It is definitely flower season in the Pacific Northwest! We are still having frosty mornings (never plant before Mother’s Day, we’ve been taught – but who listens??) For me that means picking, plucking, buying, “borrowing”, and searching for flower petals to dry, press, preserve, scan and photograph. I am trying out different ones like camellia, tulip, and ranuculus – so far they are turning out very lovely. The Camellias tend to turn brown – or “rust” – as we say but even that can be extremely beautiful.
This week I bought a new flatbed scanner. I have pretty much worn out my regular old printer/scanner and I think this will give me a little more room to be creative with my favorite media. I haven’t hooked it up yet because I am also getting a laptop to make my writing and blogging a little more mobile.
I have scanned so many flowers in the past year and now I will focus on scanning them at amazing resolution so I can make them more versatile for Print on Demand (Art of Where, Society6, Fine Art America, Printful, Zazzle, etc.) and my Etsy Shop. I spent a few hours today expanding my Fine Arts America/Pixels Shop – you can shop there through the link to the right on my main page. From wall art to duvet covers, t-shirts to phone cases, workout clothes to purses, you can find my original designs for any number of useful and beautiful items, gifts, home decor, or weddings.
Today’s creation is a collage of tulip petals, rose petals, and hellebore in a stained glass pattern. Between two panes of glass, when it is illuminated it is truly like a stained glass window – it would look amazing in a bathroom window. The details of the veins and the shading of the colors is so beautiful.
It is truly a magically beautiful time of year and there is so much to be inspired by in nature. God’s Creation is so amazing and I am just thankful to get to use his designs in my art!
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