December. Walnuts, swedes, cranberries, turnips, pomegranates and passionfruit.
This year the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21. This is the shortest day or longest night of the year and I think it’s fascinating that although the interpretation of Winter Solstice has varied from culture to culture, most cultures in the world and throughout the times, celebrated it as a turning point and have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around this time. And still do.
Blue Branches is inspired by my longing for light during the dark winter months. The crisp blue quality that is specific to blue winter’s skies in the north and the beautiful twilight blue hour or l’heure bleue, with its intense blues. I’ve been documenting the process of how this image was created in my Creative Minutes project.
This desktop picture is a perfect match for the collection of Luminous Blue Folder Icons and as usual the download includes fullscreen, widescreen and iPhone versions, both with and without a desktop calendar for December.
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Tags: blue, Blue Branches, collage, desktop calendar, desktop wallpaper, nature, sky, trees, watercolours, winter
November. Chestnuts, satsumas, celeriac, mangos, parsnips and pears. Darker days and candlelit evenings. Shades of orange and brown. I’m so enjoying experimenting with watercolours and collage techniques. This desktop wallpaper takes its cue from the autumn skies, watercolours and the explosive oranges of autumn leaves. A perfect backdrop for both Luminous Orange Folder Icons and Luminous Purple Folder Icons.
The download contains fullscreen, widescreen and iPhone versions, with and without a desktop calendar for November.
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Tags: birds, collage, desktop calendar, desktop wallpaper, nature, orange, sky, watercolours
October. Russet, plum, dark brown, rust, gold, purple and green. Mushrooms. Candied apples. Figs. Pumpkins. Roasted chestnuts. Halloween. And as I walk down the road, a scattering of acorns, pine cones and oak leaves.
I’ve been working on this image, inspired by my trip to Öland and the graffiti in a medieval castle. Creating a dreamscape in a whole different format when I realised it would work as a desktop wallpaper too, so I adapted the montage with its layers of writing and watercolours to desktop sizes and also made a desktop calendar version for October. This download contains fullscreen, widescreen and iPhone versions, with and without the calendar. Montage wallpaper works very well with the collection of Purple Luminous Folder Icons, the Orange and Pink Folder Icons.
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Tags: collage, desktop calendar, desktop wallpaper, fonts, grafitti, history, layers, letters, orange, Photography, purple, vintage, watercolours
Keeping with the theme of Reinventing My Digital Life to create a peaceful and focused personal digital space, I made a desktop wallpaper with orchids for a pure, zen desktop environment.
Pink Orchid desktop picture is adapted for fullscreen, widescreen as well as iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Tags: bold, desktop calendar, desktop customization, desktop wallpaper, floral, flower, green, nature, peaceful, pink, tranquil, zen
