The sweet and pure beauty of the common camellia. 

Her soft white petals open wide, layer by layer in the warming sunlight, revealing gentle whispers from within. 

She sings a song in soft-scented harmony with her petaline cupping, a song not heard, but smelt. 

Her sweet perfume brings forth a smile on the face of her spectator as she blows a fragrant kiss.

Ahhhhh. The inspiration that comes from the simplest of places.

This is one of a collection of posters inspired during a recent trip to Oamaru, a small but exciting town on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Oamaru is known for its ‘steampunk’ vibe with many restaurants and bars capitalising on the theme.

While visiting one of these eclectic bars we were served prosecco in these wonderful traditional champagne glasses.
(champagne flutes we introduced later in the 20th century).
With my iPhone set to portrait mode>stage-light, I took some really nice shots.  These are the results. These are ‘as-shot’ on the iPhone, with just a tickle in edit mode. The glasses feel very vintage, so I took them in the glorious ‘Art-Deco’ era with the addition of some fun quotes to create a retro fun poster feeling.
So why not pour yourself a glass of your favourite bubbles and reflect on the quotes.

Enjoy.

They can stand alone, or be collected as part of an ongoing series.

Ahhhhh. The inspiration that comes from the simplest of places.

This is one of a collection of posters inspired during a recent trip to Oamaru, a small but exciting town on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Oamaru is known for its ‘steampunk’ vibe with many restaurants and bars capitalising on the theme.

While visiting one of these eclectic bars we were served prosecco in these wonderful traditional champagne glasses.
(champagne flutes we introduced later in the 20th century).
With my iPhone set to portrait mode>stage-light, I took some really nice shots.  These are the results. These are ‘as-shot’ on the iPhone, with just a tickle in edit mode. The glasses feel very vintage, so I took them in the glorious Art-Deco’ era with the addition of some fun quotes to create a retro fun poster feeling.
So why not pour yourself a glass of your favourite bubbles and reflect on the quotes.

Enjoy.

They can stand alone, or be collected as part of an ongoing series.

Ahhhhh. The inspiration that comes from the simplest of places.

This is one of a collection of posters inspired during a recent trip to Oamaru, a small but exciting town on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Oamaru is known for its ‘steampunk’ vibe with many restaurants and bars capitalising on the theme.

While visiting one of these eclectic bars we were served prosecco in these wonderful traditional champagne glasses.
(champagne flutes we introduced later in the 20th century).
With my iPhone set to portrait mode>stage-light, I took some really nice shots.  These are the results. These are ‘as-shot’ on the iPhone, with just a tickle in edit mode. The glasses feel very vintage, so I took them in the glorious Art-Deco’ era with the addition of some fun quotes to create a retro fun poster feeling.
So why not pour yourself a glass of your favourite bubbles and reflect on the quotes.

Enjoy.

They can stand alone, or be collected as part of an ongoing series.

Ahhhhh. The inspiration that comes from the simplest of places.

This is one of a collection of posters inspired during a recent trip to Oamaru, a small but exciting town on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Oamaru is known for its ‘steampunk’ vibe with many restaurants and bars capitalising on the theme.

While visiting one of these eclectic bars we were served prosecco in these wonderful traditional champagne glasses.
(champagne flutes we introduced later in the 20th century).
With my iPhone set to portrait mode>stage-light, I took some really nice shots.  These are the results. These are ‘as-shot’ on the iPhone, with just a tickle in edit mode. The glasses feel very vintage, so I took them in the glorious Art-Deco’ era with the addition of some fun quotes to create a retro fun poster feeling.
So why not pour yourself a glass of your favourite bubbles and reflect on the quotes.

Enjoy.

They can stand alone, or be collected as part of an ongoing series.

Ahhhhh. The inspiration that comes from the simplest of places.

This is one of a collection of posters inspired during a recent trip to Oamaru, a small but exciting town on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Oamaru is known for its ‘steampunk’ vibe with many restaurants and bars capitalising on the theme.

While visiting one of these eclectic bars we were served prosecco in these wonderful traditional champagne glasses.
(champagne flutes we introduced later in the 20th century).
With my iPhone set to portrait mode>stage-light, I took some really nice shots.  These are the results. These are ‘as-shot’ on the iPhone, with just a tickle in edit mode. The glasses feel very vintage, so I took them in the glorious Art-Deco’ era with the addition of some fun quotes to create a retro fun poster feeling.
So why not pour yourself a glass of your favourite bubbles and reflect on the quotes.

Enjoy.

They can stand alone, or be collected as part of an ongoing series.

The early morning mist shrouds the famous statue of David, by famous artist and sculptor Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo. This ethereal representation is an enhanced image I took in Firenze (Florence), Italy in 2015.

The history of the statue of David begins before Michelangelo’s work on it from 1501 to 1504.
With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the early modern period following classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.

The biblical figure David was a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Because of the nature of the figure it represented, the statue soon came to symbolise the defence of civil liberties embodied in the 1494 constitution of the Republic of Florence, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the political aspirations of the Medici family.

Up close and personal with nature once again, this artwork is a mirrored image of the centre of a banksia flower.

Look closely and you will see its two beady eyes staring you down.
Its arms stretched out toward you.
Is it reaching out to embrace you? Or… something else?

‘Winged Victory’ on the lower levels of Victor Emanuele II Monument. By an unknown sculptor.

This is one of a collection of many statues I photographed in Roma (Rome, Italy) in 2015 which I have turned into sketches.

While some are cast in bronze and others carved in marble or granite, they all demonstrate incredible craftsmanship and a dedication to a cause or conflict.

Predating Christ in many cases, all seem to have a common theme of religion, mythology and/or powerful people, be they emperors, goddesses, angels, gods, soldiers, ecclesiastical figures, or rulers and monarchs.

Although the original images are powerful in themselves, I chose to isolate them, simplify and enhance them so they may be viewed as individual pieces of ancient history. 

They can stand alone, or be collected as part of an ongoing series.