Classic still life workshop

Yay! I finally opened the studio for 2022. We started off with a lovely Classic Still Life workshop. Five brand new faces were eager to learn what I had to teach. It felt so good to be back after an enforced two-month break. Between Christmas and New years and everything going on, I always close…

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Weekend getaway – day two

We recently caught up with my youngest daughter who lives in Ipswich SE Queensland, we hadn’t seen her since our family holiday to Cairns last July. And before that, it has been over two years since we last saw her. She has a new house, a new dog and a new man in her life,…

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Weekend getaway – day one

We recently managed to spend a long weekend with my daughter in Ipswich (Queensland). Due to Covid I have not been able to get to her house in Ipswich. She move in Dec 2019 and we were going to visit in Feb 2020…but you all know what happened. So I have not seen her newly…

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Share your world – 26th Jan 2022

Is it really the end of January already? As Melanie said in her SYW post, it’s going to be another blink and you’ll miss it year! The good news for me is I have just come back from seeing my daughter, a mini-vacation and on Saturday I get to open the studio for workshops and…

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Jude’s Roses — Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist

I recently went to visit my Aunt Jude, she has the most beautiful roses, and they were all flowering beautifully. Some were just past their prime and still gorgeous. So she cut me some so I could take them home and play with them in the studio…just gorgeous. I have been buying up some new […]…

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Jude’s Roses

I recently went to visit my Aunt Jude, she has the most beautiful roses, and they were all flowering beautifully. Some were just past their prime and still gorgeous. So she cut me some so I could take them home and play with them in the studio…just gorgeous. I have been buying up some new…

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Random Flowers

I have already recently shared some paper daisies and kangaroo paw from a recent trip to Australia Gardens, I’ve been there so many times of late, but it’s always changing. Here are just a few more random flower shots… I hope I haven’t bored you too much with my flower shots? I’ll be back soon…

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Kangaroo Paw

Kangaroo Paw is a weird little flower, named for its likeness to Kangaroo Paws (as in the animal). I think they are so pretty and so structural, We have several in our own gardens, but only a few are really abundant. The common red one (which we have) is fairly easy to grow, the yellow…

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Paper Daisies

I have a bit of a confession to make. I adore flowers and every time I photograph something, that seems to be my current favourite. I like so many different varieties, it’s hard to just pick one. There are a few I am not huge fans of, like carnations, stock and a few others, it…

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Share your world – 18th Jan 2022

It’s such a weird time right now, it’s almost like everyone is holding their breath, waiting to exhale. People seem to be fixating on trivial things, as they don’t want to look at the whole picture. Take this whole tennis thing with Noak, what a joke. The guy thinks he’s royalty and is above the…

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