Holiday Sale in My Etsy Shop :)

Hi All :)

I hope you are all doing well and not too stressed (yet) about the upcoming Holiday Season :)

I know I haven't been around Bloggerville too much recently (definitely need to share "the why" with you soon) but I have been working hard to get my Etsy Shop ready for my Holiday Sale that starts today (Nov. 25th 2014 :)

Lots of new items and some old favourites too :)

Every item in my Etsy Shop will be 20% off and I also wanted to share with you that you can also get FREE SHIPPING by typing in this coupon code FREESHIP14 when you buy from my Etsy Shop before Dec. 10th :) (Sorry, it is only available to shoppers in the U.S.A :(

I wanted to share some of my new work with you here, I hope you enjoy them :)


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PORTLAND OREGON SIGN

This is the iconic "Portland Oregon" Sign in Old Town. It cycles thru a lovely colour scheme of University of Oregon Green and Yellow/Gold to Gold/Bronze, here I captured the 3 main colour variations and also the awesome Red Nose is lit up over the Holiday Season to remind us of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" I (and the Family) Love this Sign such a special sight :)  I am so excited to share these :)

Then;

"RACECARS"

 These Photos are of the Vintage Toy Racecars our kids played with when they were younger. They spent many a Happy Hour playing with these (some have been handed down from Grandparents) and maybe one day will be used by another generation of Chipperfields. I had fun taking these photos (which brought back a lot of wonderful memories) and then had some more fun playing with texturing and layering these photos :) 

I have also been putting my Photography on even more Pillow Covers and recently started to add my images to Shower Curtains and larger Gallery Wrapped Canvas Wall Art :)

SUNSET OVER MT. HOOD PILLOW COVER

FALL PILLOW COVER

HAPPY FACE PILLOW COVER

XMAS LIGHTS PILLOW COVER

SUBTLE BLOSSOM PILLOW COVER

CATKINS PILLOW COVER

POPPY PILLOW COVER

VINTAGE ROSE PILLOW COVER

BAR SHOWER CURTAIN

POPPY SHOWER CURTAIN

CALIFORNIA DREAMING SHOWER CURTAIN

I have also added some discounted different size sets of images on Paper or Canvas and these, already disc. sets, will be at 20% off and Free Shipping, so an awesome deal and a great affordable gift :)

SET OF 4 PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION

SET OF 4 PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION

So, here is a fun start to this Holiday Season for me to be able to share some of my latest work :)

If you visit my Etsy Shop you will find 100's of images and most can be placed on to Pillows or shower curtains or Gallery Wrapped Canvases, so if you don't see quite what you are looking for, don't hesitate to contact me, I have 1000's of photos still waiting to be processed and would be more than willing to find an image perfect for you :) 

I Hope you enjoyed this taster of the items in my Etsy Shop


I hope everyone has a wonderful Week :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

Hi All :)

I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a Wonderful, Happy, Successful and Fun 2014 :)

The road forward may not be clear all the time but it is how we navigate it that will help us to thrive :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE :)

Cheers, T. :)

New Gallery Opening! :)

Hi All :)

HAPPY FRIDAY :)

I Just wanted to let you all know that there is a new Gallery opening in Lake Oswego, Oregon, TODAY, YAY!!!

"MAISON DES ARTISTES"

I have my Mixed Media Artwork and Photography there on display, so exciting!!! :)

Check out the "FEATURED ARTISTS PAGE" :)

If you are in the area stop by it would be great to see you :)

Have a lovely Weekend!!!! :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

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Artist's Meet and Greet Friday, February 1st, 2013 4pm-9pm 599 A Avenue Lake Oswego, OR  971-302-9856

Please Join Us We will be open for business on Friday, February 1st at 10am. We will be hosting an Artist Meet and Greet from 4pm-9pm and are asking that you join us. Please feel free to invite your friends and family. There will be refreshments and beverages.

MY YEAR IN PHOTOS 2012 :)

Hi All :)

I hope you are all doing well and enjoying life :)

For the past couple of years now I have been keeping score of how many photos I take, each year, with my Nikon camera and also sharing with you some of the photos that I really hadn't got around to sharing as the year flashed by so quickly :)

For the record I only took close to 10,000 photos in 2012 compared to the previous years, I feel a bit of a slacker, LOL!!!! :)

You can see the previous posts and photos here; 2011 and 2010 :)

Note to Self; you do tend to write a lot about being sick at the beginning of every year, stop partying so  much over the Holidays, LOL :)

So, here is my 2012 in Photos :)
(it was really hard to keep it to just 2 photos for each month but you didn't want to be here for a whole month looking at them, LOL!!! :)

                               I Hope you enjoy them :)

                                       JANUARY

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This Rose was from a lovely bouquet and as it started to fall apart, I realised it was pretty symbolic of how each of my New Years' do begin.

A winter walk at the local park. A glimpse of a blue sky, clouds and trees reflecting in the Tualatin River :)

FEBRUARY

A lovely Hellebore at the Rose Garden, P.Town, Oregon :)

This would not be Portland, Oregon without a "BIKE" sign or shop :)

MARCH

Sunset shimmering on the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, California :)

Came home to "SNOW" and one of the worst rainy March's on record :(

APRIL

I love to decorate for Easter; Alabaster Eggs with a soft blue Fenton Glass Basket, I love the reflection in the window :)

Blossoms in my Garden, could not resist doing this in Black and White :)

MAY

I think by now you all know I have a "thing" for Poppies, here are a couple from my Garden :)

The "Rose" arbour in our back Garden has been taken over by the beautiful Wisteria (well, I let it on purpose, much to the horror of my Hubby)

JUNE

A day trip to the coast with my Son :)

On the way I saw this decaying tree stump and love the textural qualities that were happening, then when I looked thru the lens and saw the vibrant greenery in the background it was the perfect combo of "Old and New" :)

JULY

Beach Grass shot thru the window of the Ocean front rental house we stayed in :)

Haystack Rock, Pacific City, Oregon as the sun sets, gorgeous :)

AUGUST

An "old" Fire Hydrant in N.W. Portland, Oregon, looks like it is growing out of the tree root, this was a fun shot :)

On one of the Hottest days of the year, I went to take photos at the Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon; I wanted to see how the Roses were fairing in the heat.

SEPTEMBER

Scarecrows at the local "Allotments" or community gardens, so fun :)

The Beautiful "Multnomah Falls" Columbia Gorge, Oregon, 

OCTOBER

Couldn't resist taking this shot, what a colourful face and expression :)

One of the fun bars to hang out in "en" Portland :)

NOVEMBER 

Red Chairs and Tables stacked for the Night, P.Town, Oregon :)

A frozen "Dead" leaf at a local park, Lake Oswego, Oregon. I LOVE everything about this image, the lighting, the textural quality of the leaf, the shapes and the movement, even as its season ends it is beautiful :)

DECEMBER 

Beautiful Fire in great room, Skamania Lodge, Columbia Gorge, Washington.

Xmas Lights and Red Bows on the tree lined streets of Hood River, Columbia Gorge, Oregon :)

So this past year, I have been working again with multi layering photography, as well as challenging myself to continue my quest to produce beautiful imagery with SOOC (Straight out of camera) photos.

There are a few candidates in this post that I think I will add layers to, so when that happens, I will do another post with before and after images and you can tell me which you prefer. :)

So, I hope you enjoyed my 2012 Year in Photos :)

Have a lovely Wednesday :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

Hi All! :)

I know I am a little late but better late than never, hey!! :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!! :)

Our 2013 started beautifully with a sunny but freezingly chilly walk in a local park by the lovely and fast flowing Willamette River.

Here are the first photos SOOC (Straight out of camera) of 2013 for you to enjoy. :)

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Sunny but freezing, the Willamette River, OR.

The fallen trees rushing down the river are getting caught in the old pilings making a beautiful natural 

sculpture, I just LOVE it :)

These basalt columns the "Stafford Stones" were created 

by artist and sculptor Frank Boyden. They are engraved with the poetry of William Stafford, Oregon's most famous poet who was Oregon's Poet Laureate. He lived in Lake Oswego where this beautiful park (Foothills Park) is located along the Willamette River.

Even though is was sunny on New Years' Day, it was a little hazy out over the Mountain 60 miles away but she looked so magnificent I had to take a photo ( taken from Lake Oswego, OR. looking East to Mt. Hood over Milwaukie OR. 

We often say, "Have you seen THE Mountain today?"

On our drive home, I had to stop and take this photo, it looks like the birds are having a NEW YEARS' DAY meeting, LOL!!! :) 

I Hope you all have a lovely Wednesday :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.