works with what, how everything you add creates an extra layer of meaning – does that layer add interest or distraction? Too many choices!
Then sometimes I come back to the original, paired right down, and I like it with no alteration. This is the base that I am working with, an image from a few years ago. After exploring the thousands of possibilities, I’ve ended up now quite enjoying its space. I often come back this way, a confusion of noise, settled down to a few quiet lines.
I’ll post up the layered versions next time, would be good to hear what you think!
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