Sunday, December 27, 2009

"Ice & Frosty" - Twins of the frozen abyss.


"Lime Lion in Chinese Gardens" - Sea anemone umbrella, in cherry blossom time.


"After Glow Lion" - Lion On Sea.


"Royal Twins of the Gauguin Jungle" - These mighty lime lords in repose find themselves in the romantic splendor of the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

"The White Ice Lion"


"The Blue Ice Lion"


"Solarized Lion" - Hyperdimensional UV lion. Photographed in a moment of transition of the space-time continuum, which is simulated by the purple peripheral rings of light.


"The Lion, the Yacht and the Mystery in Green" - Fenton azure carnival glass lion; transparent and translucent diffusion of backlight make this lion come to life.


"Scarlet Lion" - Reflecting specks of scintillating green dance on the lion's mane; emerging from foggy windows' pane.


"Emerald King of the Jungle" - For technical information, see below.


"Ghost Lion" - Uranium glass by John Derbyshire; panned ultraviolet time-lapse photography to create multidimensional imagery.

Friday, October 16, 2009

"Venetian Lions" - {Your blog editor, a.k.a. "The Modern Renaissance Man," notes the parallels between the backlit lion's mane, so strikingly similar to the winged lion of St. Mark, "the emblem of Venice," and the Venetian sailboats floating in the background. -ed. }


Rare John Derbyshire Uranium green glass lion. These lions were molded in only a two year period: 1874 & 1875. A similar glass lion was exhibited in the prestigious Victoria Albert museum, London, England.

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"Leos in Tandem" - Two glass lions displaying the duality of nature (which often comes in pairs). {For the musicologists among us, we recall the song title "Stella by Starlight" - a jazz standard written by Victor Young and featured in the 1944 Paramount Pictures release "The Uninvited" - featured as the inspiration for our rendition: "Lions by Candlelight." - ed.}