"Tulle"

"Tulle"

New in my Etsy Shop Rowan DeVoe Arts, is a soft and glowing photograph called "Tulle".  I like the glow, the bits of blue and purple and the little cloud that has formed with the ivory tulle fabric.  I am trying to keep a variety of photographs circulating.  I am adding new ones soon!

Hope is well with all of you!

With Loving Kindess,

merle

Sepia In my Shop~New Photos in Etsy

I have some new Sepia toned photographs in my Etsy shop Rowan DeVoe Arts.  They are both Self-Portrait photographs where I have dashed to beat the 10-sec. timer.  One looks like a serene portrait and the other I am actually dashing away.  But, the way I took these photographs and all of my self-portrait photographs is my secret.  No one gets to watch me taking them which is why I just can't have any help or an assistant.  My finished photographs are always a bit mysterious, but mystery has always been a huge part of my art.  Mystery is something I love.

"Albina II"

"Between Shadows and Light"

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Besides my own Self-Portrait Photographs, I hope to be able to share a new Photography Project that I have been working on very soon! 
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Hope all of you are having a great week!

With Loving Kindness,

merle

My Beloved Black Cat Pascal

Now in my Etsy Shop, Rowan DeVoe Arts ,  I have a new photograph of my Beloved little black cat Pascal Jean Paul Jean Paul(the names of all of my folks are very important and full of meaning! Sometimes that meaning has come from something hilarious too).  His stare in this photograph is haunting to me.  He is so full of mystery and has many secrets which is not telling me.  I love this divine creature so much!  I added a faint William Morris Pattern in the background.  Pascal agreed this was a perfect fit for the whole feel of the photograph.  He is just so talented in so many ways!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

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With Loving Kindness,

merle

New Photograph in my Etsy Shop! This time, there is the Apple~

I just added a new photograph to my Etsy Shop Rowan DeVoe Arts.  I am still editing all types of photographs and trying to get them in my shop, but this recent one is back on the "Snow White" theme and I am jumping and running into place to beat the 10 second timer. I think I am going to add a rating, from 1-10, on how hard beating the timer was for each photograph I post. 

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Everyone seems to like the new movie "Snow White and the Huntsman".  I haven't seen it(I don't really go out to the Cinema), but I have had a few Treasuries using my other Snow White photographs so I thought I should just throw them all in.  I took them at different times and for different reasons.  What would little me think if she saw grown up me getting to wear all these gorgeous gowns and crowns?  She would flip!

Here is "Snow White With The Apple"

I am afraid that the poisonouss apple has been bitten by poor Snow White.  She is headed down to her deep sleep.  No worries though! All is well in the end-right?

A detail of the Apple

Face Detail-Pale Face-that's right! I'm wearing a Circlet by Jen Parrish of Parrish Relics.  LOVE my RELICS! Jen is lovely, amazing, incredibly talented and most of all, patient. You have to be to do the fine, detailed work that she does with her Jewelry.

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OK, I have admit that I am trying to create a new look for my blog and what I have going on now just looks, well, it is not it!  I will figure it out, but I need to get off the computer.  I have given myself a huge headache from looking at this crazy blog I have created and editing more photographs for Etsy-all great things though!

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Please take care!

With Loving Kindness,

merle

A Different Kind of Photograph in My Etsy Shop

I have a new Photograph in my Etsy Shop Rowan DeVoe Arts. 

 It isn't a portrait which is something new. "Turquoise Treasure Box" is all about many of my favourite things.

I have always loved the colour Turquoise and all of its variations(from pale Aqua to Robins Egg Blue, Teal, and Blue-Greens) my whole life.  There is something so magical about them. They are the sea and the sky-big breaths of fresh air-windows of freedom and cleansing-flying and swimming at the same time-the feeling of weightlessness and therefore a way to leave all your troubles behind you.  This is why I use these colours so much in my art and in my life. 

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 This treasure box is also an antique which is something else I adore.  Antique and Vintage pieces are little clues to the past.  Discovering them is a treasure hunt which makes them more beautiful and rare.  Stories are passed down and created by these items from long lost(and not so long) times.

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Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

with loving kindness,

merle

Snow White is Here!

"Snow White" has always been my favourite Fairy Tale.  The Brothers Grimm Version, not the Disney One.  I am excited that the new Movie is out in Theatres now! If it doesn't turn out to be a great movie,  it will hopefully be full of fantastic visuals-the sets and costumes.
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For each of my photographs, I create my own environments, costumes and do my own hair and makeup.  They are all about making a story and character come to life(even if I get myself into some tricky situations sometimes.  I need to change that sentence to *dangerous* situations and *most of the time*.  I tell myself, 'Never again!', but then I forget.). 
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I have some new self-portrait photographs in my Etsy Shop Rowan DeVoe Arts that go with this theme of "Snow White".

 Above is "Snow White Sleep".  I built my own Glass Coffin just for this photograph. Getting in and out of it for the 10 second timer was not an easy thing.  I am really thankful that no one sees what goes on behind my self-portrait photographs.

Here is a detail of the photograph

Another Version in my Shop, "The Glass Coffin".  I love the Tudor Rose detail at the top of the leaded glass.

Above is "Veiled Queen" which is also in my Shop.  Could she perhaps be the Evil Queen?  If you want her to be, then sure!

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Hope all is well with you folks in blogland!  Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

XOXO,

merle