MAPLE TREE

I am still enjoying working on my iPad. It is like going down an unknown track leading from your normal pathway. The effects you can achieve are very startling at times. you never know what is going to happen when you start playing with the various apps. This image is quite reminiscent of some of the drawings from the past. Some of you thought that I paint or draw on the iPad but no I simply use a photographic image, which I then transform using different apps.

BEGONIA

Still experimenting with my iPad. This time I made some images of a begonia. The plant is predominantly colour and texture unlike the tulips I posted earlier, which have in addition to colour interesting, strong shapes. Using a few different apps I ended with an almost abstract interpretation of this plant.

EARLY MORNING LIGHT

Enjoying my early coffee, I noticed the beautiful light on a vase with tulips on the table. I made a few images then transferred these to my iPAD and started to play with these pictures using a few apps. I then again I copied them to my computer and using my favourite program OnOne prefect photosuite made some refinements. The final result looks like an old 17 or 18 century still life painting.

CITY BUS, NORTH BAY

Looking at a very simple mundane subject, you see how the different elements combine to give you an image with strong visual stopping power. The scene here is almost a monochrome blue picture because of the colour of the sky and the bus. The horizontal lines of the window shades and the vertical lines of the metal window frames are the other elements, which are important to the overall design.

BOOTS, CATTLE AUCTION, STURGEON FALLS, ONTARIO

A few weeks ago I showed an old portfolio with pictures I made in 1976 at the weekly cattle auction in Sturgeon Falls. My friends enjoyed the images and urged me to scan the negatives, which I started doing. It is a tedious job but I ended up with a great collection of over four hundred pictures. Now before people write me and ask where and when this auction takes place i am sorry to say. The auction has become the victim of the computer and internet. It simply does not exist any more. Al;l that is left are the memories and these pictures.

COLOUR, OAK STREET, NORTH BAY

 Today I just like to add some colour to my posting. Spring has not arrived yet. I took this picture last Sunday. I liked the abstract quality of the image accentuated by the strong primary colours. It actually looks more like a street you would expect in South American town rather than cold Northern Ontario.

MATTAWA RAILWAY STATION, ORIGINAL PICTURE

Linda wondered about the original picture of the Mattawa railway station, which I used as the basis for yesterdayès image. So here it is.

MATTAWA RAILWAY STATION

This Easter weekend was very busy. We had family visit us during the last few days so I did not have time to post new images. Last week my friend Gery and I made a little trip to Mattawa. of course wehad to go to the old railway station, which looks as if it it is ready to be demolished. sad actually because much local history will disappear when the building is gone. I took a few pictures and using my iPad I created this view of the station. Just recently I downloaded a new app and it is truly amazing what you can do with this small program. Anyway her is the result.