Seeing things in the beauty of bark Photo Gallery by Bernard Bosmans at pbase.com

Seeing things in the beauty of bark

The first time my eyes came to rest on the native trees of Australia, I was in awe by the sheer beauty of its shape of trunk and twisting branches,the fragrance of its leaves, the browns and greys of lifting bark, and the exposed under-belly with its different hues and texture.
In this gallery I like to share, the inspiration I drew from simply stopping and taking a closer look at the world of trees and in this case the artistry of bark.

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Don't give up, keep going.	Lost in the woods...	An angry chimp.	Dog with a bone.
A croc with a bite.			Some gossiping going on in this Melaleuca Paperbark family.
Not fair play, this seems a headbutt.	Squirrel having the time of his life on a surfboard.	The donkey and his master.	Playing hide and seek.
I don't need a companion who is nasty sad and sour... Rumi, Persian poet	A wolf in bark clothes	A ship's bow	"The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A bird in flight with a catch	Volcanic eruption	Pitiful face	Moon walk
Smoking is bad , they told me, so this is the last one.	Trees, pulp and paper, blow and behold , I saw a face in trouble and... it was Rupert	The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny. -Frank L. Stanton	Tell me, where have you been all night?
Cave explorer	Horse skeleton	Dressage	Sniffing dogs
Deforestation	Bold over by nature's crafted batik	How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to	A nap in a lap
Love is like a rhino, shortsighted, but always willing to find a way	Grandma's knitting work	I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud. -Helen Keller	Ancient man
Within earshot	Finding consolation	Give me five	Creepy crawlies, fooling my mind Creepy crawlies, full in my mind full in my mind yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea.
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. -James Bryant Conant	Ooh, won't you miss me like a hole in the head	The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now. - Bill Cosby	Caught a cat hiding an easter egg
Grandpa with little chirpy Bartholomew on his lap	Darling, do you think this hairstyle suits me?	Die oude bok lust wel een groen blaadje - that old goat could eat a green leaf	Een boer met kiespijn - A farmer with toothache
King hit by a boxing glove	Do you see, what I saw.	Shady characters	Where the litter goes
Warts and all	For each new morning with its light...	Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. -Chinese Proverb	I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. -Bob Hope
This is what the Lord,the God of the Hebrews, says: ....I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow...	Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face...	A dog has only one-sixth the number of taste buds that humans have	The year of the rabbit
Wild dancing party	Blooming into Full Lotus Posture	Tree climbing is a recreational activity	Part of the roots of a massive Moreton Bay Fig tree
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo.	Having a terrible toothache.	The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake. - Leonardo da Vinci	Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues. -Proverb
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. -Thomas Jefferson	A waiter approaches: What will yours be, madam/sir?	A drunk mans words are a sober man�s thoughts. - Steve Fergosi	"Help, help," cried Piglet (Pooh's best friend), "a Heffalump, a Horrible Heffalump!"
Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get. -George D. Prentice	Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp. -Henry Rollins	"Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly.� - Winnie the Pooh	Earning my stripes here.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery.	You should examine yourself daily...	A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. -Albert Camus	I have no nationality - the best possible status for an intellectual. -Emile M. Cioran
I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes my rage, forgetting everything. -Pablo Neruda	Nature never goes out of style. -Author Unknown	The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. - Franklin D. Roosevelt	Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. -E. M. Forster
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.	Faith is spiritualized imagination. - Henry Ward Beecher	Sweet is love when all is sane.....	I have drunk, and seen the spider. -William Shakespeare
We chase misprinted lies... We face the path of time...	Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive. - Elbert Hubbard	Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. - Ashleigh Brilliant	We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. -Kofi Annan
United we stand, Divided we fall.	Shadow owes its birth to light. -John Gay	Give me five.	Don't fret my friend...you are not alone.
Sure footed	Pigments on a palette.
Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential. -Peace Pilgrim	Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. -Matsuo Basho	All women's dresses are merely variations .....	Being happy in your skin that's what it's all about. -Koo Stark
In all things it is better to hope than to despair. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	You have enemies? Good. It means you've stood up for something in your life.	There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature....	A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together. -James H. Boren
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. -Michel de Montaigne	There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. -Howard Zinn	And this our life, exempt from public haunt.....	Silence is a source of great strength. -Lao Tzu
There is just one life for each of us: our own. -Euripides	A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man. -Arnold Toynbee	Tongue Twister - I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.	Deep sea creature
Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. -Thomas Bailey Aldrich	Cooling off in the shallow waters	Soon the man grew tired. He sat down to rest at the foot of the great Tree.	Dorothy Gale is swept up in a tornado, and transported to the land of Oz
Psst.... Walls have ears, bottles have mouths. -Japanese Proverb	Shrimp is the fruit of the sea.....	If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. -Bob Hope	Baseball knockout
For crying out loud how many times do I have to tell you....	The Man from Ironbark	It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. -Irish Proverb	Ancient Burial site.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire. -Tertullian	Meet me on the shoreline.....	Can we play ball together?	Punching bag.
A tear from behind the burqa.	Wailing Wall	Synchronized swimming.	On the way to Bethlehem, Mary riding the donkey.
Woman in Hijab with two small children.	Skippy, Skippy Skippy the Bush Kangaroo	When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. -Mark Twain	My name is Raquel Welch. I am here for Visual Effects. And I have two of them. -Raquel Welch
Hair raising experience.	Ideas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than dreams.-Ralph Waldo Emerson	A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. -Confucius	Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier
There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. -Samuel Butler	There's a road We must travel.....(I know where i've been)	A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be.	Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them. --Shawn Alexander.
Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. -Leo Buscaglia	Words can make a deeper scar than silence can heal.	They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers. - James G. Watt	Trees are your best antiques. -Alexander Smith
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. -Winston Churchill	I wanna let my hair down, baby,....	Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. -Thomas Browne	Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. -Jean Paul
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. Albert Einstein	The green belt.	One sees great things from the valley, only small things from the peak. - G. K. Chesterton	If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. Chinese Proverb	The Choice Is Mine	It's not the hours you put in your work that count, it's work you put in the hours.-Sam Ewing	Children are a great comfort in your old age -- and they help you reach it faster, too. - Lionel Kauffman
A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.-Thomas � Kempis	Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. - Susan Ertz	If a man will begin with certainties.....	I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. -Winston Churchill	Startled emu.	Squat under a tree and tell stories....	A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful,.....
The deep root of failure in our lives is ......	The Book of Life...... is your name it?	The last curtain call	Ice skaters on collision course
Human Nose Too Cold For Bird Flu	Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. - Carl Sandburg	Hand in glove	The fish don't stand a chance
Old map of Australia	Egg on the face	Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. --Henry Adams	Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. --Arab Proverb
Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none. --William Shakespeare	Goose Bumbs	Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. --African proverb	Face your fears; Live your dreams --Seenon a "No Fear" bulletin board in Toronto
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. --Ana�s Nin	Stand by your man....	A feather for Edna Krabappel, for given up her cigarette break.	Grampa Simpson having a swimming lesson
The owl sat in the elm tree..... or in this case, a gum tree.	Is this an Irish Doodle?	All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. -Thomas Jefferson	There are many things in life that will catch your eye....
Sweet bird! thy bow'r is ever green...	Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree but it preserves it. -Confucius	We change, whether we like it or not. -Ralph Waldo Emerson	Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.-Mark Twain
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.- English Proverb	All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.-Leo Tolstoy	I always try to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble. -Rudyard Kipling	It is an interesting question.....
A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own. -Thomas Mann	'Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed' was the ninth beatitude. - Alexander Pope	Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.--George Washington Carver	You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.-Sam Levenson
Common sense ain't common. -Will Rogers	...So we grew together...	From the earliest times...	What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? -Vincent van Gogh
I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. -Dr. Seuss	If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.-Maya Angelou -	I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge...	Life becomes religious whenever we make it so...
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. - John Dewey	People only see what they are prepared to see. -Ralph Waldo Emerson	Suffering is the price of being alive.....	Dreams are the touchstones of our character. - Henry David Thoreau
Shattered	Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. -Hosea Ballou	Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. - Albert Camus	A life lived in love will never be dull. - Leo Buscaglia
Whatever begins, also ends. - Seneca	One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. - Erich Fromm	Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. - Ralph Waldo Emerson	The roots of violence....
The Universe is 13.7 billion years old	Not without art, but yet to Nature true. -Charles Churchill	A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. - Author Unknown	The Old Bark School by Henry Lawson 1897
What kind of times are they...	"nothing to do; nothing to lose"	Found solace at the foot of a paperbark.	Yearly dress rehearsal
Who cares about apathy? -american bumper sticker	Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.	Ruff n Smooth	. . . the shadows of our own desires...
Peel Appeal	The key to change... is to let go of fear. - Rosanne Cash	I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.- Audrey Hepburn	A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself.
Women wearing a khimar covering their head and bosoms.	Tree, gather up my thoughts...	Us sing and dance, make faces...	It is not so much for its beauty...
A tree is a tree - how many more do you need to look at. -Ronald Reagan	Lost and found again- Right before the fork in the road...	Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.-Dodie Smith	Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. -Douglas MacArthur
Melaleuca is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae also known as paperbark.	Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone. - Dorothy Parker	The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come...	�Count your smiles instead of your tears; Count your courage instead of your fears.�
�Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.� -Arthur Rubinstein	Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit, -Kahlil Gibran	Swim against the current.	After all this is over, all that will really have mattered is how we treated each other.- Unknown
A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another. -Arabic source	An iconoclast must have passed this shrine.	The Serpent	Joan d'Arc or The Maid of Orl�ans.
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you. -Thomas Kempis	Nature's cathedral.	The strong-neck�d steed, being tied unto a tree...	Honourable members of ATOWA, Australian Tug of War Association Australia
Dachshund with an unfortunate hair loss. hair loss.	I see, I see....	What about you carrying the heavy bag dear.	Australian Frilled Lizard having a run on the beach.
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.	Pie in the eye on a footy grandstand......who did that?	Don�t count your chickens before they hatch.	Nemo, nemo , where are you....
Discovering the Great Barrier Reef, the foremost place to dive.	My name is Moo-dy, wish you leave me alone.	Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. -Victor Hugo	The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. - Carl Gustav Jung
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. -William Shakespeare	A stumble may prevent a fall. -English Proverb	Trees are sanctuaries.	It is easy to stand a pain, but difficult to stand an itch. -Chang Ch'ao
Anatomy is destiny. -Sigmund Freud	The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more. - Ralph Waldo Emerson	They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers. - James G. Watt	Like a dense forest from the air.
Beware the phantom of the opera	Shell	Sheep	Underarm
The gloves are off	Very alert	Rock face	Dog on a chase
Surfing cow	Fun on a skateboard	Dog fight over a tasty bone	Horse race
Bitten on the tail	Bark islands in the ocean	Having a snooze	Flying poodle.
Fox caught chicken	Baby in womb	A startled rabbit	Kanga about to hop
Thirsty dog	Cockatoo.jpg	Pugilism on a Aussie gum tree	Wearing sunglasses
I look upon nature with wondering eyes.....	Hanging on for dear life	Rake	Dress rehearsal
The shadow of a kangaroo paw	Elm tree	Leat on bark.jpg	To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. -Emily Dickinson
Bull's eye	The yearly big peel	Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.- Henry Ward Beecher	Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? -Maurice Freehill
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. -Sylvia Plath	In the woods we return to reason and faith - Ralph Waldo Emerson	What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection	Bark 17.jpg
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. - Marcus Aelius Aurelius	Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. -Isaac Asimov	Our forests	A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small. - Woody Allen	In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back. -Charlie Brown	Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie	I think people tend to forget that trees are living creatures....
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. -George Eliot	Nature's wanderers	How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. -Petrarch	An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. - John Buchan
Birch leaf shadow on bark	A trunk with a story of dryland salinity, the result of rising groundwater.	An untidy weave	Bleeding gumtree
Moon landscape	Tree complexion and do we notice some make-up	They took all the trees....	Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Tree scribbles	Twins at the Grange heathland

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Tom LeRoy		09-Jul-2020 10:09
An impressive collection. Superb work! BV

REYHAN		29-Apr-2013 03:58
Very interesting collection! V

an nguyen		10-Jul-2011 03:38
Beautiful work . You see , nature providing us so much beauties .

Gervan		24-Jun-2011 08:56
Deze gallery is steeds weer fascinerend, mooie foto's, verrassende vondsten en treffende bijschriften.

PauloCGama		25-Nov-2010 18:17
Great idea very nicely executed!

Lennart Waara		09-Nov-2010 13:16
Great idea of a gallery and also great implementation!

Guest		27-Oct-2010 00:36
A unique and imaginative gallery! I thoroughly enjoyed browsing through it. (Miriam)

Martin Wenzel		24-Aug-2010 23:29
Interesting gallery! Well done!

Guest		22-Aug-2010 12:29
A fine series Bernard, with fascinating variations. I too have thought of exploring this topic, but for now I shall study the beautiful examples you have provided here..

Rosemarie Kusserow		18-Aug-2010 13:47
I totally agree with Linda and I cannot say it better in English, I´m amazed and really enjoyed this gallery Bernard, vVv Rosemarie :o)

Linda		17-Aug-2010 19:49
Stunning; impressive in its variety, in its creativity, in its thoughtfulness, in its beauty, in its humanity ... in its reflection of who you must be! I shall be a faithful follower and relish taking my time with each image. BRAVO - again and again ... HUGE VOTE

Jola Dziubinska		26-Jul-2010 12:46
Outstanding collection, Bernard, wonderful textures, colors, images in the bark. Great eye! Vote.

Lieve Snellings		13-Jul-2010 04:37
een fantastische gallerij Bernard. Jouw beelden zijn subliem en detekst die je eraan toevoegt zijn strelingen voor de ziel en levenslessen... BV

Ursula Armstrong		14-Apr-2010 07:53
what a wonderful gallery! So very creative and beautiful! Uschi (V)

John Armstrong		09-Apr-2010 05:52
The natural shapes certainly capture the imagination and you have found a great variety of images here. Big vote!

Ken Duckert		09-Apr-2010 03:01
We share an attraction for the wonderful art on Eucalyptus. Wonderful designs and color!

Gervan		13-Apr-2009 22:05
Hel origineel en je teksten bij die dierensiguren maken het helemaal af.

Irene Wehrli		14-Jan-2009 14:11
I love what you do with your camera... Irene

Gervan		16-Oct-2008 07:36
Prachtige collectie. V.

Guest		04-Nov-2007 12:52
prachtig werk Bernard, de kleuren zijn werkelijk schitterend, groeten oet Twente.

1moremile		07-Jun-2007 21:23
I like this gallery. You have a great eye and imagination. I never would have known that barks can looks so different from each other. v.

Susanne v. Schroeder		29-May-2007 14:45
A beautiful way to look at trees. Thanks for sharing.

Rody Graumans		29-May-2007 10:30
fantastische kleuren en kleurnuances, very inspirering

Ceya		10-May-2007 07:57
Amazing gallery, full of beautiful textures and colors. Well seen! V

Yiannis Pavlis		09-May-2007 12:59
very interesting gallery .the work of nature ,well taken.bravo.

Marjan Schavemaker		09-May-2007 11:55
Schitterend mooie gallery, Bernard en een mooie tekst, die vergezeld gaat met deze gallery! Big vote.

Guest		08-May-2007 22:45
This is a lovely gallery. Finally, someone else who appreciates bark as much as I do. Fine work. zM

william mahan		16-Feb-2007 13:29
Bernard: Nice experimental close ups. I thought this was very different with good variety of colors and textures.

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