Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Sometimes my fantasy work just goes in all the right directions without me really knowing. In my last post I mentioned that Meagen had given me some great silhouettes to work with - she certainly did! I took her poses, masked out the background and it was then great fun to experiment overlaying the patterns... Continue Reading →
I think of the some of my photography as fantasy artwork. It's work that often dissolves a nude study into a spiritual natural scene. If you check out Symmetry Series: nude studies and new work at #NAF19 you'll see what I mean. It's no real surprise that I've wanted to do some more fantasy work during... Continue Reading →
I've been making symmetrical images for many years now. Usually of trees, grass, leaves, ferns and clouds - you can see plenty in my Symmetry in Nature book download. Recently I have been making them much more complex by dissolving nude female figures into the composition. Here's a good example from this years's #NAF19. It's... Continue Reading →
One of the things I wanted in the exhibition was a small set of pictures that show off my love of harmony and beauty. The dryad series covers a whole wall and they're quite dark. So I set about shooting some much lighter pictures with clean lines that can be simply mirrored. I've combined them... Continue Reading →
This post's about the Dryad series. They are the seven images that make up almost a quarter of my exhibition - Symmetry - which is at the Carinus Arts Centre for the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July 2017. I wanted to explore what happened when I placed a person into my images... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago I posted this picture on Facebook. It's one of my favourite trees catching the warm sunshine: full of twisty arching shapes. At the time my good friend Harry Owen said he could see an artwork coming on .... he was right. I've managed to find some time to work with... Continue Reading →
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