red recycle grid

Cauliflower budding 1 & 2

photo of Cauliflower 1 shot February 7, 2013 showing the innate spiral of the bud. Cauliflower 2 the outer fractals display as this Cauliflower evolves toward maturity...

February 7, 2013

Caulif lower bud ding

Caul if lower bud ding

March 2, 2013

Caulif lower bud ding 2

Caul if lower bud ding 2

               "the Winter Gunks a Blur" I shot with my old Minolta 35mm in the early 1980's...

                             the Winter Gunks a Blur              ©Greg Patch

Cauli flower bud ding

Cauli flower bud ding

Caulif lower bud ding

Caul if lower bud ding

2/5/13 veritas red line 1 - 3

2/5/13 veritas red line 1

2/5/13 veritas red line 2

2/5/13 veritas red line 3

2/4/13 horizon red line 1 - 3

2/4/13 horizon red line 1

2/4/13 horizon red line  2

2/4/13 horizon red line  3

Spirit release with harvested Morning Glory

Spirit release with harvested Morning Glory           16" x 56"           mixed eco materials

mixed eco materials;
butcher block paper
og whole wheat flour
decomposing Wild Morning Glory Convolvulus arvensis vine and its Violet flower
Earth ochre pigments 
3 Mockingbird feathers Mimidae familae
re oxygenated water
Vermont Natural Coatings (nci) poly whey water based polyurethane (semi gloss)

and acknowledging application options with installation the above a peace full ness with feathers down and with feathers up, the lift of flight, acsension...

pareidolia...

a virtual conversational on line reply to a friend writing; "did you infuse the butcher block paper witht he Morning Glories"

I went off with this expoundation.

"The flour w/water creates the binding' foundation. The pouring of "wheat paste" and winding/tying the vine down under foldings of the paper help structurally with the piece. The vine akin to the principles of steel rebar in concrete architecture. The wet paste and paper fuse. In this and other works I often use the negative spaces of cracks, holes etc for line, form and weight in the paintings. In length this piece is similar to Frank Lloyd Wright's cantilevering in his design. The relief seen in this are up to 1" thickness. The vine in places reach up out and above the "foundation" creating another dimensional aspect is 1"+ in places. Reducing elements to keep it simple/complex. As the foundation dries and after it dries I apply the color pigments dry as powder and wet mediums, again, helping with some more of the structural component. Recently I've used the commercial water based polyurethane as a final application. More fusion to the wholeness of it with more applied in some places for line, color, shape, reflection/refraction, etc. elements. Really ""] pushing & pulling [" - Hans Hoffmann]  and yanking for the multidimensional visual effect of it. The vine laid out with flow and with chaos add to its illusional quantumness/spiritness/lifeness, etc. The vine was green and violet flowers opened when I drew them onto the paper initially. Tanned/dried, by the sea salt I added  as binder/drier to the paste, again, more structure, color, design oceaness adding to its overall whole effect. Sometimes these hands are moving rapidly, my body dancing about! Hey Jackson likes that action! :) I paint in silence and/or with music for mood, rhythem, color, etc... Great question Steven, Thank you..."

our/your/my solar flare

peace has not quite reached our capacity with it with this 68" x 48" mixed medium piece. the photo process of it needs more work but thru the process I'm able to objectify some on the piece with my/itself. Other work is structural...

in the works 8/30/12

have used in the label section for each blog below "rusted metal" free/ly as the pigments I'm using are oxides. 

scale: find tablespoon

my foot

my foot                     digital                    ©Greg Patch

this exciting podal print was done in the studio working on the "lavender trimmings webh" underpainting. this was washed off with warm water }no soap/heavy detergent} moments after this shot while cleaning up.

the hands and feet are four of the most absorbant places on our bodies for taking in healing with beneficial herbs, minerals, nutrients and energy. looking at what curative effects of the full spectrum of pigment color, with reds dominant, and the mineral oxides of the earth pigments on the "reflexology" points of the foot. these particularly red pigments would be filled with Iron, ie.  

yoginis and yogis would encourage me to develop grounding my 3 small digits! 

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (five weeks in the compost)

blue

Pure blue, also known as high blue, is not mixed with any other colours.

A block of Lapis lazuli originally used to make ultramarine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue

Blue pigments were originally made from minerals such as lapis lazuli and azurite, and blue dyes were made from plants; usually woad in Europe, and Indigofera tinctoria, or True indigo, in Asia and Africa. Today almost blue pigments and dyes are made by the chemical industry.

and the wiki menu

Contents

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• 1 Shades and variations of blue
• 2 Etymology and linguistic differences
• 3 History of blue
  • 3.1 Blue in the ancient world
  • 3.2 Blue in the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World
  • 3.3 Blue during the Middle Ages
  • 3.4 Blue in the European Renaissance
  • 3.5 Blue and white porcelain
  • 3.6 The war of the blues – indigo versus woad
  • 3.7 The blue uniform
  • 3.8 The search for the perfect blue
  • 3.9 Blue and the Impressionist painters
  • 3.10 The blue suit
  • 3.11 Blue in the 20th and 21st century
• 4 Blue in science and industry
  • 4.1 Blue pigments and dyes
  • 4.2 Spectral and pigment blues
  • 4.3 Scientific natural standards for blue
  • 4.4 Why the clear sky and the deep sea are seen as blue
  • 4.5 Lasers
• 5 Blue in nature
  • 5.1 Animals
• 6 Blue in world culture
  • 6.1 Blue as a national and international colour
  • 6.2 Politics
  • 6.3 Religion
  • 6.4 Music
  • 6.5 Symbolism
• 7 Sports
  • 7.1 The blues of antiquity
  • 7.2 Association football
  • 7.3 North American sporting leagues
• 8 Shades
• 9 See also
• 10 Bibliography
• 11 References
• 12 External links

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (four weeks in the compost)

an end to 1 1/2 weeks of 100˚ sweltering record highs, two nights of yard watering, 24 hrs of heavy thunderstorms/rain/wind the oxides are oxidizing and the wet helps with deepening the color earth pigments....

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (four weeks in the compost)a            

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (four weeks in the compost)b

violet as color, food and medicine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(color)

Violet Viola odorata

Art

• In Chinese painting, the color violet represents the harmony of the universe because it is a combination of red and blue (Yin and yang respectively).^[10]

Comic Books

• In Green Lantern (comic book), the seven colors of the rainbow each represent their own emotion. Violet light represents love, and the lantern corp that draws power from it are the Star Sapphire. However, the light they use is closer to the web color violet rather than true violet.

Food

• In the United Kingdom it is traditional to package chocolate in violet colored packaging because of the association of the colorroyal purple with luxury.^[11]

Literature

• Violet is the name of a 75-foot (23 m) diameter spherical starship that was an enlarged version of the Skylark Two in the 1948E.E. Smith science fiction novel Skylark Three (originally published in Amazing Stories in 1930), the second book of the Skylarktetralogy.^[12]

New Age

• The "New Age Prophetess", Alice Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical psychological types, the "seventh ray" of "Ceremonial Order" is represented by the color violet. People who have this metaphysical psychological type are said to be "on the Violet Ray".^[13]

Parapsychology

• Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye report that those who are practicing occultists (magical thaumaturgists) often have a violet aura.^[14] It is said that people with violet auras are forward looking visionaries who may be in occupations such as performance artist, photographer, venture capitalist, astronaut, futurist, or quantum physicist.^[15]

Politics

• There is a small New Age political party in Germany with about 1,150 members called The Violet Party. The party believes indirect democracy, a guaranteed minimum income, and that politics should be based on spiritual values. "The Violet Party" was founded in Dortmund, Germany in 2001.^[16]

Religion

• In Hinduism, violet is used to symbolically represent the seventh, crown chakra (Sahasrara).^[17]
• In many western churches, violet is the liturgical color of Advent and Lent, which respectively celebrate the expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus and the time for Penance and/or Mourning.
• Filipino Catholic priests have for several decades been granted special permission to wear violet instead of black at Masses for the dead due to the country's tropical climate.
• There is a stained glass window created in the early 1920s in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles depicting God the Father wearing a violet robe.^[18]
• In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, the color violet is used to represent the Ascended Master St. Germain.^[19]
• The Invocation of the Violet Flame is a system of meditation practice used in the "I AM" Activity and by the Church Universal and Triumphant (both Ascended Master Teaching religions). It is believed to be invoked from Saint Germain and practicing it is part of these religions' devotion to Saint Germain.^[19] The violet flame is believed to originate from a deity named Omri-Tas, Ruler of the Violet Planet.

Vexillology

• The only nation ever to use the color violet in its flag was the second Spanish republic.

Viola can be used as food & medicine

Heartsease (Viola tricolor)

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hearts10.html

from http://www.henriettesherbal.com/articles/viola.html

Violets.

On the medicinal herblist in Apr97,

by Karen Vaughan

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Violets (Viola odorata, V. tricolor, V. calcarata, V. canadense, V. palmata,V. pedata, V. rotundifolia, V. pubescens and most of the other wild or cultivated species of violets and pansies) are some of the most underappreciated, important tonic herbs.
All parts of the plant are used: the leaf, flowers, root and whole-plant tincture. The slipperiness of the leaf when you chew it is a good indicator of its medicinal value. The salicylic acid found in all parts of fresh violets is an active disinfectant and tissue solvent. and can be applied externally to soften hard skin, corns and warts. It is also fungicidal. Vitamins C and A are found in large amounts in the leaves. The roots are rich in minerals. And the small leaves and Spring flowers make a fantastic salad!
The leaf is nutritive, alterative, dissolvent (anti-neoplastic, depurative, supperative), mucilaginous (expectorant, demulcent, laxitive, diuretic) and anodyne (vulnerary, antiseptic and emollient). It contains 264 mg of vitamin C and 20,000 IU of vitamin A per 100 grams of fresh leaf, as well as salicylic acid. It is useful for cancer or other growths: an overnight infusion of a quart jar filled with fresh leaves and topped with boiling water is good for cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, or mastitis, and makes a good gargle/mouthwash for gingivitis, ulceration of the mouth, pain from mouth cancers or herpes sores. The infusion is good for the nervous system, eyestrain, too much sun, bronchitis, sinus infections or ear infections.The strained leaves should be used to poultice cancerous or fibrocystic growths and can be used on the back of the neck for stress, insomnia, and nervousness. The small wild violet leaves in a honey poultice, hot fomentation or compress form are especially good for wounds, abscesses, swellings, herpes lesions, skin rashes and acute conjunctivitis.
The Spring pseudo-flower (true seed-bearing flowers which are green and hidden come in the Fall) is antiscorbutic and aperient. All Viola-flowers are edible. Make an olive oil infusion for tinnitus. Make a flower syrup to soothe sore throats, coughs, stomache ache, constipation and digestive distress. (1-5 tsp/day)
Violet roots are antipyretic, diuretic, expectorant, emollient, emetic and cathartic. Violet root is used for reducing coughs, cooling fevers, and soothing sore feet. It can be toxic in excess. In Europe cough syrup is made from violet root. Viola odorata root tincture (5-15 drops per day) or Viola tricolor(pansy) root tincture (5-25 drops perday) are used for respiratory distress, to cool fevers and break up mucus.Pansy root tincture reduces congestion and moves urine. Viola odorata root tincture also calms coughs, reduces inflammation, clears the lingering effects of pertussis and reduces hysteria. The fresh or dried roots, crushed and steeped for several hours in vinegar are used to poultice sore, hot, infected feet and the feet of diabetics.
The whole plant tincture of Viola tricolor (pansy) is specific for cradle cap, impetigo, and scabies. Use it internally for a week or two for cradle cap or impetigo. (2-5 drops for children; 15-100 for adults.) For scabies, use in combination with baths in green soap and sulphur flour or ointment until gone. Pansy tincture is also tonic and pain relieving to the heart.
Toxicity: some people are susceptible to dermatitis from the leaf externally (internally no known toxicity). Large doses of the roots or seeds (from the true flowers, not the colored pseudo-flowers) can cause severe stomach upset, nervousness, high blood pressure and breathing irregularities.
Non-medicinally, I like to make violet flower vinegar for salads and marinades (good with mint.)

• Violet yogurt is tasty and makes a good facial- stir in flowers to a good fresh yogurt and leave overnight.
• Candied violets are delightful for cake decoration, but I can never get mine to crystalize in a pretty enough position- mine look like purple sodden lumps. Better crystalizers sell them commercially.
• To make a nice greeting card, put a violet or dark pansy flower in the pages of a cotton rag-paper notebook. Tap repeatedly with a mallet (or whatever) until the flower impression comes through the paper.
• You can make homemade litmus solution by filling a jar with violet flowers and boiling water. Strain after steeping it overnight. Acid turns it purple/red and base turns it yellow/green. Use to test whether your bilberry plant's soil needs acidifying.

Howie Brounstein has a funny nomination for violets as the newest fad herb (move over Noni!) http://www.teleport.com/~howieb/treats/fad.html
Keep transplanting them to your garden. (Transplanting is my favorite weeding strategy!)
Karen Vaughan

green

yellow

many artists' refer to yellow as being the most difficult color to work with. some of this difficulty they say is the physical lower strength/intensity of the pigments in the yellow range.  

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow

"The word "yellow" comes from the Old English geolu, or geolwe which derived from the Proto-Germanic word gelwaz.^[3]According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the oldest known use of this word in English is from The Epinal Glossary in the year 700.^[4]

In the English language, yellow has traditionally been associated with jaundice and cowardice.^[5] Yellow is associated with the word "caution" and is the second light on stop lights. The color is associated with aging as well, for both people and objects (e.g. "yellowed" paper). Ethnographically, the term "yellow" has been used as a slang term for both Asians ("yellow peril") and, in the early 20th century, light-skinned African-Americans (High yellow).

"Yellow" ("giallo"), in Italy, refers to crime stories, both fictional and real. This association began in about 1930, when the first series of crime novels published in Italy had yellow covers. The term "yellow movie" (黃色電影) can refer to films of pornographic nature in Chinese culture, and is analogous to the English "blue movie".^[6] Lastly, it is associated with sensational journalistic practices, or yellow journalism, and resistance to militant trade unions.^[7]"

from: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=yellow

"yellow (adj.) 

O.E. geolu, geolwe, from P.Gmc. *gelwaz (cf. O.S., O.H.G. gelo, M.Du. ghele, Du. geel, M.H.G. gel, Ger. gelb, O.N. gulr, Swed. gul "yellow"), from PIE *ghel- "yellow, green" (see Chloe).

Meaning "light-skinned" (of blacks) first recorded 1808. Applied to Asiatics since 1787, though the first recorded reference is to Turkish words for inhabitants of India. Yellow peril translates Ger. die gelbe gefahr. Sense of "cowardly" is 1856, of unknown origin; the color was traditionally associated rather with treachery. Yellow-bellied "cowardly" is from 1924, probably a rhyming reduplication of yellow; earlier yellow-belly was a sailor's name for a half-caste (1867) and a Texas term for Mexican soldiers (1842, based on the color of their uniforms). Yellow dog "mongrel" is attested from c.1770; slang sense of "contemptible person" first recorded 1881. Yellow fever attested from 1748, Amer.Eng. (jaundice is a symptom)."

had the thought cross my mind this morning, "yell ow" establishes a certain pain relatedness to the word. 

how much of these challenging characteristics stem from our associative meanings to the word yellow.

in a more positive light;

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow

• The Christian holiday of Easter is represented by the colors yellow and lavenderbecause the crocus flower, which is yellow and lavender, blooms in Europe in the spring.
• In the metaphysics of the New Age Prophetess, Alice A. Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical psychological types, the fourth ray of harmony through conflict is represented by the color yellow. People who have this metaphysical psychological type are said to be on the Yellow Ray. "^[39]
• In Hinduism, yellow is used to symbolically represent the third, solar plexuschakra (Manipura).^[40]
• Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye report that someone with a yellow aura is typically someone who is in an occupation requiring intellectual acumen, such as a scientist.^[41]
• In Europe, many liberal parties are symbolised by the color yellow, including the Free Democratic Party (Germany),Liberal Forum (Austria), Estonian Reform Party, National Liberal Party (Romania) and Liberal and Centre Union(Lithuania). The pan-European Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party also use the color yellow.
• A group of NGOs by the name of Bersih (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections) had used the color yellow to symbolize their fight against corruption in election in Malaysia. The giant rally was organized on 9 July 2011.
• The ancient Maya associated the color yellow with the direction South. The Maya glyph for "yellow" (k'an) also means "precious" or "ripe".^[38]
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• "Common connotations" and Mayan glyph from: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=yellow

• Common connotations —

  sunshine, warmth, fun, happiness, warning,friendship, caution, slow, cowardice, Mardi Gras, summer, lemons, Easter, autumn, electricity,liberalism/libertarianism, hope, optimism,imagination, curiosity

Mayan glyph for yellow

perhaps by understanding the range of its meanings, positive and negative yellow significants, as artists we can come to a more harmonic understanding of the positive and negative yellow and effectually relate this understanding to our using yellow in broader strokes...