Golden Section Series

In this series the landscape shaped pieces are using the golden ratio. I won’t go into all details about this here but essentially the ratio between the long and the short side is 1.61803. To be precise, this should be (1+√5)/2.

The golden ratio rectangle is one of many dynamic rectangles that can be rationally divided into visually interesting shapes.

Beach Zones, Beach Tones

September 20, 2023

The sea pounds the shore, tumbling the stones into pebbles of infinitely varied shapes and sizes. The mixture of rock types gives us plenty of grey and pastel hues to choose from in this image of shapes set into a joining of two rectangles formed on the golden proportion.

Pistachio Red

September 17, 2023

In the warm Mediterranean soil the Pistache grow in abundance. When a branch of the pistachio tree dies back or experiences stress, its leaves often turn a fiery red or orange hue. This change in leaf color creates a striking contrast with the vivid green leaves that glisten in the summer sun. This dramatic contrast surprises us as we walk past. The shapes are filled with the red and orange hues that the camera has captured against the backdrop of the tree’s healthy green foliage.

Samphire Shore

September 7, 2023

Just within the splash zone of the Ionian sea, the lime green of the Samphire contrasts against the grey limestone rocky shore. The summer sun reflects on the succulent emerald greeen leaves that dance in the sea breeze. The colours in the scene are dispersed throughout the geometry that is constructed from the golden ratio rectangles.

Turquoise Shore

September 3, 2023

Turquoise waters lap the weathered rocks on the Ionian shore. Through the blue transparency the stones on the beach show their textured pinks and pastel shades. Shapes are composed in the golden rectangles and filled with the colours from the focussed view.

Scabiosa Meadow

August 21, 2023

Many varieties of wild flowers cover the ungrazed meadow, but noticeable are the lavender coloured Pincushion flowers that are raised above all with their long stems. With the camera lens at near ground level the soft meadow colours mix to make glaucous shades. From these tints in the image, geometric sweeps and bands of green and lilac are positioned with respect to the divine proportion.

Golden ratio with colours from field wheat

Golden Wheat

July 23, 2023

Crops in the fields are bursting with heavy wheat heads. The kernels are still green but will be golden when ready for harvest. The geometry of the golden ratio is used to form the parts of this image; the short side to the long side is the same as the short side to the arc radius.

Grass Splendour (Triptych)

July 20, 2023

Depth of field takes a double meaning when we push through the grasses and focus close to the waving blades; those that are beyond focus mix up the greens and yellows and create their own colour.

River Reeds

July 5, 2023

The river edge is softened by the reeds that wave with the wind and the current. In the shadows of the bank we glimpse pink blooms hanging onto the reed stems. While the transparent water reveals the waving fronds beneath it mixes with the reflection of the overhanging tree colours.

Blades and Bells

May 26, 2023

Arcs and segments filled with colours of the garden. Mauve bells softly focussed with iris green blades blended. Shapes rotating cut through with a shaft of colours picked from sunlit garden.

Garden Bells

May 6, 2023

Brilliant citrine green of the euphorbia bells can be seen against the mauve thimble shapes of the bluebells. The sweeping shapes crosscut through with the transparent king’s blue; a shaft of blue from the sky.

Ericacious Ground

May 5, 2023

Rich colours sweep over the garden when we have more daylight hours. Sun, rain and soil are the catalysts for growth. Even before the flowers come, the leaves shine; green edged with red.

Nearly Blooming

April 4, 2023

Plants push their way through the leaves from the last season, hoping to find enough light to burst out the flowers. Late frosts seem to be delaying the process but these shoots still provide colours that brighten the forest floor.

Wet with Rainbow

March 25, 2023

Downpours keep us down but the rainbow brings elation. In the parked car, waiting for the rain to stop, the sky is painted with the curve of prism colours. Don’t start the wipers - the rain drops on glass add to the spectacle.

Covid Room Textures

March 11, 2023

Days of Covid isolation in a room, camera finds some details in the carpet. Mixing it up with grey trouser textures. Weaves of threads, close-up structure, keeping me warm. I’m looking at details, the only relief is the window view, but there, the sky is colourless and cold.

Autumn Ground

November 13, 2022

Leaves not yet rotted keep their colour on the wet ground. Eyes to the path on the grey day see the rich mixture of tones.

Tupelo Orange

November 7, 2022

Trees in the arboretum come from many parts of the world and we benefit from the collectors of saplings and seeds. After a hot summer, the hazel and the tupelo blend their vibrant orange and yellow colours contrasting against the shadows of the undergrowth.

October Maples

November 6, 2022

The trees are showing their fireworks and we blink to find that the trees are bare. The fresh October winds shake the branches and colour the forest floor with a carpet of red and yellow.

Hazel Flame

October 18, 2022

Through shaded branches the red leaves glow against the faded greens. Recolouring in the cooling winds, the greens turn to burnt orange.

October Leaves

October 15, 2022

A visit to the maple tree copse with changing colours for the winter coming. The green leaves, still on the trees, are overcome by the reds before they are swept to the ground by the dry winds.

Pebbled Sea

October 12, 2022

Beach times between swims, the camera captures the sea washing over the pebbles. The stone colours switch from wet to dry; gloss to matt.

Lichen on the Beach

October 3, 2022

A little way back from the waves at the shore, the rocks are hosting colours of the sun.

Sea Colours

September 30, 2022

Sea water colour drifting towards the shore. Ripples far become waves over the floor. Light mixes the blues and greens into turquoise shades and flashes.

Transparent Sea

September 21, 2022

On still days the sea at the shore shows through like dimpled glass, the rounded pebbles. The smoothed stones remember the storms that ground away their roughness.

The Colours of the Ionian Sea

September 19, 2022

Viewing the Ionian Sea from our beach places. The waves are sometimes still but sometimes confused. The greens of the olive groves and the blue of the sky colour the surface; now poured into the shapes of this geometry construct.

The Colour of Water

September 9, 2022

The river water has it’s own colour and mixes this with a palette of sky and surroundings. This colour further sweeps through a geometry of triangles and curves within a golden rectangle.

Calm River

September 6, 2022

The journey on the river shows the ripples covering the drifting forms. The fronds in the shallows mirror the reeds leaning from the bank edge. The sky blues peak through the reflections on the surface.

Tree Fruits

September 6, 2022

Edges of the fields and in the public orchard we find the fruit that can be taken home. The colours of the juice stain our fingers; watch out the white trousers!