The Energy of Trees my Solo Exhibition Portugal • 09/21 through 12/15/2011

THE ENERGY OF TREES Exhibition • 09/21 up 12/15/2011

Parque Biológico de Gaia, 4430-681 Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia PORTUGAL

The exhibition is a part of a program integrated with The International Year of Forests. It is organized by The Biological Park of Gaia and In-Libris company. The curator of the whole program is Portuguese artist Paulo Gaspar Ferreira.

IPA AWARDS - Life Always Surprises Me

It is 4 weeks now, when I am stuck at home with my broken leg, looking through the window at the Sun and missing the opportunity to do outdoor shooting. I learn to be patient this way:) Yet, to my surprise, life has some unexpected pleasant things for me, too, just to keep everything in balance. During these weeks of my compulsory stay at home and time of reflections and seemingly doing nothing special, I have sold more works than during the rest of this year.  I have also got more assignement work concerning building websites  than ever before. And to my greater surprise, all the websites I have done recently are for people, who share similar outlook than me.

Words of Wisdom - Another Perspective

The City Garden in Bydgoszcz, Poland by Danuta Antas, 2010

For a year or more I have been subcsribed to Arina's Self Help Blog from which I receive daily a new quote by famous people. Today's words of wisdom are as follow:

You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.

by Steven D. Woodhull

Flower Photography - Hidden in Rocks, Flowers and Clouds

Grandma Ludwika by Danuta Antas, 2011

'Hidden In Rocks, Flowers and Clouds' may well be a title for a new series of works I would focus on soon. Maybe? Yet, for a while, I want to jot down just a few words about simple, ordinary clivia flower the photo of which you may see here. This is a child-flower which originates from the one that was planted and cared by my grandmother. Probably nothing special, but my beloved grandma died almost 40 years ago and

Inspirations - Lost Souls

People all are lost souls who wander around the world throughout their lives in search of happiness. The few lucky ones, after long years of huge effort, learning, thinking, trying, failing and deepening their self-consciousness, find it finally within themselves, realizing that the subject of

Catch the Moment When it Occurs

For the last 15 years I have made a huge effort to achieve a deep self-consciouss living. Reading tones of books, articles, thinking a lot, following all the wise people advice and verifying if it works, I finally reached the state of mind that lets me enjoy each day, each single moment regardless of circumstances and the weather (popular topic people in my country discuss everyday and constantly complain about).

The shots below are a perfect example of my catching the moment, living here and now. I did them last year while coming back home from

Miracles Are Not For Everybody

Lost in Virtual Space - Most Incredible Story of Computer Era

In The Eyes Of The Beholder

My favourite work - When Time Goes By

When Time Goes By, 2009

Photo Contests - Panorama of My Country

Photography Contests - Study at Morning Coffee - Finalist at Juried PORTRAIT 2011 Exhibition

Inspirational - The Mystery of Winter Landscape

Magic Landscape, Fine Art Photography by Danuta Antas, 2011

These are the last Winter shots I did this year before the Spring. time The day was unique for taking photos as there was some frost that made everything as if covered with magic silver powder, thus emphasising the shapes and textures all around. Mysterious atmosphere was hanging in the air; no sounds, no people only my two dogs and me. I love such days as I may feel perfect inner balance and unity with the eternal. It is then when I feel I really live, not just exist.

Motivational - Living Life You Want to Live.

Last summer I have started to shoot a series of works I have called El Paradiso Mio. All of them are based on nature, landscape mainly. The majority of images have been taken in Botanic Gardens in my hometown. The works show my interpretation of the world, or to be more precise, they show the world, which I would love to live in. I try to show my personal attitude to the depicted scene, my feelings I have felt in a certain place, the mood of the particular day.

No Ordinary World in Pictures on You Tube

I have just published No Ordinary World in Pictures video on YouTube being a summary of my photographic work done during Autumn 2009 and Summer 2010.

The Beauty is Where Nobody Sees It

Seemingly, everone knows that true beauty is the question of inner quality rather than outward features. But in reality, we all, like children, get excited while looking at obvious beauty of flowers or sunsets. Nothing strange, as they are really awesome, stunning, gorgeus. Yet, it's a pity that so few of us is able to notice hidden beauty in ordinary things. For me, the whole natural world has a lot of treasures to offer us. It depends on our sensivity and awareness, whether we are open to take the gift.

The photos below I have chosen to show what I am writing about.

The Best Univeristy in the World

Delicate by Danuta Antas, 2010

Doing housework always makes me philosopihical. It is the right time to lead  a wise conversation with my own thoughts about most vital issues. Today, while washing up I realized that life is the best univeristy (not a break-through discovery) in the world, where only the strongest and most passionate pass exams with highest grades. As far as I remember, I have been learning all my life. Each experience, either a significant or a minor one, brought a one step-up-to-wisdom touch to me. And following Wayne Dyer's quote that Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find, I try everyday to create my

Focus on your Assets

Life Saying for a New Year

I have had a dream today in which a sudden thought or idea dawned on me. It was just one sentence. Let me quote it don't focus on what you desire in your life, but focus on and devote to what you already have. It makes me think over my New Year resolutions. As I am always looking for opportunities to improve my inner life, spiritual living and at the same time not loosing touch with reality, thus the dream is a message for me. I have realized that next year I have to set my heart on what I already have; I mean my art, knowledge, skills, my dear relatives and friends, and many

La Gatta - in Memory of Kicia

La Gatta by Danuta Antas, 2009

La gatta is one of my recent works. I love cats and I used to have one, a female called Kicia, she has lived with us for almost 14 years. This photo is my special "thanks" to her for all those years spent togehter, all moments of joy, her trust to me. She taught me a lot!

Despite the history of cat's theme in my photographic work, I like to use in my works various textures inspired by nature. Majority of them I take from my other photographs. This is a kind of photo collage; it is one of my favourite techniques used in modern digital photography.

Inspirations - Some Music I Love

There are many young artists, singers that emerge each year, yet so few that I tend to remember longer than just for a few-minute time of their song lasting. I know, it is relatively easy to catch public attention with nicely sang a song, but much more difficult to make the song rings longer in people's ears, or better to make it sank in people's hearts.

One of the crucial factors for me to evaluate an art work is how long I remember particular piece of Art, whether it is a song, painting, photography or movie. In this case, I must point that my memory is located in the heart rather than in the brain. If something touches my feelings, I do remember it forever.