Creative Art Collection

The Catnip Teaparty

Orange Cats in the Orange Grove

Afternoon Tea Party - Judith Sparhawk

You may recognize the chairs and table I posted a few days ago. It occurred to me that it would be a great place for a tea party, so I invited the neighborhood cats to come for the afternoon. All in good fun...I hadn't been whimsical for awhile, so... 7/30/21 www.sparhawkphotography.com

Not Quite Social Distancing - Judith Sparhawk

OK, OK, I know it's silly, but what else are you going to do cooped up at home with nothing better to do than think outside the box? Creating this was a huge amount of work, but what else can you do with a dozen cats...we all know how cats like to play in boxes! 4/21/20 My website: wwwsparhawkphotography.com

The Bookshop - Judith Sparhawk

A few days ago a Smugger posted a photograph of a bookstore (I believe somewhere in the Carolinas) that had painted books all around the exterior of the store. I really liked the look of it, and felt bad that I didn't know where it was, and most certainly would never get to see it in real life. Then it occurred to me that I could make my own bookshop creation, using my own books, especially some that had particular meaning for me. So today I photographed a bunch of books and made this fun composite, including, of course, the shop cat.

Friday Night Book Club

A scaled down image, resized for frame sizes.

For the Love of Books

The magic of reading and books, opening the imagination of the young, sparking the imagination of us all.

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Friday Night Book Club

A reworking of this image from a few months ago. I had entered it into a competition, and the comments by one of the critiquers was that the writing on the page was distracting, in that it didn't fit into the theme. So I replaced the page with a page from a "cat story" written for this purpose. I'm not sure most people would notice particularly, but I do feel better about the changes. BTW: I got a 2nd place ribbon for the image, even with the "distractions".

Cats Gone Wild

Fun playing with my granddaughter's quite literary cats, who seem to have gone wild in the bookstore. Apparently there's no such thing as too many cats or too many books!

Cats Gone Wild!

Playing with my granddaughter's cats , Minerva, Hermione, Luna and Trixie, as they explore the library. 9/25/19 Judith Sparhawk

The Story Lady

**This photo was selected as a Finalist in the 2018 Photographer's Forum photography competition; as such it was published in their "Best Photography of 2018 anthology.** Have you ever thought about how when we read a book, we let the characters out to play? This image is called The Story Lady, not because she reads the book, but lives it, cat by her side, of course. The second of my "book series" of imaginative composites celebrating the endangered species of "real" books.

Cats Gone Wild

Playing with my granddaughter's quite literary cats, apparently gone wild in the bookstore. This is a version of this image sized for purchase.

The Other Side of the Door

Not sure of the title yet for this one, which suggests how we enter into the magic of story, and how characters become a part of our lives, sometimes well after the story ends. Third in my "book series" of fanciful, imaginative composites in celebration of books.

The Red Chair

Fun with books and more in beautiful golden fields.

Reach for the Moon

Reach for the Moon is the fourth in my series of fanciful and imaginative composites in celebration of books. It suggests that the use of books is a way to achieve what you dream of and wish for--even reaching for the moon.

Lost in Time

The first of my "book series" of fanciful composite images, celebrating books. With the proliferation of electronic "books", I really appreciate the hands-on means of reading, and the feel of history encompassed in old books. This image juxtaposes the old and the new, from ancient books to laptop.

The Secret Life of Birds

A rainy day, so couldn't go out birding or shooting, so ended up creating this photo collage, keeping in the general theme.

The Good Old Days

Playing around with archived images to put together this photo-related composite. I used one of the Topaz Labs Textures filters after I assembled it. It may have been the good old days, but glad that's not the camera I'm using these days! 1/24/19 Judith Sparhawk

Music on My Mind

A different version of the double exposure I created with sheet music.