The ancient olive trees on the Greek island stand heavy with fruit. In early September, the olives glow a brilliant green under the Mediterranean sun, though they won’t be ready for harvest until later in the year.
On the damp meadow by the river, the stalks of the meadowsweet flowers contrast against the green grasses. The clusters of creamy flowers are ready to burst open in the summer sun.
The low arc motif draws together the contrasting hues found in this flower, relating also to the shape of the rainbow.
Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
The square is divided by a golden rectangle that is occupied by the image of a Vanda Orchid captured amidst the lush scenery of the Kandy, Sri Lanka botanical garden.
In our winter garden reds and greens combine to signal the end of the year. Pushing through the shaded borders are leaves; some delicate as paper but others spiked and rubbery, complementing each other through shape and colour.
Before the great leaf pickup begins in our garden, the grounded maple leaves form a spectacle of colours; oranges, yellows and browns contrasting against the viridian greens of the cropped grass.
A walk around a Thames side church. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The wheat in the field is mature and ready for harvest. The colours of the stalks and ears smell of the bread that will soon be baked from the threshed grains. The camera finds the drooping buff coloured stems above the ochre interior; home to the unseen field mice.
The camera penetrates the tangle of branches before the leaves get their chance. The willow and the dogwood; common in the parks blends the subdued colours of the season’s boundary. The buds and new shoots are just appearing in amongst the random weavings of the branches and with a wide aperture we can blur the palette.
The winter river is in full flood and the weirs are controlling the torrents as the turbulent waters scour out the sediments. The river is wild and dangerous with fast currents and a surface that mixes the whites of the foam with the greens and greys of the cold winter Thames.
Drops splash the walking path and the blinking eyes are unfocused. The wet asphalt road reflects the house hedges. When the rain comes we don’t hide our heads.
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.
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.
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.
Sweeping from sky to land, the hill of meadow flowers meets the blue of sky. Up the walk with rest for breath and closer look, down the view meets the green of trees.
The sea shore pebbles and the lapping water. Capturing colours and textures for the curved form. Added structural elements; repositories for the image details and colours that are alluring in the moment.
Pads float over surface drawn with lines of reeds. The curving sweep of water grasses light against the drifting deeps. Shapes of colour align with clips of views. Colours chosen to capture the structure.
Short grasses overlaid with shapes of green. Look at these veins in the leaf cropped into the hexagon. The shapes anchor to the centre with balanced structure and shades of green.
All those asphalt repairs in the road and on the path - they form interesting geometries themselves, but then I add my own structure and juxtapose the textures with plain colour.
In the rain, we see water on the window and when we go out to the street, the pavements shine in their wetness. The geometry in this image used the hexagon as the basic form and then adds shapes and colours and images taken on some rainy days.
The tide pushes up the beach and covers the sand we remembered. Sea shows the sky colours but sand yellows are still just there between the ripples. The water is lapping gentle waves with light catching the edges.
Corrosion seems like a negative thing; wasting away and dirty. But, actually no; rusted metal is rich in colour and texture and in this image I use some images of rusted chains that I have taken in sea locations.
Trees reaching out to the branches in the sky. We walk with head up noting the contrast between bare branches and sky. Here is a spring day before the leaves come.
In a restaurant one evening a bowl of tomatoes on the counter caught my eye and I used this photo together with others that I have taken of berries and other tomatoes to make this geometric collage.
