Living The Photo Artistic Life - Issue 84, February 2022

ISSUENO84Feb2022

LIVINGTHE
PHOTOARTISTICLIFE

pushingphotographyfurther

026MarkHemstreet

Contributingartists 027ReneePhoenix

004letterfromtheeditor 028JamesRanka

005JanetSipl 029RonPearl

006SilvijaTreice 030AnnLavin

007BernieTuffs 031- FeaturedArtist:

008RosaPerry 035 DianeEastham

009AmeliaBlanco 036SueWaterhouse

010CherylParris 037DeniseMcDermott

011AugustNaude 038CindyCharles

012SoniaPusey 039NicholasSweet-Rogers

013CatGray 040BarbaraALane

014SusanvanWyk 041NancyBrizendine

015NancieRowan 042IlonaAbou-Zolof

016VivBuckley 043BobRude

017DoriFleming 044SusanCrosby

018ReneeKeel 045JacquelineRotteveel

019PaulinevanderSpuy 046SueCantin

020HelenMcLeod 047DanLavery

021L.AnneThompson 048DavidWalker

022GitamaDay 049ShelleyBenjamin

023LouAnnDonahue 050CharleneMitchell

024SharonJenkins 051AlbertFitskie

025PamelaWalder 052LynettePaul

LIVINGTHE 053MarilynWilson

PHOTOARTISTICLIFE054MerrileeSoberg

pushingphotographyfurther 055SueMasterson

056CindyCollierHarris ISSUENO84Feb2022
057JudiLapsleyMiller

058EvelynElwan 084CherylEng

059HelgaBlanke 085DaveHattori

060JoyceSimpson 086MariusEls

061KarenHanron 087DianePinsart

062-063LouiseSmith 088MaxiBalcer

064EstherByrt 089PeggyGatto

065BethanyPerron 090WandaAnnKinnaman

066JeanHutter 091NicoleWilde

067ChristinaBrunton 092EllyFox

068JuliePowell 093BarbaraMierau-Klein

069BeverlyEverson 094KathleenGreenwood

070JaniceS.Batterbee 095KeithG.Hawley

071MaryAnnRoesler 096MarjutKorhonen

072JoCrane 097RicMatkowski

073AliceFritz 098DianaHaronis

074RebecahThompson 099JohnTJones

075LouAnnGoodrich 100IngridPomeroy

076LaurenMartin 101ChuckWoodstock

077KristinCouch 102NinaIrvin

078LindaLewis 103MeaghanPryor

079JanRobinson 104-CONTRIBUTINGDesigners

080NancyLober 111 Spotlight

081PennydeJong FrontCover&T.O.C.Image

082MaggyR.ThorvaldsdottirPeaseDianeEastham

083KimRicci

LETTERFROM THEEDITOR

sebastianmichaels

SomethingIloveaboutlivingan timeyousitdowntoPhotoshopand
artisticlifeisthatitforeverhasyou openacanvas,eachtimeyoumakea
startingsomethingnew. printandfigureoutthebestwayto
Inasense,creatingartreallycomes frameorpresentit— italltakeseffort.
downtojustthat:STARTING ...over Andeachtime,justpriortomaking
andoveragain.Whetheryou’rein thateffort,itrequiresadecision...a
themoodornot,feelinginspiredor decisiontoputtheworldasidefora
stuckinaslump. whileandcommenceyourcreative
Othershavetheluxuryofgoing journeyoncemore.
days,weeks,monthswithoutreally Tostartagain.
startinganythingnew.Withoutever Andsomedays,startingagaincan
puttingtheiregoontheline. takerealcourage.
Artistsaredifferent.Theyhavetobe. WhenIthinkofthedayswhenthat
Thehardpartaboutstartingisof kindofcourageishardesttofind,I’m
courseprettyobvious:youhaveto remindingofHemingway,whoen-
forsaketheworldanditsdistractions couragedhimselfwiththewords,“Do
forawhileandsitdownandwork. notworry.Youhavealwayswritten
Eachtimeyoubeginanewpiece,it beforeandyouwillwritenow.”
takeseffort. Asanartist,youmightwanttodesign
Eachtimeyoucomebacktocontinue somethingyoucanhangwherever
onapiece(oruntanglewhat’snot youworktohelpyoustartwhenever
quiteright)takeseffort. startingagainfeelshardhardhard:
Eachtimeyoumakeacupofcoffee Donotworry.
andsettleinforanhourofhunting
throughyourcollectedimagesand Youhavealwayscreated.
contentforinspirationtakeseffort. Andyouwillcreatenow.
Eachtimeyoutakeupyourpenand Youareanartist.
journaltodreamupafreshidea, Creatingsomethingbeautifuland
eachtimeyougrabyourcameraand grand....creatingagainandagain
beginlookingaroundanewfor andagain...iswhatyoudo.
somethingexcitingtocapture,each ~Sebastian

ImagebyLouiseCampbell

Jilted

JanetSipl

(USA)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janetsipl/

5

6 Meditation SilvijaTreice

(Latvia)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BernieTuffs RememberingTimesPast

BernieTuffs

(UK)

YouShould
BeHere...

7

RedRose

RosaPerry

(Australia)
https://rosa-perry.myportfolio.com/

Valencia

8

Amoresquematan

AmeliaBlanco

(Cuba)
https://www.facebook.com/ameliadigitalart/

9

Hope

CherylParris

(USA)
http://www.cherylparris.com/

10

Free... AugustNaude

(SouthAfrica)

TheRaceBeforeMe 11https://www.augustnaudephotography.com/

Unravelling

SoniaPusey

(Australia)

Backstitch

12

QueenofHearts

CatGray

(UK)
https://www.graycatdesign.co.uk/

13

TheWizardsIsland

SusanvanWyk

(SouthAfrica)

14

Reflection

NancieRowan

(USA)

Soaring

15https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/nancie-rowan

WinterattheCastle

VivBuckley

(Irerland)
http://www.vivbuckley.com/

WaitingUnder
theLamp

16

Khione

DoriFleming

(UK)

17

18 Chronos RenéeKeel https://www.reneekeel.com/

(USA)

AreWeReallyGoingThatWay

PaulinevanderSpuy

(SouthAfrica)

JustLetMe
BeForNow

19

IntrospectiveSelf

HelenMcLeod

(NewZealand)
http://www.2-galleries.com/

FloatLike
aButterfly

20

MankyDahlia

L.AnneThompson

(USA)
http://www.tenukihandcrafts.com/

21

Resurfacing

GitamaDay

(Australia)

22

Ciara

LouAnnDonahue

(USA)

Valentine

23

Broken http://www.soulfulphotoartistry.com/

SharonJenkins

(Canada)

TheGift

24

“Liestill,liestill,mybreakingheart,
mysilentheart,liestillandbreak.”

(ChristinaRossetti)

PamelaWalder

(UK)

25

Masculine

MarkHemstreet

(USA)

26

RedInLove

ReneePhoenix

(USA)
http://www.reneephoenix.com/

Gathering
HeartStrings

27

Runway

JamesRanka

(USA)
http://jamesranka.smug.com/

DaftAbout
MissFisher

28

YoungLove

RonPearl

(USA)

29

30 Grandma'sLace AnnLavin

(Australia)

FeaturedArtist

EnchantedIllusion

“Discoveringtheworldoffantasyportraitsandlandscapessetmeon

apaththatIcontinuetoexploretoday.BeforePhotoshop,Iworkedfor

decadesasamulti-mediastudioartist.Photoshopallowsmetocombine

”elementsofmyart,photographyandimagination. 31

LettheBellsRingOut

32

TheJourney

Broken

33

ICloseMyEyesand
Dream ofFlight

Goddessof
theMoon

34

“Ilovehow piecesevolveinsurprisingdirections,asifoncebegun,they

developamindoftheirown.Ilovethatasingleideacanbeshapedina

varietyofstylesfrom realistictorepresentationaltoabstract.Forme,it’s

”awonderfullysatisfyingcreativejourney.

NotBilla’sButterfly 35

(Canada)
http://www.dianeeastham.com/

Waiting

SueWaterhouse

(England)

36

BooksAreMagic#2 DeniseMcDermott

(Australia)

BooksAreMagic#1 37http://www.imagesbydenise.net/

GoldenLady

CindyCharles

(Canada)

Lookingfor
Normal

38

TheColorofMySoulisRed

NicholasSweet-Rogers

(UK)

39

SteamyEncounter

BarbaraALane

(USA)
http://www.barbaraalane.com/

40

TheMechanic

NancyBrizendine

(USA)
https://www.facebook.com/nbrizphotoart

It's5O'Clock
Somewhere

41

BrokenDoll

IlonaAbou-Zolof

(Australia)
http://www.zolof.net/

TinkerGirl

42

TakingaCloserLook

BobRude

(USA)

43

AHoneymoonMemory

SusanCrosby

(USA)

44

WhoAm IReally?

JacquelineRotteveel

(USA)

ThereJustIsn't
EnoughTime

45

Wheels https://www.flickr.com/photos/digiladi/

SueCantin

(Canada)

Dreaming

46

Somewhereina
DistantPlace

DanLavery

(Canada)

Cerebral
Landscape

47

BlackCountryIndustry DavidWalker

(UK)

T.Cook’sSweetShop http://vista-foto.com/

48

Window Mannequins

ShelleyBenjamin

(USA)
https://shelleybenjamin.com/

49

HardTimes

CharleneMitchell

(Canada)
http://charlenemitchell.ca/

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