Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.Â
Comments (32)
MagikUnicorn
Really Cool collage and concept :)
psyoshida
Very Art Deco looking, I love it. It's fun when your original idea gets hijacked into something even more original and creative. Excellent work of art.
goodoleboy
Aaaayyyy, the Polar Coordinates filter to the rescue in this sensational sequence of madcap black and white compositions, Lucinda! Helter-skelter and wild and wooly! Looks like a roller coaster ride as depicted in a comic book.
wysiwig
Well now we know. You have a future in graphic arts. This is way, way cool. You should let your mind wander more often.
tennesseecowgirl
So clever...
mgtcs
Excellent work, amazing effects!
mariogiannecchini
Excellent work !
Mondwin
Looks really as a Deco art!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
A_Sunbeam
Bottom left makes me think of a railway tunnel - nice work!
flavia49
marvelous work!!
sandra46
spectacular work!!!
0rest4wicked
Probably will misspell this name ;~) … Have to say Uscher has some competition.
myrrhluz
Wow! That's a compliment I don't deserve, but gleefully accept! Thank you!
jendellas
Wow, lovely work, amazing how you start with one thing & end up with these!!!!
moochagoo
Awesome work and collage
wjames
WOW!!! Fantastic work.
Alex_Antonov
Excellent!
mmax.ch
Gorgeous work of art.
BenTheArtist
Wow, I never would have guessed it was a bridge, but I love the patterns. They look kinda like something M. C. Escher might come up with.
icerian
Very interesting and creative work. I like it.
vaggabondd
This has turned out very cool. nice job
jmb007
beau travail
elfin14doaks
These are really cool, great job!
ShadowsNTime
These are just awesome Lucinda! You go girl! Very creative, reminds me of images in the hardback old books, very art deco! Bravo! and I am gonna fav this one!!!
drifterlee
Cool abstracts!
virginiese
very creative ! nice work
clbsmiley
Cool~~~~ Kinda like what happened to my snowflake... LOL was fun though huh?
Artformz2
Fine wonderful work: I love the way the space is working in each of these: very creative, inventive.
jarmila
creative work, collage in B&W
kasalin
Awesome artwork and collage, dear Lucinda !!! 5* Hugs Karin:)