Creative Art Collection

Orange Cats in the Orange Grove

Adventure Through the Keyhole

Fun imagining what you might see by looking through a keyhole--it could be almost anything! The keyhole was from a the lock on an old clipper ship, the view from a stylized sunset in canyonlands.

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.

For the Love of Books

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

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!

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 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.

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.

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.

The Red Chair

Fun with books and more in beautiful golden fields.

Music on My Mind

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

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.

Friday Night Book Club

A scaled down image, resized for frame sizes.

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 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

The Voyager

Double exposure of a young lady I photographed in Sedona, AZ and an antique sailing map. I was tempted to title it Now Voyager, after the Walt Whitman poem, but I may not be the only one old enough to relate it to the old book and movie of that title.

Ms. Blue Eyes

A reworking of an image I created some time ago, changing it to B&W, with selective color in the blue eyes. I like it better this way.

Cherry Blossom Time

Playing with double exposures, of this beautiful woman I photographed at a wedding earlier this year.

This Bird Has Flown

Playing with double exposures, a lovely girl I photographed in Sedona last spring, and a flock of flying birds.

Forest Veil

Joining the lovely girl I photographed in Sedona this last spring, and some heavily grained wood.

Flights of Fancy

Having fun with double exposure effects. This is a woman I photographed earlier this year at a wedding, plus a flock of flying birds

The Old Porch

This is a painterly version of the porch on an old building in Hope, Alaska. The building was originally a barn build by John Hershey, and is used as a home currently. I liked the feelof the porch.

The Old Porch

A more desaturated version of this image of an old house in Hope, Alaska..