Like many small towns, the locals get used to seeing the place and pretty soon the brain filters out the beauty. Alas, that we can overlook the most wonderful of views, hear the most tuneful of birdsong and smell the blossums of a garden so sweet as to rival the very Eden itself, yet after a few months the brain filters it all out.

But then, the Lightsmith enters the picture.

The images captured by the Lightsmith evoke long forgotten moods of love, of mystery and of delight. Through the use of infrared and other techniques, he carves a channel into our very soul to deliver the ordinary in it’s original, untarnished uniqueness.

The following four images are available under a strict release. Each print is 542x407mm, beautifully framed, individually numbered and available for purchase (A$405) – but only five of each image will be produced. This is not your mass-media stuff, nor something that you might see in ninety-nine other homes. These limited release prints are an investment in your own life – a piece of reality we can rarely touch, presented for a select few.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the Limited Edition Lara

WILD DELIGHT



HOFFMAN’s WALK



SUNSET OVER THE YOU YANGS



DARK WORLD LIGHT WORLD FULL OF DELIGHT WORLD

For more information on these very limited releases or to purchase, please email the artist directly at ‘the artist at thelightsmith.com.au’ – obviously without the quotes and with an @ rather than ‘at’.

And please note that these works are copyright.

But now, once again, beauty is showcased here for all to see – and buy.

Try taking photos in a Mall or shopping centre, or on a train station, or on the street …… it’s getting harder and harder to do so without being harassed, questioned, abused or even arrested.

ART is at stake. More important than that, FREEDOM is at stake. It’s a message being sent by Thousands of British Photographers.

So this weeks Redbubblers blog features just 3 items. All t-shirts. All aimed at sending a similar message. Don’t be afraid of who you are or what you do. Be proud of it, and let the world know!

(If you like them, click through to purchase – they do come in other colours and styles)

It’s time to stand up and be counted.

Terrorists from other countries are bad enough but terrorists in the form of our own governments is just tooo much!

China – It’s time to grow up. If you want people to respect you then you have to respect People.

Is our world being held hostage? Are we the keepers of the planet or the gaolers?

This is the question posed by Lightsmith on the RedBubble site.

Just to tease a little, try this image for size:

It’s just a fun start to 2010!

Old man emu – he can’t fly but I’m tellin’ you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo!!!!!

Sometimes Art is gritty, is real, is life. But who needs more of life? Sometimes we need what life cannot give us. Sometimes we need a little magic.

I want to introduce an artist who is truly a portal into a magical reality that delivers the type of wonder and joy that life, all too often, fails to provide us. Her name is Stephanie Rachel Seely and as it says on her site, she brings to you Anything You Imagine.

Take a peek at the following tiny sample of her world of wonder and delight.

The Australian International Airshow has just come to a fantastic conclusion and a very special group of photographic artists known collectively as the Geelong Throng made it their focus in life (if you’ll pardon the pun) to capture the event for all to see. There are jets, props, parachutes – and much, much more. Just take a look at the samples below – whether you got to the airshow or not, they’ve got lots to get the pulse racing.

Click on the following examples to check out the wonderful Avalon Airshow by the various artists:

What has this to do with art though?

In an attempt to help raise funds for victims of the fire storms that have and are raging in Victoria, some members of RedBubble have decided to donate the profits from their work – and in some cases match the sale price of their work – in dontations to fire victims.

If you want to do something for yourself AND for the fire victims, surf on over to The Phoenix Appeal and buy a card, some wall-art – whatever.

Here are just a few of the items available – check them out.

I can’t offer you that, but I have located an exceptional RedBubble artist who can give you a glimpse of it. Her name is Naomi Frost and much of her talent lies with the bringing of heaven down to earth. Her portfolio will stun and amaze you. Take a look at just three examples of heaven:

Nirvana

In Zen there is understanding in non-understanding. At least, there may be. But this image reaches deep into the mind, past the bars of conceptualization. Here, then, is a touch of Nirvana.

Innocence

Where would heaven be found more simply, than in childhood innocence?

Sommersby Cascade

If you think it’s time to find that little bit of nirvana, that little bit of heaven, then here’s your chance.