Autumn beauty

I decided that I was long overdue for some new content! I've been very busy in the interim, but haven't had much time for art or photography. Last weekend I finallly broke out the camera and captured a few shots of the splendor of the autumn foliage, plus a few other shots that I just liked. Hope you will enjoy them, too!

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Hornet's Nest ©2010 J. Nichols

Red! ©2010 J. Nichols

Pastoral ©2010 J. Nichols

Droplet ©2010 J. Nichols

Sugar Maple ©2010 J. Nichols

The Farmhouse ©2010 J. Nichols

Falls ©2010 J. Nichols

Fire ©2010 J. Nichols

Reflections ©2010 J. Nichols

Red Maple ©2010 J. Nichols

Holly Berries ©2010 J. Nichols

Picture this

Not much new on the artwork front, but I have been out with my camera trying to capture a bit of the lovely blooms and signs of Spring this year. Hope you enjoy!

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Bridalwreath ©2009 J. Nichols


Dogwoods ©2009 J. Nichols


Got worms? ©2009 J. Nichols


Sage ©2009 J. Nichols


Rhododendron ©2009 J. Nichols

Toxic images

Thought I'd share some new images of poisonous plants.
The first is a new digital manipulation, and the second is my first (crude) attempt at an HDR image. Let me know what you think!
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Pokeberry ©2008 J. Nichols




Deadly Nightshade ©2008 J. Nichols

Autumn's Splendors

Got a chance today to head out with the camera and document a bit of the changing seasons. Always nice to see the colors change as the days grow shorter and the temperatures fall. Let me know what you think; C & C’s always welcome!



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Pretty Poison ©2008 J. Nichols






Russian Sage ©2008 J. Nichols






Salvia ©2008 J. Nichols

After the Frost

A new scanograph that I did today to celebrate the change of season. Let me know what you think!

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After the Frost ©2008 J.Nichols

Sphere of Influence

Thought I’d post an image that I’d tweaked a bit in PS. The original image is a scanograph of a glass sphere that I made last year. I’ve never been able to successfully capture the color when I’ve tried to photograph it. This comes close to how it looks when lit from below. C & C’s welcome!

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Sphere of influence ©2008 J. Nichols

MyArtSpace Scholarships and Contest!

www.myartspace.com has created a scholarship program for students of artistic merit wishing to continue their education in an approved MFA, BFA or other higher level degree program (BA or BS in Art) for the arts. The scholarship is intended for students who exhibit exceptional artistic excellence. All mediums are accepted. Including, photography and video, both contemporary and traditional in nature. The scholarship arises from the commitment to supporting artists who are committed to their skill and development as an artist.

For two years myartspace has been a key figure in availing opportunity in the arts on the web and in global events. Myartspace is providing three scholarship prizes for undergraduate students and separately three scholarship prizes for graduate students. Creating an account on myartspace is free. Entering the scholarship competition is free.
The deadline for registration and online submission of work is November 21, 2008. You must upload your JPEGS/videos into a myartspace online gallery. Up to 20 images can be submitted for consideration. Scholarship winners will be announced on December 19, 2008.


First Prize:
$5000 for undergraduate student
$5000 for graduate student

Second Prize:
$2000 for undegraduate student
$2000 for graduate student

Third Prize:
$1000 for undergraduate student
$1000 for graduate student

For more information: www.myartspace.com/scholarships

www.myartspace.com has also launched a joint competition with the Bridge Art Fair. Finalists in the Art Basel Miami competition will display their art at the Bridge Art Fair art Art Basel in Miami this December. The Jury panel for the competition includes Elisabeth Sussman from the Whitney Museum, Janet Bishop from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), JoAnne Northrup from the San Jose Museum of Art, and Michael Workman the founder of the Bridge Art Fair.

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Something oldish, something newish

I’ve been at a bit of a creativity loss lately, so I’ve decided to revisit some earlier works and rework some of them a bit. Here are two of my "new" old pieces. C&C’s welcome!




Rattus 2.0 ©2008 JNichols



Violent Flower, Cropped ©2008 JNichols

In a child's eyes

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In a child's eyes was one of my first scanographic assemblage pieces. I first arranged and scanned several groups of objects that I had collected over the years, then the scans were assembled into the finished piece. It is an attempt to evoke something of the innocense and curiosity of youth, represented by the strange things that we accumulate with magpie-like zeal.

The Kingdoms

These are the first two scanographic images from a series that I started last year. I intend to carry the concept forward with a series of related scans in each series, and also to add a third unifying series. I have been accumulating elements to use in this project for about a year now, and I hope to get started on the next images in the near future.
Comments are always welcome!



Kingdoms of Nature


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Kingdoms of Man

Conophthoric tunnels

It’s been a while since I’ve done anything new, so I finally started a series of images based on scans of the beetle burrows in a white pine limb that I found. Don’t know where the series may go (or if it will go any further) from here, but here are some of the first of the new pieces. Questions, crits and comments are always welcome!



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Bull

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While looking through some old polaroids, I came across a number of under/over exposed images that I had saved because I found them interesting. This piece is the product of manipulating several of those images. The final piece was output at 12" x 12".

Seven Quarts of Milk

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This is a digital manipulation that I recently did that was based on a scan of an 18th C. receipt, submitted for reimbursement by General Geo. Washington for foodstuffs purchased for the Continental Army on the way to the Battle of Germantown. The output print is 12" x 12".

Spirea

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This is a new digital manipulation of a photo taken yesterday. Quite often I will take a photo, and then see the potential for using it in another piece of work or as a piece by itself. Most of my work revolves around explorations of light and color, regardless of the medium I choose to work with at the time.