Welcome to my Website!
I am featuring a collection of my photographs and paintings.
Please check back for more as I post them!
Through my art, I wish to share with you my love and deep appreciation for the beauty to be found all around us in nature.
I hope you enjoy this "walk into green"...
MY PHOTOGRAPHS
****all photos are copyrighted © and property of Alice Briesmaster*** ***unlawful to copy and reproduce any photos on this site***
*** be creative - take your own photos! ***
We are fortunate to have many parks and green spaces in Toronto. Nature can be found everywhere, even in a big city.
These photos were taken in my own green oasis in St. James Cathedral Park, in my historic St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood, at the Toronto Islands, and on some outings farther afield.
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St. James Park
St. James Cathedral
Buddha Bird
one of my first digital photos
Edwards Gardens
candy striped tulips
High Park
purple grackle
Red Admiral butterfly and cherry blossoms
Grenadier Pond
Toronto Islands
Centre Island
view from Algonquin Island
view from Ward's Island
yellow flag iris
young robin
marinas at Ward's Island
Ward's Island cottage
Allan Gardens Conservatory
delphinium
passion flower
Stratford Ontario
Avon River swans
Avon Theatre
the Bard
My "Old Toronto" neighbourhood and the GTA
Front Street East
Gooderham (flatiron) Building
west along Wellington from my condo's rooftop
King Street East
Sugar Beach
King & Starbucks
Distillery District
Evening on the Gardiner
Urban Canyon
St. Michael's College gardens - U of T
Algonquin Park
Lovely still pond
the Spruce Bog
Gray Jay
Icicles, lichen and moss on rock wall
Beaver Dam
Last year's leaves
Gardens in Grafton ON
September 12
Autumn Scenery near Parry Sound
Georgian Bay and 30,000 Islands
Christmas at Allan Gardens
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Altered Views
I am experimenting with Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. The various filters work wonderfully with flower photos and city views too.
Why not try it yourself?
Here are some photos morphed into something a little different !
Hollyhocks
Toronto Aglow (prism shift)
Toronto Skyline - graphic style
Bee in the Zone
Sakura Cherry Trees in High Park
City Lights
Tulips in St. James Park
fishing for walnuts (I added the string)
Tundra swans, Aylmer ON
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MY PAINTINGS
I am learning various techniques in brush strokes and colour mixing
by creating a variety of scenes in oils in my landscape painting classes. I am slowly developing my own style.. .
2011-12
Georgian Bay - oils
Georgian Bay - oils with palette knife
Giverny - oils with palette knife
more oil paintings of Georgian Bay -
trees, water, rocks and sky take a lot of practice
Autumn Stream
I like the texture of leaves vs. smooth water
2013
Georgian Bay again - with palette knife
experimenting with sunset and waves
palette knife -
from Giverny calendar photo
palette knife - from Nova Scotia photo
2011- collage
First attempt at collage - painted paper torn and cut,
inspired by an old magazine photo
