I'm not much in dA lately and I'm not doing many fractals either. I finally subscribed to Janet Parke's "Working with UltraFractal" course beginning in May and I'm looking forward to it. I find myself in a stalemate with fractals. On a spur, I could have deleted at least a third of my submissions till now. Some caring and appreciative comments and notes from other fellow deviants made me change my mind. But I do need to re-position myself in relation to fractals. Beautiful and gorgeously decorative as they can be, this is not the side of fractal creation that attracted me to them. To me, they're a form of abstract art, a powerful instrument to create conceptual pieces. Definitely not the most popular aspect of them. I hope Janet's classes will help me find the way to where I need to go. In the meantime, I will be producing few fractals, if any. I may upload more manips or even traditional paintings and drawings. I'm searching within myself and through different media to find... what? Something I need to say that I'm not aware of yet... a more defined style... new techniques... A combination of all the above probably.
Thank you for your interest in my work, be it what it may, and for your precious support.
I know some of you remember that interview for TV2, the 2nd Channel of the Spanish National Television. It was three months ago, on 15 January, and it was released on the 20th of February. Things went slowly because we had some difficulties converting the original DVD into video and then the Channel was slow releasing the necessary authorization for me to post it. Now it's finally done! You can see it on YouTube or my Spanish blog and here are both links:
Fractal Art on YouTube --- LineaFractal on Blogger
I really want to thank the deviants who didn't forget about the interview and contacted me to ask about it. Your interest honours me and warms my heart.

Light is everything of course, without it we would be blind. Without it we simply wouldn't be. It's so natural and fundamental we usually don't even think about it. It was a major actor in the Baroque and the subject of the Impressionists, whatever theme they depicted in their paintings. Some artists see the possibilities in light and paint with it their very special vision. I recently discovered one such artist in dA -not the only one obviously- and decided to feature his works. If you walk through his gallery you will find yourselves cloaked by a subtle, dim light that instead of obscuring things it brings out unexpected qualities in them. A drama revealed. I'm sure you'll enjoy the photographs of Alcove

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I know some of you remember that interview for TV2, the 2nd Channel of the Spanish National Television. It was three months ago, on 15 January, and it was released on the 20th of February. Things went slowly because we had some difficulties converting the original DVD into video and then the Channel was slow releasing the necessary authorization for me to post it. Now it's finally done! You can see it on YouTube or my Spanish blog and here are both links:
Fractal Art on YouTube --- LineaFractal on Blogger
Also today is my birthday and it was a lovely surpirse for the occasion .
I really want to thank the deviants who didn't forget about the interview and contacted me to ask about it. Your interest honours me and warms my heart.

Light is everything of course, without it we would be blind. Without it we simply wouldn't be. It's so natural and fundamental we usually don't even think about it. It was a major actor in the Baroque and the subject of the Impressionists, whatever theme they depicted in their paintings. Some artists see the possibilities in light and paint with it their very special vision. I recently discovered one such artist in dA -not the only one obviously- and decided to feature his works. If you walk through his gallery you will find yourselves cloaked by a subtle, dim light that instead of obscuring things it brings out unexpected qualities in them. A drama revealed. I'm sure you'll enjoy the photographs of Alcove

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Today I got my 3rd DD , generously given to The Colour of Her Nights . My heartfelt thanks to FarDareisMai for suggesting it and to Sophquest for featuring it. I am honoured and very grateful!
When I saw the faves tumbling in I thought someone must have featured it in their journal. The DD possibility didn't even cross my mind till I read the first congratulating comment. I guess a DD is always a surprise and therefore unexpected. I am very fond of this fractal and having it featured among dA's best is a huge satisfaction. Also I feel very proud to have won my 3rd DD in a year and a half as a member here. I've been feeling rather frustrated with the progress in my work lately and this certainly gives me hope and lifts my spirits.
I'll grab this opportunity to thank all my watchers and the deviants who fave my fractals, because I don't comment much lately, either under deviations or to show my appreciation. I'm still a fave-and-runner and I hope you understand.
I'll do my best to answer all comments and faves to the DD-winning fractal but I won't be able to do it in a day or two. So please remember I'm grateful to all of you, I'm honoured my work deserves your attention and I'm happy I belong to this extraordinary community!


Light is everything of course, without it we would be blind. Without it we simply wouldn't be. It's so natural and fundamental we usually don't even think about it. It was a major actor in the Baroque and the subject of the Impressionists, whatever theme they depicted in their paintings. Some artists see the possibilities in light and paint with it their very special vision. I recently discovered one such artist in dA -not the only one obviously- and decided to feature his works. If you walk through his gallery you will find yourselves cloaked by a subtle, dim light that instead of obscuring things it brings out unexpected qualities in them. A drama revealed. I'm sure you'll enjoy the photographs of Alcove

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As Greek mythology will have it, even the all-powerful Zeus (Jupiter for the Romans) was awed by the Fates, daughters of Nyx (The Night) and goddesses of destiny.
The Fates lived in a lake, in a cave up in the sky. Their name in Greek –Moires- means “ parts ” and their number –three- corresponded to the three parts of Selene, the Moon.
The Fates were weavers, though only the first of the three was named for her art: Clotho, the Spinner, who spinned the thread of life. The second was called Lachesis, the Alloter, and she determined the length of the thread of life. And the third one was called Atropos, the Inevitable or Inflexible, who cut the thread of life.
The Fates weaved the days of human existence and set the inevitable day of death. How long people lived depended on them, not even Zeus could change their decision. At the most, he could ride his golden charriot, preferably at noon, and calculate the exact moment of the demise when two opponents fought each other in battle, for instance.
The Three Fates had several brothers and sisters, all children of The Night: The first-born was Death. Then came Hypnos (Sleep) and the numerous Dreams; Momos (the god of censure and ridicule) and Oizys (the god of mourning and lamentations). Also the Hesperides, nymphs who guarded the golden apples beyond the Ocean; Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution; Apate (the deceiver), Filotis (the goddess of love and friendship), Geras (old age) and Eris, the famous goddess of discord, known as Discordia among the Romans.
So why all this chattering about The Fates?
A long time ago, could be a couple of years, I made a fractal trilogy dedicated to them. Eventually, the files were stored in a CD and I forgot all about them (probably a victim of Lethe, the mythological Forgetfulness). Now with my new computer I’m going over my older works and re-discovered my dark goddesses. Inevitably dark, being daughters of The Night, I also thought they look alluring, ambiguous and a tad terrible. Very appropriate, don’t you think?
I’ll post all three of them and I hope you enjoy the fascination of their darkness.

Talking about darkness and its allure, I thought I'd feature here the obscure and sensual work of KatjaFaith . If you walk through her gallery you will find yourselves entering a dimly lit corridor of blurry profiles, fleshy red flowers and lurking shadows. Hazy highlights don't quite reveal the secrets hushing in the dark. Female secrets, of course. The most dangerous of all.

Please read her journal [link] there is an important call for help there. Donations are needed for an urgent, sensitive cause. Any amount will help, I believe, uniting forces can get us a long way.

My new computer is here! I brought it home on Tuesday evening and introduced it to the cats. We all had a long chat and exchanged opinions and impressions. The cats and I had some trouble catching up with the machine's answers, because it's so darn speedy!
I'm a happy gal now. After all the pain I had with the old boy, this one works like a dream. I'm currently trying to program it to make coffee for me every morning. He is more inclined to juices and natural beverages but I think my authority will overrule his misgivings. (I'm studying a manual on exercising authority...)
Wednesday and Thursday were spent playing with the new toy, an extremely serious business, I assure you (playing, I mean). I now have Photoshop CS3 -the whole suite, in fact- and many things to discover. UltraFractal works like ten times faster than before!

Next week will be Easter here, the Catholic Easter, and the local Association for Cultural Activities will be holding a small Art and Artisan Crafts exhibition in the townhall. They suggested I exhibit some of my pieces so voilà, I have a new mini-exhibition to prepare. Fun!

Whimsical, sensitive, elegant and defying are some of the adjectives that come to my mind when I view ball-jointed-Alice's work . Her fragile, touching girls are also enticing, mysterious females living in a world of brittle ink-lines and inquisitive photo-shoots. There's something -lots- of Egon Schiele in her drawings and a soft breeze of Pop Surrealism in her photographs. (I wonder if she agrees...)