The Homecoming

The Homecoming, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Fingerpainting with Brushes app on iPad.

The Duchess

The Duchess, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Fingerpainted with Meritum paint pro for ipad and brushes app.

The Tower of the tree of life

The Tower of the tree of life, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

"the old man told me that this tower is older than anyone can remember. And that the door to the tower is always open for this tower defends all living things and has no enemies except for time itself'.

note:
In Puglia in the south of Italy there are thousands of ancient olive trees, many dating back to the time of Christ. As they get old and gnarled and bent from the wind some times they need to be propped up with blocks, or they break.

The concept of the tree of life needing human intervention in the same way to stay alive makes a curious parallel with our current condition.

fingerpainted on my ipad

Up Pig

Up Pig, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

an ipad fingerpainting

Later that night

Later that night, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Created on my ipad

About time

About time, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

created on my ipad

The Approach Of The Giant Bunnyman

The Approach Of The Giant Bunnyman, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

The Approach Of The Giant Bunnyman

- I am not a real bunny, he whispered
- I know. Neither am I.

The floating of the Elephant

The floating of the Elephant, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

A white elephant is regarded as a sign a monarch reigns with justice and power, and that the kingdom is blessed with peace and prosperity. Because the animals are considered sacred laws protect them from labor, and receiving the gift of a white elephant from a monarch is simultaneously both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because the animal is sacred and a sign of the monarch's favour, and a curse because the animal has to be retained and could not be put to work offsetting it's costs.

Fingerpainted on my ipad in brushes

Just Shoe It

Just Shoe It, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

We had nay timbers and we had nay iron, so we took an auld Brogue an' we sailed her t' the four corners of the earth an' back.

The Crabby Old Man That Lived Down The Street

The Crabby Old Man That Lived Down The Street, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

"Some people were 'fraid of him. But to me he was just the Crabby Old Man who lived down the street".

finger painted on my ipad in brushes app

Laced In Battle

Laced In Battle, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

an ipad finger painting

Uncle Bill's Black Plymouth

Uncle Bill's Black Plymouth, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

An Ipad finger painting.

Shout

Shout, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

fingerpainted on my ipad

The Watchman

The Watchman, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Hope is always the last to die.
And it's not always sudden.
For the Watchman it was like one small piece at a time
for a thousand years.

Hipstamatc and brushes app on my iPhone.

A Secret Place

A Secret Place, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Painted on brushes on ipad for the show "A healing touch" in Washington DC in August.

The Duchess

The Duchess, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

The object of desire of The General.

Fingerpainted with Meritum paint pro for ipad (beta) and brushes app.

The Phoenix

The Phoenix, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

I am enjoying meritum paint pro and happy to be testing the ipad beta.
It uses the more powerful ipad cpu very well.

The General

The General, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

"The French General guessed rightly that here in the desert, on this bare rock in the sea, the nun had seized upon music as an outpouring of the passion that still consumed her. Was this her manner of offering up her love as a sacrifice to God? Or was it Love exultant in triumph over God? The questions were hard to answer. But one thing at least the General could not mistake--in this heart, dead to the world, the fire of passion burned as fiercely as in his own".

Balzac.

meritum paint pro and brushes on my ipad

Today

Today, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

An ipad fingerpainting.

Never Give Up!!

Never Give Up!!, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

An ipad finger painting.