OMA

Went to the Oceanside Museum of Art as I previously said. Saw Chris Rainier's exhibit, "Ancient Marks The Sacred Origins of Tattoos and Body Marking"

The show is free for students...its tiny...but amazing photographs. Beautiful people, beautiful art. My favorite was the Buddhist with the elephants tattooed down both his shins. Go check it out if your into body art.

Artists

I have been to many exhibits this semester and have done much enjoying of art, especially some work by some amazing photographers. All of those kinds of field trips can be read about on my primary blog--the peanut bucket.

I feel saturated. In a good way...and inspired to get really creative and continue to learn about new artists and ways of doing things, in my photography, as well as my other art.

Cover For My Plant Book

As One Of My Closing Remarks

So I was peeking at my classmate's blog sites tonight and let me just tell you...
...some of the photos really blew me away. I mean really.

It wasn't all that long ago that I actually decided to "become" an artist, even though I have been doing art for some time...and looking at these sites make me realize that I don't think I have really found my niche or my exact style.

I am definitely inspired now more than ever to exercise my creative side as much as I can and really push to do the art that I know is up in my head.

Tell Me Why...

..the one time I actually DON'T bring my camera someplace I regret it?
I recently went (April 13th to be exact) to the San Diego Museum of Art down in Balboa and caught their Art Alive exhibit.

At first I wasn't quite sure what was going on, but as I walked around I realized...there was the normal collection--but then, artists had made these big beautiful bouquet things based on the work that had inspired them. Plants everywhere! And--photographing was allowed! Everybody in the museum had a camera (except for good ol' me of course.)

It was a really neat show...and I didn't have that much time to really explore...but some of the pieces were really breathtaking.

Interestingly Enough

After finishing my plant book (which I figured would only be about 40 pages and ended up being 80)...I have come to the realization that I might be onto something here.

At first plants seemed kinda boring (I'll be honest), but now--I see them everywhere! And not just see them--really see them up close and as a perfect photo opportunity. I think that I might continue photographic plants and trying out some new cards and really seeing where it takes me. Wild animals are still my muse of choice, but hey--plants are wild too right?

A Couple Cards Heading My Way

A Few Nursery Photos

Quail Botanical Gardens

Pics From The Lake

Dixon Lake

Some Photos From Santa Rosa PLateau

Just A Quick Note

...went to the Las Pilitas nursery today.

It's a nice little place.  Easy to find, yet I missed 2 turns.

I liked it for the fact that it is a Native plant nursery so I felt confident on the shots I was getting. Now I am super behind on my posting of pictures, but shortly, there will be a big crop of them.  Get it? Crop....haha.

Fieldtrips

Spring break proved to be productive for me.

Not the actual week, but this weekend. The week itself was spent in North Carolina and although I did do a lot of picture taking, I couldn't really full fill the requirement of CALIFORNIA native plants.

Yesterday however, I went to Dixon Lake here in local Escondido and had much success as well as today when I journeyed to Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas.

Today at Quail, I was caught up in some beautiful flowers just to learn that they were from all over the world. I finally consulted my map and headed to the California section just in time for my battery to die. Luckily I had another one. Not so luckily, it was in my car and the parking lot is the farthest spot away from the California section. Never fear though, it was a beautiful day and I needed the exercise, so after back-tracking a bit I was able to get some great shots there as well.

Pictures will be uploaded soon. On a side note though, I know everybody is saying that this is a great year and that there are bumper crops of wildflowers--I would just like to say also that it seems to be a bumper year for lizards as well.