Beautiful Rusty Iris

Besides art and photography, gardening is one of my favorite things to do. This is a recent photo of my rust and gold colored iris which is planted in my front garden. To me, the intricate beauty in the world around us is total proof that our great Lord exists. Nature is just one of the many blessings that He has given us that I totally treasure.

Inspirations

What inspires art? It's different for everybody. For me its the beauty in the spring flowers, the arrival of the new birds (their song is like a symphony), the first buzz of the hummingbirds and bees, the hurried scurry of the chipmunks, the things of nature. I also get inspired by the sound of the ships horn as they come into the harbor, the light mist that sits gently upon the lake, the multi-colored sunset glowing across the water.

Spring is my favorite season. It's when I feel alive. It's an emotional awakening from a dreary winter that lasted just a bit too long. Not that I don't find beauty in the glistening snowflakes and the illumination of light through the icicles hanging over my door. I just really needed spring to come around.

Nature inspires me. I am in awe of God's creation.

Gardening

What a nice morning to work outside in my garden. I finally took an hour and pruned and cleaned up a few of my flower beds. This picture is of a rose that I have in my front yard garden. I took this photo last year while the bush was in bloom.

I love to garden. I love the outdoors. I guess that is why I gravitate to things of nature in my photography and art. Working in my garden and taking pictures of the beauty that comes from the work that I put into my garden are two of my favorite things. Outside you can fill your senses with the awesomeness of God's creations. My senses are more alive outside....see the delicate complexity of nature....feel the texture of the soil and the breeze on your skin....smell the fragrant freshness of the floral perfumed air.....hear the symphony of the birds singing.

The spring is my favorite time of year and at this time I'd rather be outside than in.

Berries

These luscious beauties are berries that turn a bright red in the autumn. This bush is in my yard along my driveway between my neighbors and my yard. I don't know what kind of bush it is but the berries are something. I'm pretty sure that they are not edible. The color is so striking that I just had to capture it with my camera. It was after a rain and they were still dripping with rain water.

Daisy

This is the first day in days that I have posted to my blog. I haven't been feeling well and my creativity has been low. This health problem is an ongoing problem of pain that the doctors are not helping and it has finally taken a toll on my overall being. If anyone out there is experiencing the same symptoms, I would love to hear from you, because obviously the doctors are doing nothing to help. They claim it's fibromyalgia, costocondritis, and reflux....I think differently! Nothing is helping and the pain in my chest and throat is getting worse and more constant....everyday now! I am generally an upbeat and optomistic person, but this is wearing me down. I am trying to push myself to work, but it's not easy. I am making another attempt at using herbs ....stinging nettle and ginger.....anyone else have any suggestions.

Well onto my art for the day.....this is a photo of a daisy from my garden....they are beautiful....white on top and purple underneath. I will be adding this to the "Garden of Delights"....here are the links.....

http://www.squidoo.com/garden_of_digital_delights/

http://artandgoldgallery.com/garden_of_digital_delights/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/evabarkman-art/

Exhibit in Columbus

"Altered Garden" will be on exhibit April and May at MacWorthington Gallery in Columbus Ohio's Short North Art District. The artists reception will be held Saturday, April 21, 2007 6-8pm.

Orchid Illusions

Orchid illusion is a photomanipulation of an orchid image. The glowing light effect is really striking. Click on this link for purchase information.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=375602

Rosewater

Digital photomanipulation of a picture of a rose where background appears waterlike.

Orchids & Local Art News

Orchids....well I love them. I do photograph them alot. My mom has a green thumb with them, so I always have an endless supply of subjects. So you will see them repeatedly in my work.
Check out these few links to see more of my work....

http://www.genesiscollectibleart.com

http://www.squidoo.com/garden_of_digital_delights/

http://artandgoldgallery.com/garden_of_digital_delights/

Now for local news....my local art group, Lake Shore Artists is having an exhibit in May....I will be exhibiting in this show......it will take place at the Ashtabula Arts Center in Ashtabula Ohio.
I will blog more on this in the future.

New Blog due to technical difficulties!

Well, I used to have a blog at....... http://genesisartstudio.blogspot.com/
and it's still there, but I can no longer sign into it because I made the silly mistake of signing up for another gmail account under a different username with Google. When I did that something went seriously wrong with my regular account. I can no longer get into my old blogger, which not only had my old blog, but my access to several other group blogs that I was involved in.
After many attempts to straighten it out, I just give up!!!! You won, Google!!!!!

Anyway, I'm Eva Barkman....a multi-media artist and photographer from Northeast Ohio.
I do mixed media paintings and digital art and photography. I also do anything artsy and even crafty....I just love to create things. I sell my art & photography online on several venues and also in galleries and shows nationwide.

I'm going to try and give this daily art blogging a try. So for today, I'm posting one of my orchid pictures that has been photomanipulated on a digital art program. It is one of many floral art pictures that I have in a Digital Flower Garden at.....

http://artandgoldgallery.com/garden_of_digital_delights/

and

http://www.squidoo.com/garden_of_digital_delights/

These beautiful digital gardens are the creation of artist and web designer KKC Bauder. This talented lady has taken the awesome digital art of several WWAO Worldwide Women Artists Online members and has created a digital flower garden like none you've ever seen.
Take a leisurely cyber walk through these gardens and be delighted with their artistic beauty.