Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Fragility II


"Fragility II" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"The beauty that lies hidden, makes my soul tremble with awe." 
- Patricia Robin Woodruff 


Wisdom



"Wisdom" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"Until one has loved an animal, 
a part of one's soul remains unawakened." 
- Anatole France 

Monday, August 26, 2019

Fragility


"Fragility" 2017
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography - Canon

Just a photograph, no filters, no manipulation.

"if only there treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful." 
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther 


Woodscape - Lynn Canyon II


"Woodscape - Lynn Canyon II" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon

"Believe me, for I know, yo will find something far greater in the woods
 than in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you cannot 
learn from the masters."
- Bernard of Clairvaux, The Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux


Sunday, August 25, 2019

Steam


"Steam" 2017
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"The restlessness and the longing, like the longing that is in the whistle 
of a faraway train. Except that the longing isn't really in the whistle - it is in you. " 
- Meindert DeJong, The Little Cow and the Turtle 

Friday, August 23, 2019

Enchanted


"Enchanted" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"The forest was not dark, because darkness has nothing to do 
with the forest - the forest is made of life, of light - but
 the trees moved with the wind and subtle creatures."
- Lauren Groff, The Midnight Zone 

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Rusty


"Rusty" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography - Canon 

I just love rust and peeling paint. A natural art form. 

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Reflection Of Self


"Reflection Of Self" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

Working with a photograph that I had taken a few years back called
 "Stone Beauty".  I am giving this photograph a new life for 
the upcoming Cowichan Valley Arts Council 
"Human Nature" show in September.  


"Stone Beauty" 2011 
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography - Canon 


Woodscape - Eves Park



"Woodscape - Eves Park" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

Beautiful Eves Park in the Cowichan Valley.
A favorite place for a hike and picnic with my boys. 
I have included my original photograph to show
 the transformation. 





Monday, August 12, 2019

Woodscape - Goldstream


"Woodscape - Goldstream" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its features." 
- Thomas Hardy, Under The Greenwood Tree


Crow on vintage paper


"Crow On Vintage Paper" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"And the crow once called the raven black"
- George R.R. Martin, A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms 






Thursday, August 8, 2019

The sheep with many hues....Wilma The Woolly




A sheep with many coats...I can't decide on which one I love the
 most so I will most likely print them all. 
"Wilma The Woolly" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

Altocumulus Reflection


"Altocumulus Reflection" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"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 

Industrial Abstraction


"Industrial Abstraction" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle
 of private profit, as well as public destruction, is leading both
 to the deformation of humanity by unregulated industrialism, 
and to the exhaustion of natural resources, and that a good deal
 of our material progress for which succeeding generations may have to pay dearly." 
- T.S. Elliot 

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

The Dance Of Two


"The Dance Of Two" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon 

"Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably." 
- William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

Thursday, August 1, 2019

High Noon Murder


"High Noon Murder" 2019
Copyright Julie Nygaard
Digital Photography Manipulation - Samsung 

"...a murder of crows gormandized until they were satiated." 
- Rex Curry 


Reverie

 "Reverie" 2024 Copyright Julie Nygaard Digital Photography Manipulation - Canon