Buckeye

July 6, 2025

In the Oxford Botanical Gardens, the young Buckeye plant displays its striking maroon leaves. As summer unfolds, these rich hues will gradually shift to green. The colours in the arcs and rectangles echo the hues and tones found by the camera’s sensor.

Sycamore Maple

June 27, 2025

The camera catches the colourful hanging seed pods of the sycamore maple at the edge of the woods. When the winds come later this summer, the seeds will surely helicopter away to find a hopeful germinating place.

Agapanthus at Monserrate

June 25, 2025

In the beautiful gardens of the palace of Monserrate in Sintra, Portugal, the Agapanthus flowers display their blooms against the forest of cork oaks.

Burberry Mix

June 7, 2025

On the lock island in the Thames the Burberry is showing the leaves in vibrant reds and greens. The yellow flowers are gradually revealed making it possible for me to develop an exciting palette of colours for the geometric shapes.

Lantana

May 1, 2025

In the green houses of the Oxford Botanical Gardens we find glorious colours that inspire composition for this combination of curves, lines and rectangles. The Golden Rectangle its subdivided to provide balance and focus.

Cypress

September 20, 2024

As Summer gives way to the cooler Autumn, the branches of the Cypress trees take on warmer tones.

Turbulence

December 4, 2023

The Thames rushes through the weir, its paddles fully open.

Mahonia Colours

November 27, 2023

As hues shift within the Autumn garden, our gaze is drawn to a small emblem of America—the Oregon Grape.

Composed with the wall of Holy Trinity Church, Cookham

Wall Mix

November 10, 2023

A walk around Holy Trinity Church, Cookham near the Thames. Chalk white, flint grey and brick red are the colours that expose this wall to my camera. Sweeps and arcs are blended into the constructed divine rectangles.

Purple Crowns in the Grass

October 4, 2023

The colour of the Summer grasses range from yellow-ochres to lush, verdant greens and forms a contrasting background to the vibrant purple-pink ragged-crowns of the knapweed that dot the field.

Rough Stones

October 2, 2023

Landscape stones collected by callousted hands are built into rough walls for terracing the slopes.

Beach Zones, Beach Tones

September 20, 2023

The sea pounds the shore, tumbling the stones into pebbles of infinitely varied shapes and sizes.

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.

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.

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.

Golden ratio with colours from field wheat

Golden Wheat

July 23, 2023

Crops in the fields are bursting with heavy wheat heads.

River Reeds

July 5, 2023

The river edge is softened by the reeds that wave with the wind and the current.

Blades and Bells

May 26, 2023

Arcs and segments filled with colours of the garden.

Garden Bells

May 6, 2023

Brilliant citrine green of the euphorbia bells can be seen against the mauve thimble shapes of the bluebells.

Ericacious Ground

May 5, 2023

Rich colours sweep over the garden when we have more daylight hours.

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.

October Maples

November 6, 2022

The trees are showing their fireworks and we blink to find that the trees are bare.

Hazel Flame

October 18, 2022

Through shaded branches the red leaves glow against the faded greens. Re-colouring 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.

Pebbled Sea

October 12, 2022

Beach times between swims, the camera captures the sea washing over the pebbles.

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.

Calm River

September 6, 2022

The journey on the river shows the ripples covering the drifting forms.

Chris Jennings + art

Golden Section Series