Twelve members of ArtSaturna will be showing new pieces at the Saturna Café from December 8th to January 4th. This creative dozen works in several media, so the show promises to be varied and interesting.
An informal opening is planned for Saturday, December 10, from 3:30 pm to 5 pm.
The Café is at 101 Narvaez Bay Road, a few minutes from the ferry terminal.
Come and meet the artists!
Above: “Waiting”, photos taken in Sidney, BC. While killing time before catching the afternoon ferry, I experimented with in-camera double exposure. Double exposure is getting your camera to take two pictures one on top of the other. Fun game!
After a lengthy interlude, during which I explored the great outdoors and collected a lot of material to play with, here I am… back at the computer with my pictures. Ready to share.
Aboard the Mayne Queen ferry, a venerable member (built in 1964) of the BC Ferries fleet, on the way home.
These photos are in-camera double exposures. Take two pictures in a row, and the camera superimposes them automatically. The result is very interesting. Like opening a gift-wrapped item: a surprise!
Another reason to get out there and play… Very dreamy results.
Above: classic shot of the Fog Alarm Building at East Point, Saturna Island, British Columbia.
And below, I tried to catch the sky reflected in a puddle left in sandstone hollows, on the “other side” of East Point.
If you like blues, this is the place. In these waters, an entire palette of blues is deployed every day.
Above: an islet before the approaching fog engulfs it… Viewed from the ferry.
And the same morning, again from the ferry, an apparition: the HMCS Oriole, the oldest commissioned vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy. It is a 31 m (101 ft 8 in) sailing ketch built in 1921. (I had to look it up.)
And I leave you with these sailors, stretching the day into evening.
Summer is here. How about a tequila sunset?
Above: a skyscape captured last night, around 9:30 pm. Cue the Mozart sonatas…
I have been outside and away from my blog for a bit. Here is some evidence of where I’ve been wandering…
Above, an about to open yarrom blossom (Achillea millefolium), like a treasure in the dry grass.
This is an Australian bottlebrush (Grevillea), a shrub that survives in my garden in the Southern Gulf Islands of BC. Loved by hummingbirds.
And this thrilling version of blue is brought to you by a special sage, Salvia Blue Angel.
Speaking of hummingbirds, here is a little male, showing off his colours.
The spring garden is full of promise. Almost open…
And in the fields around here, the grass is very dry, and panicles are poetically dancing in the wind…
And in the dry grass, look at what we found: a skin, shed by a snake done with moulting for another little while. Such a delicate thing. Moving on, shedding your skin, there’s a thought.
And I leave you with a golden liquid sunset from a couple of weeks ago. Again, Mozart time.
Above: from the archives, a particularly moody August sunset from 2009, over Navy Channel, in the Southern Gulf Islands of the British Columbia coast.
Several days in a row this week, the sunsets have been very special. All warm shades, with a little contrast for good measure.
Above, that was on April 18, to the right of the horizon. Golden mellow.
At the same time, all the cool shades were gathered on the left of the horizon…
I started taking pictures of sunsets from my perch on this island right from the get-go. Here is why:
That photo is from December 2005, early days of digital cameras. The pixels are little “rough”, but they do convey the magical quality of the light, and bright colours at sundown. That boat was in a hurry to get home before dark…
But let me show you a few more examples from various seasons, to give you an idea of the range of colours and cloud patterns involved.
One evening, that was the sight: the sky on fire above Pender Island’s forest.
The sky show can be spectacular. I love the light on the water, above.
And clouds can create some truly dramatic effects.
I did mention that I love the sunset reflection in the water. Here is my shot of that liquid gold, rippling after a boat went through the sound.
And there are bonus points if you can observe the sunset from a high vantage point, on a cloudy evening. Big payoff!
I leave you with this “sunset blues” version. Play some Mozart at sunset, it suits the mood.
