A digital watercolor of beautiful white cherry blossoms. This piece is based on a photo I took of a lovely sakura tree at a park bursting with the flowers of Spring. I added a cracked, spotted concrete texture overlay to the image to juxtapose the ephemeral, delicate blossoms with the hard, worn-out surface of the buildings around the park. This is No. 1 of a 4-image...
Learn MoreVibrantly beautiful maple leaves in fall, with soft round bokeh points of light in the background. Celebrate autumn with these red fall foliage. I took this photo in Kyoto, Japan, when the entire place was ablaze with the vivid colors of the season. Art prints and canvas prints are available on Redbubble. A look at the tote...
Learn MoreLovely light yellow cosmos in a large flower field under clear blue skies. The cosmos variety is known as “Yellow Campus”. This photo is a SOOC (straight out of camera) image, a welcome break from all the filtering and other digital manipulation that you see on this photo site lately 🙂 I took the photo at Showa Kinen Park in Tokyo, on a gorgeous autumn day at a...
Learn MoreI took this photo of a big oak tree’s branches at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. The tree was beautiful, with its branches raised up toward the sky and covered with the green and orange leaves of fall. I digitally wrote on the branches the first two lines of Joyce Kilmer’s (1886-1918) beloved Trees poem: “I think that I shall never see / A...
Learn MoreLovely hydrangea with very light lilac-toned petals and fresh green leaves.The sun was filtering through the trees in the background so I was able to capture the pretty bokeh or blurred points of light. Hydrangeas make summer a season to look forward to, what with their cool, beautiful blooms. The lettering says “Breathe”. Summer may get hot and muggy, life may get...
Learn MoreLovely English roses in pink tones, in soft muted colors. I took this photo in a beautiful English rose garden in Spring, when the blooms filled the air with their fragrant scent. Art prints are available on RedBubble. The lettering says “Bloom Where You Are Planted”. I like how it reminds us to make the best of our present situation. For me especially, I sometimes...
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