See How This Artist Transforms Rocks Into Art

Australian artist Elspeth McLean has found a way to add more beauty to the world. She uses the Buddhist practice of mandalas, symmetrical drawings, to transform ordinary sea stones into art. Her remarkable painted stones are a treat for the eyes, as well as a meditative practice for Elspeth. Each rock tells a story, drawn from her life experiences.

 

 

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Spring Is Here: Time for Magnificent Flowers

Spring is here and for many folk that means blossoming flowers. My grandparents would drive miles and miles in their car just to see and smell fresh flowers, and looking at these photos I can understand their motivation. From formal gardens to parks and wild landscapes, these stunning photos make me want to spend my days watching the clouds roll by.

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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Chiang Dao, Thailand

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Willamette Valley, Woodburn, Oregon, USA

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Cereste, France

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Texas, USA

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Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia, USA

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Istanbul, Turkey

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Scotney Castle Gardens, Kent, England

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Mainau, Germany

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Lodz, Poland

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Ergaki National Park, Russia

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Ashikaga Flower Park, Japan

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Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA

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Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

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Grundarfjoerdur, Iceland

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Cantabria, Spain

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South Tyrol Lake, Italy

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Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

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Mt. Rainier, Washington, USA

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Flumserberg, Switzerland

Seamlessly Blending Into Backgrounds

Lima, Peru-born artist Cecilia Paredes, works with her assistants, she creates photo performance based works that have her seamlessly blended into backgrounds. Acting as both the photographer and the subject, she uses make-up, body paint and any costume she needs to make her virtually disappear.

"The illusion of 'disappearing' into the landscape that surrounds her, is in reality a blending, she is now 'part of the landscape' in her quest of belonging," Paredes explains to us. "The theme behind all is re-location after displacement and migration and how one has to adjust in order to belong. Tough it is, but it has to be done, without forgetting our origin."

The intricate backgrounds add an interesting and complicated dynamic to these pieces. While in some cases the photographer is turned away from the camera, her carefully chosen pose adding drama to the piece, in still others we can see the whites of her eyes, giving us that haunting feeling of discovering something we shouldn't.

 

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