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.

Garden Bells

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

October Leaves

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

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

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

Sea Colours

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

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

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

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

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

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!