Double exposure photography and haiku online exhibition by Janet Keen and friends. My theme is the nostalgia, longing and loss.

I have had a request from a haiku poet to contribute haiku in relation to my photographs, so I am going to do it. 

 You can pick out the ones you like and write a haiku to them and I will publish your haiku underneath them with your name and your country.

So come on, unleash your creativity today and have a go. 

No suggestions will be rejected unless they are obscene or derogatory 

Let's see how many of us can celebrate the love of haiku in a positive, pensive or promising way. 

I dare you to take some time out to dream and write......Cheers Janet:) 

Email jkeen@clear.net.nz with your haiku

All photographs are  totally original, copyright and property of Janet Keen 

If you would like to buy them please enquire at jkeen@clear.net.nz

1

summer sea breeze stirs

bunny grasses sway and bend

final  wave goodbye

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

                              nodding seagrass heads

                             dipping seagull wings

                             all bend to the wind's call.

                                                              Deryn Pittar, New Zealand

2

end of summer break

 the beach empties out again

leaving grass alone

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

3

                       goose remembers me 
                       as being a bearer of bread
                       lent means none today
                                       Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ
                           

                                         blue goose in the reeds

                            blending with foliage

                           storm clouds ripple the sky

                             Deryn Pittar, NZ

4

                               sitting still, reflecting
                              at the pool of remembrance
                              shags keep me company

Deryn Pittar Papamoa, NZ. 

5

duck hunting season

geese hide in the sticky reeds

dodging shooters guns

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

6

the eye of the gull

always looks fascinated

by  ice-cream sundaes

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

7

                       what is it he asks
                       especially  for you she smiles
                      ambiguity 
                        Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ
                         
8

the swan is mirrored

lake marred and wrinkled with cracks

 soon she'll break away 

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

9

                                      
                           autumn at the beach 
                          bunnies are disappearing 
                           she saves one for him 
                                            Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

10

summer morning gull

moving through the air with wings

wish to be with him

Janet Keen Rotorua.,NZ 

11

dumped lone coke bottle 

capturing  bubbles in light

were his lips once there?

Janet Keen, NZ

12

glistening morning waves

paddle boarders stalk the stork

voyeur stalks her man

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ   

13

 scavenger hunt starts

pelican peruses boats

big black endless love

Janet Keen, Rotorua,NZ

14

quick as lightening cat

twinkle in his mothers eye

rat in the compost

Janet Keen, NZ

15

                                   much loved long lost pet 
                       after all these empty months
                      fur still on my rug
                        Janet Keen,Rotorua
                                                   
                                                         



16

endless ceaseless rain 

pull the duvet over head  

dream of time with him 

Janet Keen, NZ

17

                        rainbow city lights
                      cafes crammed with tasty smells
                       wallet crammed with bills
                        Janet Keen , New Zealand 
                                                       

18

remembering her

he walks the beach alone now 

re-tracing their steps

Janet Keen, New Zealand 

                                                pick a bunny grass
                                                trace it over his bare skin
                                                make him softly sigh
                                                       Janet Keen NZ

20

                                                                         hold a buttercup
                                               closely up under her chin
                                               dream of  warm pancakes
                                                   Janet Keen, NZ 

21

                                         softly in morning

                                        darkness drops away

                                         waiting still

                                             Lee, NZ

22

maple leaves decay

metals turn rusty red

 time to leave will come

Janet Keen, NZ 

23

egret spies on fish 

          paddle boarders spy big waves

yearn to be as one

Janet Keen  NZ

24

                                                               riding an Egret
                                would sometimes be more simple
                                        than catching a man
                                          Janet Keen, NZ 

25

river-song
finding the deep places
of the land
Maureen NZ


26

twittering fantail

shadowing my every step

breathing in  trout flies

Janet Keen, NZ

27

duck on golden pond

reminds me all the time of

bath time after school

Janet Keen NZ

28

why on a full moon

do dogs whimper, bark and howl 

while cats look happy

Janet Keen, NZ

29

moreporks haunting cries

full moon great for rat spotting

squeaking in my roof

Janet Keen, NZ

30

sheep follow each other

making ridges on the hills

who decides who leads?

Janet Keen, NZ

31

dog and girl unite

friends amongst the dandelions

loneliness at bay

Janet Keen, NZ

32

                                                                    paradice duck waltz
                                               ask me to  your dance again   
                                               this time I'll say yes
                                                                             Janet Keen, NZ

33

                                             feeling your soft hands 
                               brushing through my silky hair
                               white ducks glide on spring

                                                                                     Janet Keen, NZ




Creative Quotes of the day


“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life."

~Elizabeth Gilbert 


It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.”
― George Eliot

“I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds– but I think of you always in those intervals.”
― Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper


How people treat you is their karma;
how you react is yours.
A Buddhist Saying 

All photographs for sale
Prices on Application. 
Photographs and haiku copyright. 

Phone 073563887
 or email jkeen@clear.net.nz

Rotorua Lakefront double exposure Photography with Jing Pan and Janet Keen.

Photographic Genetic Engineering  surrealistic Series because
what is in my imagination is always preferable to what is happening in  my reality. 

All photographs are copyright and for sale. 
If you would like to order photos, payment is only through transferring money into my bank account or bank cheque. 
 I  am looking into setting up an online shop if demand increases. 
Galleries in New Zealand feel free to offer me some exhibiting opportunities. 
Feel free to email me jkeen@clear.net.nz  
Scammers don't bother enquiring because I am onto you. 

Wharf in front of Sea Scout hall crossed with paint texture

goose crossed with paint and
flaking texture on Scout Hall 

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swan crossed with Janet 
wharf slippery with duck poo
tread carefully or fall in

 Autumn leaf swirl crossed 
with Swan in oily water

Janet on top of swan
oily water laps

Swan looms on  top  of Jing 
in the gloom

A paint bomb is dropped on Jing and swan by giant unseen seagull
 or maybe it's a  bomb or  loose firecracker?  

 Geese, Jing and giant graffiti caused by manipulated Autumn leaves on a tainted background

Different colour wave of above 

 Peaceful, protective, giant geese and Jing on wharf at Rotorua Lake front near scout hall 

 Ghostly, protective swan  God and Janet celebrating the abundance of the universe.

Creative Quote of the day 

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised

 that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to 


me is reality. John Lennon

Mosaic and Painting classes 9.30am to 11.30am 
Monday, Tuesday Wednesday and Friday mornings. 
Email jkeen@clear.net.nz jkeen@clear.net. 
or phone  0273513887 or 073463435
to book your boutique experience in my artists studio with lots of examples for inspiration. 
Enrolling now for after school painting, mosaic, English as a second language/art classes. 
Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons from 3.30pm to 5.00pm 
One hour classes. 
Small classes
Patient, imaginative and supportive, qualified teacher. 
Look forward to hearing from you today:) 

Group  and school inquiries welcome. 

Photos of Janet Keen by Jing Pan at the Tree Trust Japanese Garden, Rotorua in Autumn

Melting Moments1.

Melting Moments 2

Melting Moments 3

Melting Moments 4

Melting Moments 5

Melting Moments 6

Melting Moments 7

Melting Moments 8

Melting Moments 9

Melting Moments 10

Melting Moments 11

Lesson Plan

Which one do you like best. Write to jkeen@clear.net.nz and tell me. 
 
Go with a friend in the morning to a country location and take shots of each other by moving your camera quickly. 
See what beautiful melting moments you can have.

Cracked thermal Earth, double Exposure Photography, Rotorua New Zealand, Janet Keen Fine Art Photographer.

These abstract, fine art prints are originals by Janet Keen. 

 No two are the same.

Embedded in them are images of people.

You can have your own special abstract image with silhouettes of yourself or your family or pet embedded

They are explorations of Humanbeings being part of the landscape, dissolving into it and working with it, instead of dominating it. 

They are images that ask us to be gentle on the earth and to treasure it and let it breathe. 

Colours are designed to go with your decor and favourite colour scheme

Notifications by galleries in New Zealand to exhibit my photographic Fine Art work are welcome 

All images are signed and dated on the back

All Photographs are copyrite

You can have works with as little or many cracks as you like, there's something quite fragile about cracks and in their way they can be quite haunting and beautiful. Ambiguity makes things more mysterious, less obvious, more intelligent and interesting. 
Abstract work allows to the viewer to bring their interpretations into the work, which is just as valid. 
 I am in love with abstracts. 

Overseas queries welcome

Write to me at jkeen@clear.net.nz and tell me which one you like best. 
See more on my Janet Keen Artist facebook page


Haiku with double 

shags silhouetted  
waiting for the mist to clear 
fishermen whisper

chinese girl takes aim
mist hiding her face from me
chinese whispering 

there are three girls here
or is it  one girl ghosted
can't tell in the gloom 

cracked earth engulfs her
she disappears like the mist
chinese whispering


What is haiku? A three lined poem of Japanese derivation. 
Often talking about a moment in time. 
Sometimes having syllable cont of 5, 7, 5, but not necessarily. 

Go out, take some photos and write some haiku to them.
 Send me your results. Good luck, 
See how happy you feel when you have finished because writing haiku is like meditating.  

Creative Quote of the Day
“Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is 

the deep breath of life.” 

 
― Santōka Taneda, Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda
 


All photographs for sale. 
Price depending on size. 
Phone 3463435 or email jkeen@clear.net.nz for details.