Light - AnArt4Life

A gallery of "seismique" proportions!

Today we travel to Houston, Texas to experience the lastest in immersive, interactive lightshows. Image: Seismique.com

Jyll Bradley enhances our sense of space and place

When art evolves from, enhances & expands the culture of everyday life, it satisfies our desire to appreciate beautiful things but also feeds our desire to engage in the world around us - be it natural or human made. An artist who has the gift to create this synergy is Jyll Bradley.

Light

"Lightscape", Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - where nature and technology meet

More photos from the immersive experience "Lightscape" at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. From the lens of Colin Morris with thanks.

Light

An immersive garden experience after dark – “Lightscape”

I recently visited an immersive, after-dark light show called "Lightscape" which has come to the Royal Botanic Gardens here in Melbourne, Australia. Image: timeout.com.au

Light

Light and Space Art Movement - Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson, is a Danish artist whose sculptures and large-scale installation art employed elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience of the ordinary.

Light

Light and Space Art Movement - James Turrell

For over half a century, the American artist James Turrell has worked directly with light and space to create artworks that engage viewers with the limits and wonder of human perception.

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Light and Space Art Movement - an Introduction

Light and Space denotes a loosely affiliated art movement originating in Southern California in the 1960s characterized by perceptual phenomena, such as light, volume and scale, and the use of materials such as glass, neon, fluorescent lights, resin and cast acrylic, often forming installations.

Watercolour

Kate Mears: Light and Shadow

A treat today as we are invited into the world of Kate Mears, British watercolour artist and illustrator. Kate's paintings are delicately vibrant enhanced by her expertise in creating a symphony between light and shadow.

Christmas

Christmas Markets in Europe

Sharing images from Christmas markets in Berlin, Vienna, Ljubijana, Edinburgh, Nuremburg, Romania...

Ancient

Capturing captivating caves

Today we marvel at the majestic beauty of caves, in iconic images captured by wonderful photographers who unselfishly make their work available to us all, through Unsplash. Image: xx liu. Unsplash.

The Moon

Look out for a Super Blood Moon!

There will be a special lunar event tonight, the 26th of May 2021 - a combination of a Super Moon and a lunar eclipse. Depending where you live, you may be able to see this phenomenal event! Image: reddit.com

Photography

The beauty of the night sky

How many stars can you see at night? Do you ever look up to see? Come with us on a journey of the beautiful night skies around the world. Image: Shlomo Shalev, Unsplash.

Nature

London in the morning light reveals a treasure

The morning light in Regent's Park, London reveals more than the sunlight touching the tips of the clouds.

Naive and Folk Art

Monday's Feature Art Work: Carnival Evening by Henri Rousseau

Taking a closer look at naive artist Henri Rousseau through his rather unusual painting "Carnival Evening". Image: commons.wikimedia.org

Light

Past Post: No 5 June 2018

Past Posts from 2018 take you into the world of "light" and how moonlight and sunlight appear in paintings. We also look at the beginning of photography and the use of the daguerreotype process.

Reflection

Reflection: The Northern Lights

A reflection post where the magnificence of "The Northern Lights" reminds us of the magic that is found in the natural world. Image: Joshua Earle/Unsplash

Naive and Folk Art

Creativity Abounds in Times of Isolation

In this challenging time of isolation I thought I would let art take us beyond the present and into some art works through Edward Hopper Image: Sunlight in a Cafeteria by Edward Hopper (edwardhopper.net)

Celebration

Towns Twinkle with Christmas Lights

Christmas Wishes for 2019 to everyone.

Celebration

Fireworks: The Good with The Bad

Remembering Fireworks Night. Includes paintings of Bonfire Night by English artists Paul Sandby (1770s) and Mark Burrell 2019.

Travel

The Changing Light Over Fowey, Cornwall

Fowey on the south coast of Cornwall nestles on the sides of the beautiful Fowey Estuary. Watch the changing morning and evening light. Also view a lovely video on this gorgeous village. And some subscribers' mail.

Inspiration

Friday Feature: Field of Light

The "Field of Light" was conceived in 1992 by Bruce Munro who took a road trip through central Australia, camping at Uluru/Ayer's Rock. To Munro, the red desert had an incredible feeling of energy, ideas seemed to radiate from it along with the heat.

Contemporary

Ariela Wertheimer

Ariela Wertheimer is a multidisciplinary artist. In 2013, Ariela moved from the quiet suburb of Caesarea to the bustling city of Tel Aviv. The city invigorated her with the energy to create, photograph, and paint at an urban rhythm.

The Moon

Waning Crescent Moon vs Waxing Crescent Moon

Waning Crescent Moon and Waxing Crescent Moon by Dali The following pictures are from a virtual reality experience created by ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, of Dalí's 1935 Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus, for Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination.

The Moon

All the Colours of the Moon

Sharing some moon pictures including Van Gogh's "The Starry Night", Rachel Santel's "Blue Moon", Johannes Sluijters' "Landscape with Full Moon".

Vehicles

The Beauty in Dumped Cars

Appreciating the beauty of "dumped cars" as art works as created by Robert Fielding.

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