Julie Nygaard Art: July 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Wading Herons

"Wading Herons" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water.

Be water, my friend."

- Bruce Lee

Coast Reflections - Home

"Coast Reflections - Home" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."

- Gary Snyder

Morning Murder

"Morning Murder" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"All he could do was wait like this, patiently, until it grew
light out and the birds awoke and began their day.
All he could do was trust in the birds,
in all birds, with their wings and beaks."

- Haruki Murakami, Kino

Midnight Murder

"Midnight Murder" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"If men had wings and bore black feathers,

few of them would be clever enough to be crows."

- Henry Ward Beecher

Monday, July 29, 2019

Salt Reflection - Monochrome

"Salt Reflection - Monochrome" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"She reached for a tiny white dish on top of the stove.

"Oops, and salt. I almost forgot salt."

"Salt?" I wrinkled my nose, and then widened my eyes.

"Is that your secret ingredient?"

Sophie laughed. "Salt isn't a secret ingredient, doofus.

Besides, you just add a pinch. Salt brings out all the flavors."

She paused. "It's weird, isn't it? How something so opposite of sweet

can make things taste even better?"

"How does it do that?" I asked.

"I don't know," Sophie answered. "It just kind of brings

everything together in its own strange little way.

- Cecilia Galante, The Sweetness Of Salt

Crow On Vintage Paper

"Crow" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

Love the texture and feel of vintage paper.

My manipulated work is all about layering photographs and textures.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

West End - Vancouver

"West End - Vancouver" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"The city, to her, meant a few particular blocks - the best blocks -

lying together in a neat rectangle, linked by arcades and department stores;

three streets one way, cut by four at right angles, bound

at the top by gardens, self-enclosed at the bottom and either end.

Three or four times a week, she walked the streets of these blocks,

smelt the coffee, the flowers, the rich, expensive leather, the cosmetics."

- Elizabeth Harrower, Down In The City

Monday, July 22, 2019

Heron In Flight - Monochrome

"Heron In Flight - Monochrome" 2019

Digital Photography - Canon

"How wonderful it must be, I thought, to be able to just spread your wings

whenever you like without someone following you around trying

to swat you out of the sky."

- Gina Holmes, Wings Of Glass

T-Rex Abstraction

"T-Rex Abstraction" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

Armed with toy dinosaurs, I had so much fun on a

photo shoot in English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

last Friday. I was taking photos for a commission

project that is for a birthday gift for

a client's grandson. I was quite the attraction

with those dinosaurs. I look forward to posting my completed
works in the near future.But for now,
I had some fun with filters.

Windy Day II

"Windy Day II" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"And he was gesturing up through the trees above to show them how it was woven across the sky or how the sky was woven into the trees, he wasn't sure which. But there it was, he smiled, and the weaving went on, green and blue, if you watched and saw the forest shift its humming loom."

- Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

Willow Over Water

"Willow Over Water" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"Trees are very often the home of elemental beings which you would call nature spirits, intelligences of primeval age which enjoy drifting through your world and others in a more amorphous manner. Rocks, mountains, crystals, bodies of water - these too are homes of conscious beings. " -

Elizabeth S. Eiler Ph. D., Singing Woman: Voices Of The Sacred Feminine

Windy Day

"Windy Day" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"She was sitting in a garden more beautiful than even her rampaging

imagination could ever have conjured up, and she was being serenaded by trees. "

- Lynn Kurland, Spellweaver

The Stand

"The Stand" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree

has its voice as well as its feature."

- Thomas Hardy, Under The Greenwood Tree

The Stand II

"The Stand II" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human

being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to

be completely rich in ways that money can never buy. "

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes, The Faithful Gardener:

A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Doll Parts

"Doll Parts" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

Through art, I can face my doll phobia.

This image was created from a cell phone photo I had taken of one of my

creations. I had made a shadow box full of doll parts to accompany my print

"Doll Face" at an art show in Victoria last Spring.

Mount Prevost From Cowichan Bay Estuary

"Mount Prevost From Cowichan Bay Estuary" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm,

but to add color to my sunset sky." - Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

Goldstream First Light

"Goldstream First Light" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike.

And no two journeys along the same path are alike."

- Paulo Coelho, Aleph

Monday, July 15, 2019

Metaphysical II

"Metaphysical II" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"You are an aperture through which the universe

is looking at and exploring itself." -

Alan Watts

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Woodscape - Lynn Canyon

"Woodscape - Lynn Canyon" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

The Hedgehog

"I ran away and hid in the woods,

I was an imprudent child, in

My charmed hedgehog skin, I ran away

And I was happy in my fairytale

Forest, where no on came in, nor

Could of penetrated my white magic,

I was protected from any disturbances.

I was feeding on blueberries, blackberries, wild

Fruits, I ate, wept, and I was looking for

The tender raspberry, which, magically

It could change my dreams in reality

And could drive all my sadness away;

Here in my divine forest I loved

And I was much loved..."

- Adrian Nicula

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

The Wild IV - Shelter

"The Wild IV - Shelter"

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"I feel a great regard for trees; they represent

age and beauty and the miracles of life and growth."

- Louise Dickinson Rich

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Transformation III

"Transformation III" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"An awake heart is like a sky that pours light." - Hafiz

Pick Up Pop Art

"Pick Up Pop Art" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"Once you got 'pop', you could never see a sign again the

same way again. And once you thought

Pop, you could never see America

the same way again." - Andy Warhol

Saturday, July 6, 2019

The Blessing

"The Blessing" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"Time is not just the hands of a clock.

It isn't just a change of seasons either.

It is a treasure trove of

precious moments, infinite little joys and blessings,

precious smiles, tears and heartbeats."

- Mona Soorma, Soul Food And Instant Karma

First Light

"First Light" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door:

the purpose of light is to create more light,

to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around."

- Paulo Coelho

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Metaphysical

"Metaphysical" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"You dream of a new world to come, a new world to be birthed, a new dream to be dreamt.

In the dream, a flower grows, a lotus from which the creator and the creation will unfold. From which

light will begin to shine upon this vast dark sea, unveiling all the magic sleeping within.

From this flower, infinite worlds and universes will be born. Each will contain a seed of light. And these seeds will light the heavens for all to guide their journeys by."

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls, Painted Oxen

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Remembering Magic

"Magic" 2019

Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung

"I am Rabbit. I can be anywhere. I can be everywhere.

I am outside time. I am outside dimension."

- Mark Andrew Poe, Ending Easter

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

The ART Coop - Successful Grand Opening!

Monday July 1 2019, we officially opened up

The ART Coop at The Old Farm Market, just south of Duncan, B.C.

Five local artists have come together under one roof, to share this very unique space. I am looking forward to sharing my journey with this amazing and talented group of ladies! I will post more gallery opening photographs soon when I upload from my camera.

The photos here are from my cell phone!

The ART Coop

Julie Nygaard Art

Pauline Dueck (painter)

Morgan Saddington of Morgan Ann Designs Jewelry

Shades Of Green Pottery (Janet Magdanz & Beverly Russell)