I do a lot of programming - but I'm not a programmer - people keep forgetting the fact that a programmer isn't what I really am - I'm an artist at heart - it's what I enjoy more than anything else - and programming is just a vehicle to get art to come to life - I learnt it as a matter of course in getting art to come to life.

A great raw source of "footage" for doing artwork for my coding projects (desktop backgrounds, widgets, icons etc.) is my digital camera. I have photos I take of places I go and people I meet, but some of these photos aren't really related to "where" I am at the time as such. The content is more generic and useful. I have divided up these images into 3 categories. My favorite "Clouds and Sky" which I love taking photos of (as you may notice by the sheer volume of it), "Textures" that are a random collection of man-made and natural patters you will see around the place, and "Things" which are just interesting scenes, items or imagery.

Sky and Clouds

Miscellaneous Things

Textures

My mother (bless her little heart) isn't really up to doing a website of her own. But to help her have somewhere to point people to look at her paintings on-line, I've put her painting work here so people can see what she's up to. If you want to get in touch with her about her artwork please mail Carole Kivinen (john.haitzler@@bigpond.com) with any enquiries/comments. I know she'll love to get them.