Category: General
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Photostudies for Winter 2016-2017
Frozen Puddle, Scarborough 2016 
St. Louis, Missouri Tree 
Taylor Massey Creek, Scarborough 
Serena Gundy Park, Toronto 
Serena Gundy Park 
Morningside Park 
Morningside Park 
Morningside Park 
Taylor Massey Creek 
Birkdale Ravine 
Taylor Massey Creek 
E. T. Seton Park 
E. T. Seton Park 
Taylor Massey Creek 
E. T. Seton Park 
Birchdale Ravine 
Taylor Massey Creek 
Clayton Missouri 
Taylor Massey Creek 
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Gesture Studies with Windsock Model
Sky Star Pose Near the beginning of an extended walk last November, I became transfixed by a tall flapping windsock outside a bakery. I ended up taking over seventy pictures of the wind-animated figure, and each one had a different pose. It was like receiving a free art class on the topic of gesture studies!
Smiling with Abandon into the Beyond 
Drop Me in the River It’s astonishing how expressive fabric can be when it composes a long tube for the body, two hollow arms, and a head with strips of black cloth for hair. The different angles of the head and arms as well as various bends in the body’s “spine” gave strong impressions of joy, fatigue, despair, sass, embarrassment, playfulness, surrender, overwhelm, triumph, and humor.
Bliss Float 
The Stretch Just After Waking I managed to reduce the number of pictures by more than half, but I still need to ask viewers’ indulgence for the quantity of images posted here. (Sending a big thank you to Veronica Paloma for her thoughtful comments on these photos when I first posted them on Facebook last fall and for providing ideas for the titles “Bliss Float,” “Cheerleader,” and “Responding to the Latin Beat.”)
Freedom to Be a Willow 
Salute to Freedom 
Taken Way Aback 
Shy Greeting 
Overcome by the Giggles 
Marching Just Because I Want to March in the Wind 
Don’t Underestimate My Biceps Just Because I Am a Windsock. I Will Flex at You Until You Are Convinced! 
You Rang? 
Fetch Me My Fainting Couch! 
Horizontal Rocket Launch 
Temporary Lack of Insight 
Be Still My Hollow Heart! 
Windsock Means Business 
My Apologies 
Cheerleader 
Responding to the Call of the Salsa Beat 
Fill the Frame with Joy 
Awkward Conversation 
I Wish I Could Complete This Cartwheel 
Defiantly Awkward 
Gracious Welcome 
This Trampoline Is Awesome! 
Blown Back by a Temporary Obstacle 
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Photographic Meditations, Fall 2016
Woodbine Park, Toronto 
Woodbine Park 
Lee Lifeson Art Park, Toronto 
Little Rouge River 
Liberty, Missouri 
Liberty, Missouri 
Liberty, Missouri 
Highland Creek, Toronto 
Highland Creek, Toronto 
Taylor Massey Creek 
Wilket Creek 
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Examples of Artwork with Transformation Theme
Flying Bookfish, Catherine Raine 2012 
Yogic Flying on a Crazy Quilt, Catherine Raine 2012 
Shipwreck Grays and Blues, Catherine Raine 2015 
Amundsen’s Groovy Sloop, Catherine Raine 2015 
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Images of North York and East York
Aga Khan Museum, North York 
West Don River, E. T. Seton Park 
E. T. Seton Park 
Taylor Massey Creek 
Wilket Creek Park 
Wilket Creek Park 
Wilket Creek Park 
Wilket Creek Park 
Neighborhood near Sunnybrook Park 
Willow on Don Mills Road 
Merrill Bridge Road Park 
Merrill Bridge Road Park 
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Photos of Scarborough, Spring and Summer 2016
Gatineau Trail 
Gatineau Trail 
Gatineau Trail 
Highland Creek 
Highland Creek 
Near Kennedy and Lawrence 
My front garden, Scarborough 
My front garden, Scarborough 
My front garden, Scarborough 
Centennial College Library, Ashtonbee Campus 
Centennial College Library, Ashtonbee Campus 
Gatineau Trail 
Alley near Kennedy and Eglinton 
Footbridge next to Lord Roberts Woods 
Gatineau Trail 
Scarborough neighborhood 
Gatineau Trail 
Sidewalk on Lebovich Road 
Creek near Arsandco Park 
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Burks Falls and Grass Lake, Ontario
Circling Hawks Garden, Burks Falls 
Circling Hawks Garden, Burks Falls 
Circling Hawks Garden, Burks Falls 
Circling Hawks Gardens, Burks Falls 
Grass Lake 
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Elliot Lake, Ontario
Sheriff Creek Wildlife Sanctuary 
Sheriff Creek Wildlife Sanctuary 
Horne Lake Forest Trail 
Horne Lake Forest Trail 
Horne Lake Forest Trail 
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Urban Prayer Flags and Breakthrough Collage by Catherine
Windwork and timework / have spun gossamer threads from / discarded old bags.
Breakthrough, Catherine Raine 2016 
Beyond the limits / of material concerns / a dream-sky opens.
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Party for Cross-Hatched Amoeba
Party for Cross-Hatched Amoeba, Catherine Raine 2016 
Party for Cross-Hatched Amoeba, Catherine Raine 2016 
Party for Cross-Hatched Amoeba, Catherine Raine 2016 
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Found Sculpture Gallery at Humber Bay Park
After lunch with a friend last Monday, I enjoyed a windy walk on the shore of Lake Ontario at Humber Bay Park. Much to my delight, I discovered a spontaneous outdoor gallery on top of a boulder.
Anonymous artists had curated a gathering of small Inuksuit sculptures, and I loved how the waves had become co-artists, knocking some sculptures over and leaving others intact.
Before I left the boulder gallery, I assembled an Inukshuk of my own to say thank you.
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Leafy Portal and Carved Rock Collages by Catherine
Catherine Raine, 2015 This photo of an autumnal scene inspired a collage that emerged in spring.
Leafy Portal, Catherine Raine 2016 
Leafy Portal, Catherine Raine 2016 
Leafy Portal, Catherine Raine 2016 
Leafy Portal, Catherine Raine 2016 
Highland Creek, Catherine Raine 2016 
Carved Rock, Catherine Raine 2016 
Carved Rock, Catherine Raine 2016 
Carved Rock, Catherine Raine 2016 -
Celebrating Lake Ontario!
Etobicoke 
Etobicoke 
Scarborough near Kingston and Birchmount 
Scarborough near Kingston and Birchmount 
Scarborough near Kingston and Birchmount -
Images of Scarborough
Mystic Skittle, Centennial College Library 
Scarborough Moon 
Near Warden Avenue 
Jack Goodlad Park 
Hydro Corridor near Gatineau Trail 
Spring Under Ice, Gatineau Trail -
Scotland 2015
Pollok Park, Glasgow 2015 
Burrell Collection, Glagow 2015 
Burrell Collection, Glasgow 2015 
Burrell Collection, Glasgow 2015 
Merchant City, Glasgow 2015 
The Kelpies, Falkirk 2015 
Garden Water Bowl, 2015 
Garden Water Bowl, 2015 
New Lanark, 2015 
Rouken Glen Park, 2015 
Rouken Glen Park, 2015 
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The Tapir’s Night Journey Downstream (Collage and Poem)
Response to the Tapir’s Night Journey Downstream
Transitions define my body.
Look how the current splashes my legs turquoise,
the moon silks my chest,
and wild solitude cools my nimbus to blue, white, and lavender.
Behold the purple eye that guides my canoe down the Amazon,
riding the night rapids in a dream of passages, openings, and
confluence.
And see how curving shapes in the dark transport me to waterways
that empty into wider and wider rivers
until the open Atlantic receives my vessel at journey’s end.
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Shipwrecks and Voyages: A Collage Journey by Catherine
Shipwrecks Tilting on the Ice, Catherine Raine 2015 In this collage series inspired by sea and river voyages, shipwrecks tilt on the ice, abstract shapes go swimming, and an arctic hare chews on a twig. Meanwhile, a famous Norwegian explorer inhabits a turnip-shaped kayak, and a tapir chooses a canoe for his journey downstream.
Shipwrecks Tilting on the Ice, Catherine Raine 2015 
Arctic Hare’s Luncheon Scrapbook, Catherine Raine 2015 
Arctic Hare’s Luncheon Scrapbook, Catherine Raine 2015 
Arctic Hare’s Luncheon Scrapbook, Catherine Raine 2015 
Amundsen’s Kayak, Catherine Raine, 2015 
The Tapir’s Night Journey Downstream, Catherine Raine 2015 
The Tapir’s Night Journey Downstream, Catherine Raine 2015 (This collage has a poem to accompany it!)
Shipwreck Blues and Grays, Catherine Raine 2015 
Shipwreck Blues and Grays, Catherine Raine 2015 
Shipwreck Blues and Grays, Catherine Raine 2015 
Shipwreck Sonogram, Catherine Raine 2015 
Shipwreck Sonogram, Catherine Raine 2015 
Shipwreck Sonogram, Catherine Raine 2015 
Arctic Map, Catherine Raine 2015 
Arctic Map, Catherine Raine 2015 
Funky Ice Masses, Catherine Raine 2015 
Fram’s Homage to Yamato-Gata, Catherine Raine 2015 
Fram’s Homage to Yamato-Gata, Catherine Raine 2015 
Lingonberry Fram, Catherine Raine 2015 
Lingonberry Fram, Catherine Raine 2015 
Random Frams, Catherine Raine 2015 
Random Frams, Catherine Raine 2015 
Amundsen’s Groovy Sloop, Catherine Raine 2015 
Amundsen’s Groovy Sloop, Catherine Raine 2015 
Amundsen’s Groovy Sloop, Catherine Raine 2015 
Shapes of Wreckage, Catherine Raine 2016 
Ghost Lake, Catherine Raine 2016 
Ghost Lake, Catherine Raine 2016 
Glittership on the Apricot Ocean, Catherine Raine 2016 
Glittership on the Apricot Ocean, Catherine Raine 2016 
The Pilot’s Ice Cave, Catherine Raine 2016 
The Pilot’s Ice Cave, Catherine Raine 2016 
Ice Dream in Gold, Catherine Raine 2016 
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Two Collages for Dad
From the depths of keepsake piles in my mother’s house emerged a Father’s Day card and a birthday gift that I made in the 1970’s.
The inside of the Father’s Day card contained a car and some of my thoughts.
Dear dad, I know that your are going to have a happy Father’s day because me and Joe well I don’t know about Joe but I am going to give you a break and be good for once. Love, Catherine 
The Father’s Day message became the centerpiece for a recent collage in his honor.
Dear Dad, Catherine Raine 2015 
Dear Dad, Catherine Raine 2015 
Dear Dad, Catherine Raine 2015 The second piece of 1970’s ephemera was a birthday gift for my dad. It was a hand-taped envelope made from lined notebook paper that contained watches that I’d cut out from magazines. (The coffee stain is original).
The long-ago selected watch photos and text from the card inspired a second collage for my father.
I Couldn’t Afford the Real Thing, Catherine Raine 2015 
I Couldn’t Afford the Real Thing, Catherine Raine 2015 
I Couldn’t Afford the Real Thing, Catherine Raine 2015 
I Couldn’t Afford the Real Thing, Catherine Raine 2015 
I Couldn’t Afford the Real Thing, Catherine Raine 2015 Dad, thank you for keeping the cards that I made for you so many years ago. And thank you most of all for being such a fun, supportive, and loving father. I miss you!
