Everything around us has the potential to heal us. The Universe provides the tools we need to grow, explore, evolve and live a happy and content life. Change is the only thing constant and my life has been changing all the time. Now it is time to bring all the aspects of my life into a piece of art. NFTs. or maybe a printed version?
Snakes are a symbol of transformation. Change is imminent and change is the only thing constant. The different Art pieces of the snakes signal that we can undergo a transformation in many different ways. We have mental, emotional, physical and spiritual transformation. we may not even become aware of the changes we are going through, it may become a very long slow form of transforming our lives. Are we transforming in the dark and end up becoming the light. Are the changes happening fast, unexpected, or slow and gradual? Healing takes place, and we get the opportunity to make positive changes. but sometimes change and transformation happen suddenly without notice and we are summoned to learn lessons, to go through challenges, observe, and become aware.
Enjoy my photo art and have fun with Transformation get the Snake art that will help you make changes.
In emotional transformation, the color green represents the heart the emotions the moods, and the patterns of life on a heart level. Relationships, love, and family.
Sudden change, the unexpected, accidents, learn from your mistakes, time out, and allow the change to happen as fast as it likes. Go with it, let go, and stop the resistance.
Transform to become the light. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Choose the higher road, become the light, and heal the past.
Transformation in the darkness, and grief often takes us deep within, we have to heal in the depth of our being. We may find the answers deep within in our dark side of being.
Photography allows me to see the beauty in my environment, on my travels, at home, in my garden or on my walks around the neighbourhood. Through my camera lens, I can see so much more, I spot the little things, the precious things and it is a wonderful journey of discovering nature and the world around us.
I have been excited that I had been able to exhibit many of my photos around the world, in print, in digital and in many magazines. It is fun to take part in these challenges to see if my photos are liked and where I am at with my skills and ability to take great photos.
I have done some beginners course in photojournalism, travel photography and many courses I did on lighting, macro and landscaping. I do not call myself a professional, but I simply love photography, taking photos of anything exciting. I take thousands of photos but then choose only a few that I will edit in Photoshop. Follow my journey on Saatchi Art for all of my creations. I will add new photographs and other artwork I hope you enjoy and maybe you even like to buy some.
here are a few of my photographs;
Danseys Pass New Zealand was exhibited in Chicago, Hanoi and London in 2022 in print format.
Precious, was in Barcelona Exhibition in 2022 in print format.
You can also go to my GuruShot site and sort by achievement and you can check out all the photos that have been exhibited or featured in magazines enjoy
Today I received an email telling me that one of my photographs is featured in a magazine;
Inside this magazine are one of my photos.
Barbara Schaer Estonia
This is the photo, Artistic Still Life, teapots lids
I have always loved colours and enjoy my colourful photos, but once in a while I go through a phase where I need to create Black & White photos, it almost feels to me like the Black & White photos have a grounding effect on me. I love change, discovering, exploring and creating and just going with the flow letting myself be guided wherever it may lead.
I love taking close-up photos like macro photography of flowers, water droplets and Insects, also wildlife photography and landscape. But I will have a go at any different style and type of photography and love experimenting with different lenses.
Just a single drop of water.
Flowers are always a great subject to photograph and great to use a macro lens to get more details of the complexity or simplicity of each flower. Growing them in my Garden is a bonus and these beautiful flowers attract the Bees, Butterflies and many interesting Insects. In Autumn the seed heads provide food for the Birds and last Autumn I also spotted the Deer in my garden feeding on the seedpods.
Check my selection of Photographs and Art pieces on Saatchi Art
We always love taking photos of animals, dogs, cats, farm animals and wild animals. Birds are fun too and I love to take photos with my Tele lens to bring them closer. being out in nature adds the bonus of walking staying fit, walking the dog and enjoying and appreciating nature and our planet. What could be more rewarding?
Foxy; When I moved back from New Zealand to Europe, I found a beautiful spot in the country to set up my new home. In the morning I love sitting at my kitchen table and watching the grass move in the wind, the trees and I can see even the ocean in the distance. Birds fly overhead, and the view from my kitchen window is just amazing. One morning a Fox walked by the window, foxy just made my day. I love the fox and other wildlife and whenever I see the fox I know my day is filled with joy. So here are my foxy designs and I hope they will bring you as much joy as they bring me and the love for nature, for wildlife, enjoy! Available on Saatchi Art
I will add the video soon and so stay tuned.
I love working with colours and using flowers to bring out the foxes making them look more powerful
The Garden is an excellent place to have some hens and roosters. The chicken manure does wonders for our garden and especially the vegetable garden. Hens lay eggs and are really quite amazing birds, I love them and when they can roam free in our garden they get rid of snails and small insects in the soil, but also love the kitchen organic waste. The rooster will wake us up in the morning, early morning is wonderful when all the wildlife is starting to wake up. Birds and insects flying around and watching our garden grow, flowers opening and just the colours are amazing.
Hens come in many different colours and sizes and breeds. When I used to house sit for people it was amazing how the hens would come and greet me and wanted to chat with me and always lay plenty of eggs for me. I love Hens and Roosters and I love the flowers in the garden they make a wonderful display of colours and are a fantastic subject to photograph.
Here on my blog, the photos have a white frame around them, this shows you how wonderful my art look framed with a white frame, but almost any kind of frame would look good. This is a reason why I simply sell my prints, as it gives you the opportunity to select a frame at any stage yourself and make it special for your home and the wall you like to hang them up.
All my Art prints are available on Saatchi Art to follow me on Saatchi Art so you will know when I am uploading new exciting and colourful pieces. I am thinking of maybe even creating a Black and White series of art.
I will soon add a video here with the Flowers, Hen and Rooster photo art.
Shapes, when I create I put together, colours, shapes, people, animals whatever comes to mind. I often use photos of fires and flames to add texture and let it blend into the colours. I love using photoshop and just exploring and designing my pieces. Prints on Saatchi Art
For most of my life, I have been a rebel, I do not like to put myself and anything I do into a box or add a label. Categories, labels and descriptions often limit me in what I like to express. For the Art website, we have to add categories and descriptions which often do not really fit my PhotoArt. Yes, it is made by photographers from the paintings I created a long time ago. It is also designed with photographers of almost anything. I use photoshop to put it all together so it is manipulated and digital. What style? I don't like to put it into a specific style so some are Portrait, some are cubism, Geometrics, photorealism, abstract digital whatever. What is important to me is that it is colourful maybe even mixed with some black and white photos. That it expresses something close to my heart. One of my shape Art is called Breakthrough, it is created in one of these lightbulb moments, the Butterfly also indicates transformation, transitioning, and breaking through the cocoon. the painting in the background was also called Breakthrough. My Art resisting the flow, and the background is a photo of my painting resistance. We all have moments when we resist change when we know we have to make changes but just do not want to change right now.
So my Art also has animals, flowers and Butterflies often in it, as I am passionate about animals, flowers, nature and all creatures big and small. My art changes, as I believe nothing stays the same, we always grow, expand, and change and therefore my Art also changes. So feel free to weave your own story into my art, what do you see? What do you feel?
Another thing I like to express here about myself; I am not a perfectionist, I don't even strive to become a perfectionist. You could take it as my signature, that if something is slightly out of alignment if the flowers are slightly hanging out of the photo and get cut off, it is me, it is part of who I am. It is my rebellion against having to be perfect, having to be an Artist with a degree in Art. Sorry, I do not have an Arts degree. Where does this rebellion come from? My lovely and amazing mom is an Artist but she never felt that my creation is Art. But that is ok, we all can think what we like and by the way, I adore my mom and her Art.
Many years ago I was teaching horticulture to first-time offenders and school dropouts. This opened my eyes and strengthened my rebellion. These guys, could not read and write much and how was I supposed to teach them about gardening and get them into employment? I loved these guys, and I loved teaching, but the rules, the guidelines and at the end the government shut down these courses. But what I discovered was that each of these guys had talent. They were artistic, in art, drawing, music, and dance and they all had skills like some made good leaders, others were supportive and others were very practical and good at working with their hands. If only all these talents were encouraged instead of suppressed. If only we could promote the good in each other without categorising, without a label, without trying to fit them into a box.
So this is my blurp explaining a bit more about who I am, what inspires me and how I think. Hope you enjoy my PhotoArt.
Just Dogs; Dogs are human's best friends. They are loyal, you can trust them, and they never let you down. They truly are our best friends. Dogs come in many different sizes, breeds and colours and just make our day. They enjoy being by our side, protecting us and looking after us. They make great teachers. They help us out on the farm, and they can be great Police dogs, guide dogs and so much more. Water rescue dogs and sniff out drug dogs etc. We all could find stories about dogs. And if you ever owned a dog you will know how precious they are. When they pass over it is like losing our best friends, the grief hits as hard.
I had many dogs throughout my life, from childhood and throughout my life. Dogs keep us on our toes, but they are also a huge responsibility. We should only have dogs if we can take good care of them. They need long walks and exercise, they need us to be around and they like to follow us wherever we go. So this collection of PhotoArt is dedicated to all dogs to our best friends!
Dogs transform our hearts and we learn what true love and friendship are all about. When we rescue a dog or adopt a dog it will be forever grateful to us to provide it with a good nice and safe home. One of my favourite dogs is the Leonbergers and New Foundland dogs, gentle giants and such cuddly dogs but also fantastic water rescue dogs. When they leave us and head over the rainbow bridge they leave a great hole in our hearts. Old dogs are gentle and almost angelic. Dogs love to play and have fun and when they get exhausted their yawn is huge. When dogs are happy they make funny faces and look cool with a hat on their head. We just love our dogs and when they work so amazingly out on the farm and help bring in the sheep or cows. Enjoy your dog!
Prints are available on Saatchi Art to check my website as I will upload them soon. And my new video will soon be available too.
By now you know I love cats, any cat I believe is adorable, so many of my PhotoArt pieces are cat pictures. But in this post, I like to talk more about colours as I love using bright colours for my designs. The background of my designs is the colours I used in the original oil paintings I photographed. These photographs were manipulated to make the background bright and amazing.
Here I would like to talk about colours, as I am a big fan of colours. My work as a natural health therapist in the past has made me understand the significance of colours. Colours have a great effect on us and can be used for healing by simply surrounding ourselves with a colour we need or by wearing a colour we need.
Red is for passion, love, energy, and warmth but also too much red can create frustration and anger. Red is energising and brings back the bounce we may have lost. And is also good for grounding ourselves
Orange is for strength and determination. When I use to have to collect money from clients my orange skirt did the trick. It gave me the strength to ask for the money owed to me. It made me in control and gave me the appearance of don't mess with me. Orange will help in overcoming trauma and shock.
Yellow brings back the sunshine, helps with depression and helps us to do mental work. It is the colour of the brain, knowledge and wisdom. It is the colour to help us to assimilate what we learn and digest any learnings so we become more knowledgeable. Yellow brings back the smile.
Blue brings peace, structure, clarity and an ability to go with the flow. Think of the ocean, walking along the ocean brings peace it helps us heal almost any emotion. Blue also helps with communication and helps us to express ourselves better with words.
Green is nature, the heart, emotions feelings things in life. Green is space, when we need space to feel things and need a time out in nature. Reconnect with nature and our hearts. Following our heart and trust in what we feel.
Pink is unconditional love, sweet love, calming love and just love. Pink is sweet, kind, and pampering. When we need to love ourselves more, when we need to take care of ourselves more and when we need to calm down. It has a huge calming effect on people.
Mauves and Violets, Purple, for Intuition, healing grief, transforming the negatives into positive. Follow your intuition, and listen to the guidance of your inner voice. Calming and transformation.
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