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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 5 years ago
"In a House, Divided" + New Patreon Launch
Dear Steemit, Thank you for everything you were for me two years ago. It was during some difficult times that I found you, able to come to this platform to catch a break. I…
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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 6 years ago
CANT // No Photoshop
Cant: noun - the private language of the underworld. Anxiety boxed within. Box drawn with chalk marker on glass.
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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 6 years ago
Venus in Retrograde
Venus in Retrograde My most recent photograph, Venus, arms tied, body bound, face masked, placed on a pedestal for all to see.
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johndykstra (53)in #bescouted • 6 years ago
Family Tree
Family Tree This photograph was my first attempt at applying my style to still-lives. As beautiful as portraits are, portraiture photography is not in very high demand on…
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johndykstra (53)in #bescouted • 7 years ago
"Circling"
Trying a new technique of layering chalkboard marker in front and behind of the subject. I'm using a glass pane in front of the subject to draw on, and chalkboard paint in the…
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johndykstra (53)in #art • 7 years ago
Memory as a Function of Art
Book Notes: Art as TherapyMemory as a function of art. The Origin of Painting: Dibutades Tracing the Portait of a Sherpherdby Jean-Baptiste Regnault I'm trying out this new…
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johndykstra (53)in #bescouted • 7 years ago
Venusian Spring Incantation
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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 7 years ago
I Wanted to Share This
I came up with the idea for this photograph a couple weeks after a close friend cut off his thumb and his index finger, and cut his middle finger and ring finger. They were able…
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johndykstra (53)in #bescouted • 7 years ago
Moving Forward Through the Fog as an Artist
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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 7 years ago
Where Do You Find Your Inspiration?
Where do you find your inspiration? My photograph above was inspired by Paul Klee and the fish motif that was so ubiquitous in his work. The specific piece I was looking at is…
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johndykstra (53)in #art • 7 years ago
Artistic Vision: Simplified
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johndykstra (53)in #art • 7 years ago
Combat Creative Block By Discovering New Problems
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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 7 years ago
Fermi // Nuclear Power Plants Amidst a Late Winter Landscape
Fermi Click Image To Enlarge It was 60 degrees in south-east Michigan on Wednesday, and hovering around 32 degrees as a steady rainfall turned into a sloppy snowfall on…
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johndykstra (53)in #creativity • 7 years ago
Art is Alchemy: a Guide to Developing Your Artistic Vision (Chapter 4! Self-Realization)
Art is Alchemy: a Guide to Developing Your Artistic Vision Chapter IV: Self-Realization - Working With All That One Has, to Accomplish One's Ambitions Artists create work…
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johndykstra (53)in #art • 7 years ago
Arrows From Below
Doubts and lies come as arrows from Hades below. Here's a piece I created when testing a new camera I received from @chowcollection in Fall 2016. It's more graphically…
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johndykstra (53)in #creativity • 7 years ago
Art is Alchemy: A Guide to Developing Your Artistic Vision // CHAPTER 3: "What is Art?"
Art is Alchemy: A Guide to Developing Your Artistic Vision Chapter III: "What is Art?" If this is your first time reading Art is Alchemy, I suggest you read Chapter I &…
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johndykstra (53)in #bescouted • 7 years ago
Recent Visual Meditations
I love prints, and not just photo prints. Prints from linocuts, woodcuts, drypoints, etchings, and screen prints are all runners up for a potential print collection I have in…
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johndykstra (53)in #creativity • 7 years ago
Creativity Research and Potent Personal Imagery
The Wide-Image I recently came upon a concept developed by Gregory Ulmer called "the wide-image", guided by the categories that showed up in research into breakthrough…
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johndykstra (53)in #community • 7 years ago
My First Month on Steemit (Has Been a Success!)
Dear Steemians, It has been exactly one month since my introduction post to this community, and I want to thank you all for your support. From the moment I signed up, I was…
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johndykstra (53)in #photofeed • 7 years ago
Why Are You Creating Your Art?
Many creatives have plenty of ideas for their pieces, and yet they never manage to use any of them. Their work staggers onward, leaning this way and then that way, lacking a…
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