Ikebana Scavengers

Ikebana artists are a bit like scavengers, always on the lookout for unusual shapes and textures.




A gnarled old vine from an abandoned vineyard in the Provence is starkly juxtaposed with delicate camellia blossoms.



In this work, rusted iron tractor parts make an excellent support for a fragile cluster of narcissus and calla leaves.



The bark of eucalyptus provides unusual shapes, colors and textures to this creation.

Ikebana in February Freeze

Ikebana Cures Winter Blues

Yes we, too, here in the South of France have to endure the dreary days of winter. In fact, the weather gods have been pummeling us with storm after storm since November.



There are a few of us fortunate enough to have an in-house Ikebana artist whose creations brighten up even the darkest of days.






Take a low bow, Baiko..

New Ikebana Creations for the New Year

Here's one of Baiko's most recent works which is available as a fine art giclee print on Imagekind.

Arte Y Pico Award Update

An old friend from Imagekind, Solomon Walker, has begun a new blog. So now we can offer the Arte y Pico Award to Solomon whose blog is called, The Urban Stone Gallery (USG).

Bloggers at Arte y Pico, a Spanish language blog, created the Arte y Pico Award to honor artists who create, design, and inspire regardless of language or culture. It's an international award for a global community of artist-bloggers, acknowledging that what we create helps make the world a finer place.

You can see the rules for the Arte y Pico Award here:

The Zen-Images 2009 Calender

The Zen-Images 2009 Calender is available for purchase on RedBubble.
The calender is a collection of Baiko's work chosen to reflect the changing seasons.

RedBubble calendars are printed on high quality, high density paper that’s easy to write on and come bound and ready for hanging on your wall. Each page is a matte coated print on 170gsm pages. The cover image is on heavier 300gsm paper. The calendars have a hanger and white wire binding. RedBubble calendars are satin-coated prints on high quality art paper.
They’re A3 size (that’s 297×420mm, or 11.69×16.54”).