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

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

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".