SUNDAY BEST #484 - ART EXHIBITION

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.
The rules are simple: 1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;
2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;
3) Leave a comment here once you have posted;
4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity.
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A photo from a current exhibition where four of my latest paintings are exhibited (you can see two of them on the left), as well as 40 small canvases. The Exhibition is on until June 14th, at the Gallery Unbound, 497 High St, Northcote VIC 3070 Australia, and my works can be found here.

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Last week, I liked Jim's photo of mobile sculptures from Sutherland, Sydney. More of his photos can be found here.

SUNDAY BEST #458 - MUSIC...

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.

The rules are simple:
1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;
2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;
3) Leave a comment here once you have posted;
4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity.

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The organ at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kew, in Melbourne. This inspired me to compose the organ pieces below:

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Last week, Kwarkito in France posted a rather nostalgic look at the disappearing bistros in his country. Please visit his blog for more.

CYCLING

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

SUNDAY BEST #446 - DAREBIN CREEK

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.

The rules are simple:
1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;
2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;
3) Leave a comment here once you have posted; 4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity. Please do not use this meme to advertise our goods or services. This is a creative meme and any inappropriate links or comments shall be removed immediately.

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Last week, Taken for Granted from the USA posted the photo below. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #422 - MY NEW NOVEL

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.

The rules are simple:
1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;
2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;
3) Leave a comment here once you have posted
4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity.

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This novel was one result of my creative endeavours that came out of the COVID pandemic. I've been told that it's a good read (and not by just friends and family! ;-).

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Last week, I had such a hard time picking a favourite photo, as all of the submitted entries were fantastic! Consider all of you applauded very heartily. Nevertheless the photo below made me stop and look at it for a while... Please visit India via Rupam Sarma's blog and enjoy more wonderful shots.

SUNDAY BEST #410 - SEASON'S GREETINGS!

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.

The rules are simple:
1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;
2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;
3) Leave a comment here once you have posted
4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity.

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Last week, Csuhpat1 in the USA posted shots of a festive San Francisco. Please visit his blog for more photos.

BEST WISHES FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON, MAY YOU HAVE PEACE AND HAPPINESS CLOSE TO THOSE YOU LOVE.

FLOWER PAINTING

One of my flower compositions: "Summer Garden" - mixed media on canvas. You can view more of my art here: https://www.instagram.com/jammysevenk/

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme

SPRING FLOWERS

One of my drawings in oil pastels showing Spring flowers in our garden. For more of my art, visit my Instagram account: @jammysevenk

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme

GALLERY

Another selection of my paintings in mixed media.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

PAINT POUR ART

The last few years, a new form of abstract art has developed. This is a rather heuristic and serendipitous form of art where acrylic paints are mixed with a fluid medium, a few drops of silicone oil are added, the mixed paints are layered in a beaker and then poured on a canvas. The canvas is tilted so that it is completely covered by the paint and the painting is heated with a butane torch so that the silicone oil droplets laden with paint come to the top forming multi-coloured "cells".

Although one may try one's best to control the process, it is largely a matter of chance what patterns develop and how the paints interact and mix with one another. Until I tried it for myself I discounted it as a mechanistic and "easy" way to make art. However, as is often the case, trying my hand at it convinced me that there was indeed skill involved and the choice of colours, the mixing of paint, and close control of a number of variables that one can control, made the difference between a pleasing end-result or the formation of a picture seemingly besmirched with mud.

You may see a paint pour artist at work in this link. It is a fellow Australian, Julie Cutts, who lives in Queensland and produces excellent instructional videos on how she makes her paint pour art.

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,

and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.