The Artist's Eyes by Jenn Lee

I was sitting here late this evening surfing one of my favorite sites…Flickr. What is Flickr? Well Flickr is an online community where people share their photography or art via photographs. It is a community that spans across the entire world.

The addiction to Flickr for me comes in the ability to see so many talented photographers/artists compositions. Seeing the world and what’s in it through others eyes is quite amazing. Whether you are an amateur photographer, professional photographer, artist of any level…you can share your creative art with the rest of the world.

Every month Flickr shares a collection of the most popular entries shared. This is seen via their Flickr Explore page. You can view past months or follow along the current month as it progresses.

You can share your photos or photos of your art through your own page as well as adding them into various groups of various themes or styles. Doing so allows you also to view a more directed collection of work shared by other members that are into the same themes, styles or type of work you are.

Whether you are an artist or a photographer or even an artistic photographer of any level, this is an online community worth checking out. What a vast collection of creativity and inspiration right at your fingertips.

So if you have some spare time where you feel like vegging out in front of your computer….check out flickr, it’s full of art…in this artist’s eyes.

For those of you who already enjoy flickr, please feel free to share some of your favorite pages below!

Scarlet Macaws are such beautiful birds to me, with a plumage painted with all the colors of a rainbow. Scarlet Macaw’s average between 2.5′ to 3′ in length from top of their heads to the tip of their tails, which more than half of their length is their tail plumage. Their feathers are mostly scarlet, but their wings and under plumage are rainbows of blues, yellow and green.

These birds originated in the American Tropics, ranging in territory from between Southern Mexico, Peru, Bolivia to Brazil. Their average lifespan is 40 to 50 years though some have lived up to 75 years in captivity. Due to habitat destruction and worldwide trade, these wild parrots are slowly declining in numbers due to hunting, poaching, and the destruction of habitat through deforestation.

I decided to create a 3D painting of a Scarlet Macaw in dedication of this beautiful species and to raise awareness in its steady decline in the wild. I also want to bring your attention to a great organization working on the preservation of parrots worldwide called World Parrot Trust. These birds are a perfect example of living art…in this artist’s eyes.

This is a new addition to my ECO Art gallery. Iron Horses is a 16×24 3 dimensional wall hanging made completely out of ECO friendly materials, hand sculpted and layered, embellished with copper and faux painted with a metal/copper patina.

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100% ECO materials w/ faux patina treatment overlay