Isn’t this a lovely image? It’s by Daniel Sroka, one of our wonderful artists. Today is Valentine’s Day – not everyone’s cup of tea. Some feel it’s modern commercialised nonsense, some feel under pressure to give or receive cards and gifts and some simply want no part of it. But, the association with love and matters of the heart, goes back a long way. Charles, Duke of Orléans wrote a Valentine to his wife in 1415, Ophelia mentions Valentine’s Day in Hamlet (1601) and the poem we all know for Valentine’s Day ‘Roses are Red…’ can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes ‘Gammer Gurton’s Garland’, published in 1784 (here below).

Here at Beeseye, we love nature inspired images, we love nature and appreciate its importance to us all. Our images help people reconnect to nature, they evoke memories and revive our senses. Our artists all share a common purpose – to represent the truth and beauty found in nature. They are romantics in the truest sense of the word. I’ll leave you with that thought and hope that you celebrate love today in your own way – no pressure!

The rose is red, the violet’s blue,
The honey’s sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And Fortune said it shou’d be you.

We can print our images directly onto many substrates including printing on glass, Perspex acrylic and fabrics – as well as more traditional media such as printing on fine art paper and artists’ canvas. With UV cure inks and giclée and Lambda print methods, our archive quality fine art pieces can be installed inside or out and last a lifetime.

Art incorporated into the design of a yacht in this way not only significantly increase the enjoyment of the owners and their guests, but in a very competitive market an original artwork scheme that is made to fit the yacht will have a dramatic influence on the desirability of a yacht should the owner ever be persuaded to part with it.

In either event, we are ideally placed to assist clients who wish to enjoy life at sea – surrounded by art they love.

Thanks to the ‘Time Out’ team, who’ve got together this great list of photography galleries in London. Beeseye being online only, we’re not among them, but we hope you’ll visit these ones when in town and ours any time, any place! http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1811/photography-galleries-in-london

Fine Art or Not.  Suit Yourself

There is a lot of kerfuffle about the term ‘fine art photography’. It is generally accepted to mean photography whose intention is purely aesthetic – the process of creating images rather than ‘taking pictures’. Conceptualizing an image from the moment of capture to the finished image to evoke emotion. The particular feelings do not themselves define the image as art. The artist might deem the image ‘fine art’ does the viewer need to agree?

“I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like.”

There have always been people who present the artist’s creations for general viewing. Those who could tell everyone else what was fine art and what was not. Perhaps to be deemed a Fine Artist you need validation from those in the industry of Fine Art. To have your portfolio and images critiqued, reviewed by those who might be more qualified to validate your work. While you can’t learn to be a Fine Artist you can certainly hone your skills.

Enjoy art and forget the labels

What if the viewer isn’t trained in the aspects of aesthetics, design, or composition? Does it matter? There are many wonderful photographers with great skill and stunning vision, producing wonderful images. The Internet is certainly bringing us access to a whole new range of artists, some fine some not. Investors aside, I suggest that for most of us, it is more important to enjoy art and forget the labels. Have the courage of our own convictions and choose the images we want to live with.

Personally, I hope you like the images collected here, fall in love with them and get in touch!

'Zelfportret met het Licht Aan' by Solko Schalm

The art fair ‘Art Rotterdam’ is on now and Hotel Rotterdam is offering visitors the opportunity to ‘wake up in art’ by staying in artist’s studios. Some might be a bit paint-fumey, but it’s a cool idea! Here’s the link: http://www.wakeupinart.com/

There is photography being exhibited, but nothing like our own nature-inspired images, which help the viewer reconnect with nature.

When your design project demands nature inspired imagery come to us.

Our nature-inspired images enable us to reconnect with nature. These images revive our senses and their abstract nature evokes memories.

Beeseye has a wonderful gallery of abstract nature images – this one is by Matt Wain.

Not all our images are online here – get in touch to let us know what your project needs. We provide these contemporary photographic images to art consultants, designers and individuals who need abstract art made to order.

Our service is entirely bespoke – there are no fixed sizes. We are devoted to producing individual pieces to suit the client and the space.

We provide custom made art for hotels, specialist suppliers of hospitality art. When your design project demands nature inspired imagery come to us.

If we are unable to unplug ourselves and spend time outdoors, artists who create nature-inspired images enable us to reconnect with nature. These images revive our senses and their abstract nature evokes memories.

Beeseye has a wonderful gallery of abstract nature images – this one is by artist Barry Wolf. Not all are online here – get in touch to let us know what your project needs. We provide these contemporary photographic images to art consultants, designers and individuals who need abstract art made to order. Our service is entirely bespoke – there are no fixed sizes. We are devoted to producing individual pieces to suit the client and the space.

When we started beeseye in 2006, Matt took himself off to a cottage in Cornwall to begin refining a house style for the beeseye gallery.
One of those first images still hangs on our wall at home as a beautiful glossy acrylic. The image has sold all over the world and, in this one picture, Matt discovered exactly the style he wanted to apply in all the galleries and so the ‘Living Art’ collection.

As one customer described it:

“They’re not straightforward or obvious and yet not completely abstract. You see enough to know what it is, but not too much. And, for me, I think it’s because of this that the images bring back happy memories of good feelings – like running on the beach and sniffing flowers.”

Looking through his archives, Matt worked out that approximately 1 in 2000 images he takes ends up in the collection. It seems that to get the precise balance between seeing enough but not too much is a very fine line.

Less is more – or was that more is less…

When your design project demands nature inspired imagery come to us.

Our nature-inspired images enable us to reconnect with nature. These images revive our senses and their abstract nature evokes memories.

Beeseye has a wonderful gallery of abstract nature images – this one is by Matt Wain.

Not all our images are online here – this one isn’t. So, get in touch for a set of sample images for your in-house image library.

Get in touch to let us know what your project needs. We provide these contemporary photographic images to art consultants, designers and individuals who need abstract art made to order.

Our service is entirely bespoke – there are no fixed sizes. We are devoted to producing individual pieces to suit the client and the space.