Jamuna Burry, Author at The Everyday Artist

Goodbye Chi Chi DeVayne

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 23, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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Zavion Michael Davenport died a couple of days ago. She was best known as Chi Chi DeVayne, an American Drag Queen. She was 34 years old. Yesterday a friend, asked…

Something is coming

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 23, 2020
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Today as I listened to the world, I heard overwhelm. It came from all directions and from everyone I engaged with. It feels like today, Monday, August 23, 2020, the…

Heading Towards Clarity

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 22, 2020
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Yesterday as my struggle with my website layout touched on the point of frustration, I reached out to a group of business-oriented friends and asked for advice, suggestions, and recommendations.…

Definition of Success

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 21, 2020
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Today I was challenged by the question of what ‘success’ means to me. It was posed in the framework of turning professional. This is a tough question, as I do…

Saboteur

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 20, 2020
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I have this messiness that I carry around with me, like Charles Shultz’s Pig-Pen. I feel incomplete and unkempt. Failure feels buried deep within my bones like a birthmark.…

Showing Up

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 19, 2020
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I was asked today, ‘What success would look like to me after 100 days of doing this blog daily?" I answered, “I don’t know”. Today as I picked up my camera…

Summer Garden

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 18, 2020
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I am of sweating summer and toiling gardener. Of cherished homes and prized tables.I am of dulling colors and falling petals. Of fading beauty and gained wisdom.I live in the…

Cup or Faces

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 17, 2020
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When we look at an image, our eyes search for something to focus on. When we see, we focus on one detail. In the image featured, there is a cup…

Brave Night

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 16, 2020
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Luminous night eternally bright,healing pool to cool the fight.Shadowy ground, unknown depths,brave hearts dive to meet themselves.

Kronos and Kairos

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 15, 2020
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As I travel towards the inevitable end,Kronos conducts the song, sowing the hymn of destiny from the notes of history gone. Ah! the moment of freeform!Playful Kairos arrives.Soon it will…

Perfectly Imperfect

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 13, 2020
Post category:Inspiration
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This is one of my favorite flower images. It’s not dreamy or perfect, but it is packed with meaning for me. I took it some years back and could have…

Using Positive & Negative Space to Achieve Image Balance

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 13, 2020
Post category:Elements of Art
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Artists use Negative and Positive Space to achieve balance in an image. It refers to the area that forms the image. Positive and Negative Space exist as a unit, just…

A Primer on Leading Lines

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 3, 2020
Post category:Elements of Art
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When we look at an image, the mind likes to make connections to see a whole concept. Leading lines help this happen by creating a continuance between the main subject…

An Ode to The Dahlia!

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:July 28, 2020
Post category:Inspiration
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The Dahlia flowers growing in my garden remind me to take note of the many things I feel gratitude for. Earlier this year, I went through a dark period. I…

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Artist! Know Thyself

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:July 20, 2020
Post category:Inspiration
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The truth is, the creative journey is not about making art. It is about clearing the way to knowing yourself and living your own authentic life. The path is about…

Going Beyond the Rule of Thirds

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:July 20, 2020
Post category:Elements of Art
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The Rule of Thirds is an excellent guide to composing images. However, be careful not to lean too heavily on the rule to make your composition. As my mentor, Robin…

Photoshop’s Mixer Brush

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:July 12, 2020
Post category:Creative Tools
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Photoshop’s Mixer Brush does a good job of simulating paint on canvas. The one major element that digital artists have a difficult time wrapping their heads around is that -…

Blurs & Unsharp Photography

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:July 12, 2020
Post category:Inspiration
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Recently I discovered Blur and Unsharp photography in a new focused (heh!) way. I was fortunate to get a chance to participate in an 8-week Blurs program run by Alex…

Digitally painted portrait of Leo the police dog.

Pet Portraits for Spay and Neuter Donations.

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:July 6, 2020
Post category:Pet Portraits
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I am digitally painting pet portraits to raise money for free and low-cost spay and neuter clinics in the country of Panama. Many people in Panama live at the poverty…

Cyanotype Print

Print Making with Cyanotype

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:June 29, 2020
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I am experimenting with the Cyanotype photographic process to make some rudimentary prints. The images here are my first effort. I heard about cyanotype from an artist in my cohort,…

Getting grounded in the evening sunset.

A quick way to get centered

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:June 20, 2020
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We all get in our heads. Whether it is the outside world infringing on our perceived freedom, or pushing hard to accomplish things that our lives are built around. Whatever…

Close-up of Gerbera Flower.

Do What You Love!

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:June 18, 2020
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I love shooting flowers, but in a particular way. Set up indoors to get close-up without the interference of harsh sun, wind, rain or bugs. Honestly, I haven't embraced my…

Oil in Water

The Gift of BLM

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:June 17, 2020
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Through the Black Lives Matter movement, there is an awareness of racial contrast waking up in a world that thought itself awoke. As I sit here in the computer bubble…

Letting Go of Getting it Right

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:August 17, 2019
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"Absolutism is a form of hiding. Perfect is the enemy of good." -Seth Godin I think of Seth Godin as a modern-day prophet. His wisdom, while given through the lens…