Orchid Daze
In two more days, on February 6th, the Atlanta Botanical Garden will open its yearly orchid exhibit. This year promises to be different, a “surprising juxtapositions of fanciful flowers and playful objects inspired by surrealist imagination.”
I think it will it suit me perfectly.
While we wait, this is my own Orchid Daze portrayal.
About nicknames…
My husband calls me "Dennis the Menace" because I can't leave anything well enough alone. My daughter calls me "The Roadrunner" because I can't stand still for long. Taken together, those two nicknames give a good idea of how I work.
Working at the computer is not a static job for me. On one hand, I really get immersed in my work, my mind following each stage, calculating how any of the many options in my tool box could bring my vision to life. But on the other, I'm coming and going many times during that process, either to retrieve something I just remembered I needed or to look for something I lost or I was supposed to do before I forget again.
All that activity gives me a different perspective each time. Every time I can see my work anew and it is then when I discover the speck that needs to be removed or the need for something that is missing.
After that comes the most difficult part of my work, to decide when it is done. Sometimes, when the print is part of a series that shares common elements it is easier, because the main concept of the work is already there. But when starting with a new idea, it is much harder. It seems that there is always a way to improve it, to make it closer to what I imagined.
And I suppose that there is also a small sense of loss, of being on the outside after all the time spent 'inside'.
Gilmer Arts Juried Harvest Show
Mountains in Bloom was awarded a third place ribbon during the Gilmer Arts Juried Harvest Show.
PixelGraphs will be at PHOTOKINA 2012
One of my digital photo art prints is been displayed on the Ilford website, a manufacturer of fine art paper. It was selected as a highly commended image in their August photo contest and it will be shown there throughout the month of September.
http://www.ilford.com/en/products/
‘Pink Gerbera Daisies’ will be also in display in their booth in PHOTOKINA 2012, the world’s largest and most prestigious photo trade show that will take place in Cologne, Germany, September 18-23.
Their announcement reads: “All selected images will be printed by our imaging experts in Switzerland onto one of our top of the range GALERIE Prestige papers. We will also be inviting visitors to the ILFORD stand to vote for their favourite image. The one that receives the most votes will receive a selection of our GALERIE Prestige media.”
