My latest mixed media in progress is titled “Fabricate::Recreate.” It’s a large 6’x3’x2” double repurposed, terraced canvas. The work is about the enjoyment and open-endedness of creation, how one thing or material can become another and keep on morphing. And everything has an underlying and even overlying fabric. The title also refers to the re-cyclicalContinue reading “Fabricate::Recreate — Mixed Media In The Studio”
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Studio Shangri-La By Sarah Ikerd on TurningArt & Society6
I’m happy to partner with both TurningArt and Society6. Here are the links to the storefronts: Studio Shangri-La By Sarah Ikerd on TurningArt TurningArt is prints of various types and is more geared towards commercial and residential projects, including rentals and digital. Studio Shangri-La By Sarah Ikerd on Society6 Society6 offers an interest variety ofContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La By Sarah Ikerd on TurningArt & Society6”
New In April/May: The Corsham Black & Whites + The Locks
I had a wonderful recording trip to Real World Studios in Box, Corsham recently and there was also excellent opportunity for photography. The European Beech lives on the grounds of Real World, and the second one is from nearby public Lovar Garden with nature trails. Both are looking quite evocative here in the mist. ThisContinue reading “New In April/May: The Corsham Black & Whites + The Locks”
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art • Spring Deco Florals
Celebrating the bright warmth around here with local florals. In a modern deco scheme reminiscent of windows, these colorful works fancifully bring nature indoors. Available in large format and for high resolution download.
The Botanic Panels • Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature
There are many examples of the Botanic Panels in the Studio Shangri-La catalog. For more examples, please see below and also the Portfolio page. Admittedly, the catalog needs some updating! These are inspired by the Art Deco and Arts & Crafts movements. For further info, please use the Contact page.
Nature’s Abstraction • Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Photography
Today’s theme is abstraction in nature, and abstract ideas and forms being birthed from nature. DISPERSION is marbleized pollen in water. This effect can be achieved with paint, yet nature is the original artist.
Sci-Art By Studio Shangri-La
These selections express scientific concepts — from quantum physics to photosynthesis, from electronic signal noise to photonics, nanotechnology and quantum computing. High resolution downloads, customizations and commissions available.
Skyworks • Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Photography
Today’s theme is an awesome one — The Sky, both simple and complex, and beautiful to behold. There are many sky selections from over the years. These are just a few, including the video below. See the portfolio page for more also. Photographs are available for customized production and hi-res download. For that, please seeContinue reading “Skyworks • Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Photography”
Nature Portraits by Studio Shangri-La • Now On View At Beth Israel’s New Klarman Building
Nature Portraits by Studio Shangri-La • the miracle of the mundane • Unlike the deco works, these are straight on. And a few of them now live in large format on Floors 7 & 8 at the now open-to-the-public Beth Israel Klarman Bldg! It just opened this month. The works at Klarman are in theContinue reading “Nature Portraits by Studio Shangri-La • Now On View At Beth Israel’s New Klarman Building”
New & Recent Artwork From Studio Shangri-La: Tropical Deco Noir
With the En Casa duo, the idea here is to create an altarpiece that looks like a house, a tribute to the fact that earth and nature is our first house, that wherever we go on earth, that is in a way home. The aesthetic is ultra modern because I believe modernity & nature canContinue reading “New & Recent Artwork From Studio Shangri-La: Tropical Deco Noir”
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Photography: Autograph Tree / Clusea rosea
This large format horizontal piece makes use of both symmetry and asymmetry, like nature. And every plant and piece of nature has a function in the grand design, whether we’re immediately aware of it or not. The path of knowledge by respectful exploration will continue to reveal that.
Studio Shangri-La Art Of The Day: Bleeding Heart Vine
This Art Of The Day is another modern tropical botanical with an Art Deco-inspired layout. Bleeding Heart Vine, like so many other plants, has medicinal qualities, most notably pain relief, a numbing effect.  As seen here, the Vine is climbing a cabana wall in South Beach. It’s native to West Africa, though. These botanicalsContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Art Of The Day: Bleeding Heart Vine”
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Natural Selections
Among a growing collection of nature photography, these three are all 3 panel extended pieces in an effort to create a deeper dimension and expression or feeling of the scene. The first was taken at The National Hotel in Miami, the second here at home in Somerville, and the third an amalgam of local beachContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Natural Selections”
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Deco Bostonia Series
Today’s feature is the open-ended Deco Bostonia collection, that features well known areas and landmarks of Greater Boston. The gallery above is labeled by location. These and numerous others are available for high resolution download and commissions are also available.
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Classic Deco Botanicals
I started making these a couple of years ago and these are some good representations of the first wave below. The above is second wave. It’s an immense joy to take the photos to another surreal multidimensional level. Nature is already beautiful, sacred and pristine. This is just another way to celebrate that and thatContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Classic Deco Botanicals”
Studio Shangri-La Conceptual Photography: SO FLL PT II
This is the continuation of the February SO FLL Collection. The aesthetics are modern, art deco, noir, with a touch of surrealism and the subject is the seaside environment. The original photos I took in Fort Lauderdale. For commissions and inquiries, please reach out through the Contact page.
New Art In February: SO FLL Part I
The latest batch features more beautiful South Florida nature. The opening piece is “Physalia Physalis” aka the very poisonous Portuguese Man Of War, the most prominent blue and pink being its bladder! Along the path of tropical flora, there’s also CALLITHAMNION the genus of algae, among lots of other fascinating sea plants. Algae and planktonContinue reading “New Art In February: SO FLL Part I”
Featured Artwork + Concept: Nanostructures
This featured artwork takes on the subject of MIT Nano Building 3, specifically the evocative looking clean room on the ground floor. The idea of this series is turning the architecture of the building into a multidimensional microelectronic style rendering, a tribute to the tiny nanoscale world, to beauty and ingenuity, to the institution itself.Continue reading “Featured Artwork + Concept: Nanostructures”
Featured Artwork + Concept: “Decision Tree”
With “Decision Tree” I was inspired by the evolutionary choices of species that leads to different adaptations. The overlapping Cubist style layout in both is an abstraction of overlapping decision trees, expressive of possible paths of one or more species or situations. These are photos I took of actual trees, so in that way thereContinue reading “Featured Artwork + Concept: “Decision Tree””
Studio Shangri-La: Art Inspired By Science
The sciences, from biology to physics to electronics, continually influence and inform Studio Shangri-La conceptual photography. This is overview of some of those works, not all. Many of them are represented on the Portfolio page.
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art: JOURNEY OF LIGHT
This latest group for January, “Journey Of Light,” offers both cool and warm colors from the conceptual viewpoint of light behavior and creations in 4D/5D, as well as hexagonal based sacred geometry patterns in the 2D/3D. The inspiration is both scientific and spiritual. There are horizontal and vertical orientations, though any of these work wellContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Fine Art: JOURNEY OF LIGHT”