Ken Barker

Life at the lake

• Model: Nano Banana 2

• Size: 2240 X 1664 (3.73 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: point of view from above 45 degrees elevation impressionist style English lake district
  • Using base image: Yes

Escape to the country

• Model: Nano Banana 2 (Pro)

• Size: 1186 X 896 (1.06 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: point of view from above 45 degrees elevation impressionist style villa and garden
  • Using base image: Yes

A portal of gold

• Model: Artistic 2 (Mode 20)

• Size: 1680 X 1128 (1.90 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Woman in long dress on a patterned path gazing at the flower planet through intricate golden arch mysterious and full of whimsical outer space fantasy
  • Using base image: Yes

In the kitchen

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 1360 X 880 (1.20 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Point of view from above at 45 degrees elevation background marble work surface gentle light source from left oranges red berries and a small knife on the left hand side a colourful cloth with a jar and wooden spoon two cut oranges and three empty glass jars sitting on the surface to the right
  • Using base image: Yes

Rustic Still Life

• Model: DigitalDaVinci

• Size: 1384 X 864 (1.20 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Classic still life in subdued light table edge and table cloth in the foreground loaf and sliced bread apples grapes strawberries wine glass wine bottle wicker container with leafy plant basket and jug
  • Using base image: Yes

Faces

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 1328 X 896 (1.19 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: colourful women in brightly patterned clothes in a naive style
  • Using base image: Yes

Lakeside cottages

• Model: Nano Banana 2 (Pro)

• Size: 1200 X 896 (1.08 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: a couple of old English terraced houses next to a lake with their reflections
  • Using base image: Yes

A country retreat

• Model: Artistic 2 (Mode 20)

• Size: 1584 X 1192 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Impressionist Beautiful villa surrounded by flowers and a green leaved hedge in the lower foreground
  • Using base image: Yes

The three muses

• Model: Photonic (Mode 20)

• Size: 2608 X 1440 (3.76 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Triptych three art deco women in oval golden borders with flowery background
  • Using base image: Yes

Ancient baths

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 2240 X 1680 (3.76 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Ancient bathhouse with stone vaults and arches, luminous golden ceiling reflecting intense light, steaming mineral pools in deep turquoise, knife painting impasto, extremely thick paint application, layered textures, aggressive palette knife strokes, vibrant contrasts, glowing highlights, strong chiaroscuro, radiant light bursting through windows, mist catching the light, raw and expressive surface, almost sculptural painting, dynamic and emotional rendering, warm vs cool color tension, museum-quality oil painting
  • Using base image: Yes

The power of nature

• Model: Artistic 2 (Mode 20)

• Size: 1744 X 1088 (1.90 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: A misty, blue-hued mountain range. In the foreground, a powerful waterfall cascades down mossy rocks, surrounded by a lush, green forest. Dominant colors include the deep greens of the foliage, the various colours of wild flowers and the cool blues and purples of the distant peaks. Soft, diffused lighting suggests a clearing after a rain, casting a warm, ethereal glow. The composition employs a low angle, emphasizing the waterfall's height and drawing the viewer's eye upward through the landscape to the rainbow. Rendered in an impressionist style, the painting meticulously captures the awe-inspiring beauty of the natural world.
  • Using base image: Yes

Solitude

• Model: SeeDream

• Size: 2560 X 1456 (3.73 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: man on the end of a jetty with fishing rod Misty dawn light over a calm lake and cloudless sky trees reflecting in the lake and birds overhead
  • Using base image: Yes

Dancing by moonlight

• Model: Artistic 2 (Mode 20)

• Size: 1640 X 1152 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Victorian couple dancing in the moonlight in a very detailed garden with steps and crazy paving in the foreground
  • Using base image: Yes

A taste of paradise

• Model: Artistic

• Size: 1776 X 1064 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Sunny day with fluffy white clouds a man is sitting in front of his house on stilts looking at the natural jungle pool in front of him surrounded by the most detailed luxurious vegetation and palm trees
  • Using base image: Yes

A Spring morning

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 1592 X 1184 (1.88 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Man is looking at semi abstract english countryside over a fence with stile the trees are in blossom and the distant hedgerows are faintly visible in the week morning sun
  • Using base image: Yes

Back to nature

• Model: DaVinci2

• Size: 1760 X 1072 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: mountain landscape with lake in hues of purple and blue
  • Using base image: Yes

Madly musical

• Model: Artistic 2 (Mode 20)

• Size: 1824 X 1032 (1.88 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: A whimsical full colour scene of musical notes escaping from an old gramophone, morphing into a flock of stylized birds in flight in the style of m c Escher. They soar over a landscape that resembles a giant, unfurled sheet of music. In the distance, a stylized medieval castle is visible.
  • Using base image: Yes

Music - al fresco!

• Model: Artistic 2 (Mode 20)

• Size: 1728 X 1096 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: Cartoon a group of musicians is playing in the grassy foreground with a boundary fence either side a bank of trees in the mid ground and large hills in the background on a sunny day
  • Using base image: Yes

Clock trees

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 1776 X 1064 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: A hooded monk surveys a surrealist landscape where the clock bodies look like grandfather clocks growing out of tree trunks but the time is marked by cuckoo clocks instead of clock faces marking a unique passage of time. The sky is a swirling vortex with lightening and realistic but stormy clouds, and the ground is a sandy desert with dunes full of wormlike creatures. This piece is inspired by the dreamlike absurdity of Salvador Dali and the meticulous detail of Zdzisław Beksiński.
  • Using base image: Yes

The mandarins

• Model: DaVinci2

• Size: 1336 X 1416 (1.89 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: stained glass two mandarin ducks in a lake by trees reflecting in the water
  • Using base image: Yes