The Artists' Trail
'The Artists' Trail' is a tour through The Park, Findhorn to visit local art & craft people in their studios, including Adriana's.
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You won’t find this on the High Street!
Garden beauties
Cullerne Gardens provides us this Autumn with beautiful and edible mushroom (on top of the page is one of them too)
Photography, graphic design & stationery
Photographs in commission or delivered from the large photo archive of 3 decades black-and- white
and colour photography of Adriana Sjan Bijman, specialised in nature, flowers and landscapes,
ecology, community life at the Findhorn Foundation Community, people as well as organic farming and
gardening.
Adriana Sjan Bijman’s beautiful photographs have been used on record/CD/DVD covers, posters, leaflets
and magazines in Europe over many years.
Member of the Findhorn Craft Group
Work is Love in Action
‘The force with which we commit ourselves is the same force with which results come back’ writes Cat Bennett in ‘The Confident Creative’. I like to take it to heart and in my projects. This season I did ‘show up with consistency’ to get them happening. However, it can be a lonely job to work on your own, as you might know. Glad to live in my community, where there is lots to share.
Findhorn Calendar 2012
The new Findhorn Calendar 2012 is on the market; see the feedback and information elsewhere on this page or in the e-shop.
50th Community Birthday Book
Another project I started working on, is the 50th Birthday Book for the Findhorn Foundation Community. This new project ‘called me’ and it will need determination, co-creation and energy. Stay informed. We hope you’ll be able to pre-order it later this year from the online shop, so come back for more information.
Precious
Let us not take love and life for granted. It is very precious. Read more (on the Inspiration blog)
Testimonials:
Feedback on some of my work:
'Adriana opened her treasure trove of her best images for this Findhorn Calendar 2012. Such an obvious fabulous idea that you wonder why we did not have this before! This is a good time to buy the calendar as nobody has it yet!'
Susanne Olbrich, musician, Sept 2011 Findhorn
'I was just in Elgin and popped into the library where I got my very own preview of an amazing exhibition! Your photos are incredible, no idea how you get them like that. Quite something. Very high standard of everything overall, I was really impressed.'
Jane Duncan Rogers, Rich Thinkers, Forres, Aug 2011 about MAC exhibition
'Licht - die Fotos sind soooooo schön, dass ich ganz gerührt war. Danke. '
Sabine Braun, Bayern,Germany, on the blog May 2011
Newsletter Autumn Equinox 2011
An overview work and activities from Summer Solstice in June until Autumn Equinox end of September 2011.
This year Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere is celebrated late, at 23 September. At the same time it is the beginning of Fall and the astrological sign Libra starts. A beautiful sign standing for balance. Wonderful how on Equinox both day and night are equal, 12 hours each, everywhere on the planet. This is the time of the Harvest Festival, a time of thanks giving to the Earth, which has nourished us another long season with its abundance of food. Nature prepares for winter as can we. We’ve been receiving an abundant harvest of mushrooms, brambles, apples and the cupboards fill up for winter. Read more about the Celtic Festivals.
Warming up the bones in the south while getting a real summer feeling
Picturesque views in the mountain village Frigiliana in the province of Malaga in southern Spain, July 2011.
Favourite Photos of the month - in movement
July favourite:
Scottish Ceilidh Dances during the Findhorn Festival of Sacred Dance, Song and Music. I was one of the team to video and photograph. Nothing better than a good Ceilidh! More on my blog.
August 2011 favourite:
Moving over an antique floor with original tiles in El Alhambra. I touched the feet of the muslims, and the christians, and the many travellers and scholars who touched here before me.
September favourite:
Beachcombing at Findhorn Beach. There is so much magnificence near the ocean / waves are coming in. Next to aplenty of seaweed, the waves occasionally bring fishing nets onto the beach…(read more on the blog)
Below you'll find a taster of some of the work I have been involved in over the last season:
Findhorn Calendar 2012
Wide skies, snow and wintertime, springy blossoms, flowers and vegggies in the Findhorn Foundation’s gardens, trees, birds and busy butterflies, horses, Findhorn river and the Findhorn Bay, dunes and beach at the Moray peninsula. Colourful images of an amazing place: Findhorn.
A year wall calendar, one month per page, with lots of space for appointments, birthdays etc. Size 105 x 305mm. Get more information about the Findhorn Calendar 2012 at the web shop. Read the story on the shop blog.
Artwork Exhibition
Exhibition in The Gallery, Elgin Library from 13th to 26th August 2011, with group members of the Moray Arts Club. Shown were three parts of my art series "Argentina Project"; colourful kaleidoscopic images of tropical tree leaves, printed on cotton canvas. (Artwork above: 'el Ombu')
Artist’s Practise
At times it is great to work together with colleagues, as we do as a group of women artists in the Moray Art Centre for our ‘Artist Practise’. My third season started at the beginning of September. (Image Hibiscus mixed media). Exhibition in the Moary Art Centre mid October 2011.
Eternal Beauty
Escaping a cold and rainy Scottish summer, I indulged in the heat of the south of Spain and the eternal beauty of the Moorish palace 'El Alhambra' in Granada. Build in the late Middle Ages as a 'heaven on earth', restored it is now an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Such an inspiring place! Imagine muslim and christian architects and builders peacefully working together for the honour of "All That Is", Al'lah, God.
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