Overkill in the Park

Accuse me of overkill, I deserve it. I just finished whittling down a whole lot of photos I took in the beginning of September last year, and am starting to upload them online. I got the count down to 123. Yes, 123 photos from one outing -- one walk in the park. Some are great, some won't be to your liking. Check out the thumbnails above and click to be taken to the gallery that's playing home to the larger images.

Yearning for Summer

Last year summer, we had some tremendous rainfall in Toronto. It was so bad at one point, that waterways in the city breached their banks, and one six lane road was torn apart for a block. After one of those rainfalls, my wife and I went for a walk by a park that runs along the Don River. The river had flooded over into the park, but the water had long receded when we went on our walk. The usual suspects were up for grabs by my camera lenses, but I also got a surprise. I had never seen that many snails -- really tiny ones -- clinging to leaves and branches before. There were so many, that I couldn't stop clicking away at them.

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Daughter

A sketch I did back in 2000.

Ghost Dancing

This is in my 2005 sketchbook, but I can't actually remember when I did it. It's a rough sketch, that was going to become something -- then it didn't. The idea, as I recall -- or am now making up -- is that he's a ghost, and she's in love. Freaky stuff! Or not ...

Sketch

Sketch from my 2005 sketchbook.

Frozen North

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Lake Scugog, frozen over in winter. This panorama is composed of several photographs I took on January 15th whilst up in Port Perry for "afternoon tea" with my wife.

On the way back home, we took the circuitous route, and happened by the Mosport Pit. It's a scar on the landscape, a hideous man-made beauty.

Wife Tutoring

Sketch of my wife tutoring a student at a local Second Cup.

Infinity: The Most Fascinating of All Ideas

I attended the first of the Royal Canadian Institute's Science on Sundays series at the University of Toronto today. Check out my post for more on the topic. Click the photo above to see other choice slides from the lecture.

After the lecture, my wife and I enjoyed a cup of coffee at one of the Second Cups up on Yonge Street.

Girl Drawing Sword

I did this drawing back in latter half of 2005. There were a series of sketches that I did with girls and swords. Perhaps it was testosterone fueled teenager in me that used to find great insight into the human condition from stories of Conan, Tarzan and watching He-Man cartoons on TV. I dunno. Take it for what it is.

2003 Sketchbook

2003 Sketchbook

I didn't produce a lot of art in 2003. Or, I didn't find many in the sketchbooks I had handy. There may be others. I do have a habit of sketching wherever, whenever, on whatever. So, there might be other stuff out there. For now, all I found was 12 sketches. Some more detailed than others. Click the image or link above to see the rest.

Portrait

Not really sure of who she is, as she came out of my head. She's my attempt at putting some Indian flavour in my art. It started out as a rough pencil sketch in my sketchbook, then got some detail, then I decided to use pencil crayons. Took me hours. I'm fairly happy with the final product, although there's something about the nose that's driving me nuts.

Embryo

Here's a fractal piece I completed this morning. The rendering took quite a bit of time -- over 12 hours for sure. It was done using Apophysis.

Winter Wonderland

My wife and I went for a Winter Wonderland walk on New Year's Day. Not far from our home, there's a park of sorts that is wooded, with the Don River running through it. We had snowfall on New Year's Eve, and the snow remained for New Year's Day -- today, it's mostly melted again -- so I figured, while the snow is staying, I might as well go out to get some photography done. I haven't taken too many photos this winter -- so far.

What I've taken has been uploaded to my Webshots gallery. I've included four panoramas that were stitched together from the photos I took. The inspiration came from my daughter, who took her pictures of subway stops and were turning them into panoramas. All photographs on the gallery are high resolution images -- some would probably make great wallpapers.