I see the blue sky behind the maple leaves, but when I showed the finished painting to my hubby, he said he sees the leaves floating on aqua blue water in a pond or pool.
What do you see?
Uncanny artwork by mother nature. This foliage had grown on the rear window of our car during my working hours yesterday, with nothing out of the ordinary in the weather (–5°C and cloudy) to explain it. Yet in some subtle way the conditions must have been just right for it to occur.
Yesterday morning when it was light enough to see, I looked out into the backyard and there was a dozen or so goldfinches perched in a small crepe myrtle tree next to a spot where hang a bird feeder. They were waiting, for me to bring out the feeders I suppose. At the same time that I noticed that scene, a pileated woodpecker flew fairly low, from west to east across my point of view. I was actually in the process of letting Ben and Charlie in the house, so I didn't have a camera in my hand. It would need to have been in my hand if I was to get a photo of the woodpecker. C'est la vie.
“When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.” - Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
I've been working hard to get my B&W workflow down to where I like it. Black and white is harder to process IMHO but it's simpler to convey emotion. Here is art model Lucy Magdalene emerging into light in a forest.