PhotoShop Mask of Flash, 2020
PhotoShop Mask of Hydrangea, 2020
I love creating masks out of photographs I've taken. I can use these later to create digital collages.
Left: I was visiting my Dad in Little Chance Harbour, Nova Scotia. His neighbor had a friendly dog named Flash who came over to visit.
Right: Hydrangea. My mother gave me a small cutting from her hydrangea bush many years ago. It flourished where I planted it in our front yard. The blue color depends on the Ph balance of our soil. The same plant was a different color in my mother's yard - a pale lavender.
Pink Hibiscus, 2020
Dandelion, 2020
Lily of the Valley, 2020
More masks of photos I took of flowers in our garden, 2020
Left: Pink Hibiscus; Center: Dandelion; Right: Lily of the Valley
Pink Peony, 2020
Orange Coneflower, 2020
Pine Cone, 2020
More masks of photographs I took in our garden, 2020
Left: Pink Peony
Center: Orange Coneflower
Right: Picture perfect pine cones fall into my yard from my neighbor's towering pine trees.
Marigold, 2020
Yellow Tulip, 2020
More masks of photographs I took in our garden, 2020
Left: marigold; Right: yellow tulip
Daffodil, 2020
Shasta Daisy, 2020
More masks of photographs I took of our garden, 2020
Left: Daffodil; Right, Shasta Daisy
Hibiscus Pattern, Digital Art, 2020
Hibiscus Pattern, Handkerchief Design, Digital Art, 2020
Hibiscus Pattern, Color Variation: Green, Digital Art, 2020
Hibiscus Pattern, Color Variation: Pink, Digital Art, 2020
Hibiscus Pattern, Color Variation: Purple, Digital Art, 2020
Fallen Hibiscus Calyx, 2020
Fallen Hibiscus Calyx, PhotoShop Mask, 2020
Pink Hibiscus, 2020
Pink Hibiscus, PhotoShop Mask, 2020
Hibiscus Pattern, Digital Art, 2020
Top Left: Hibiscus Pattern, Digital Art, 2020
Top Right: Design for Hibiscus Pattern Scarf, 2020
Center: Hibiscus Pattern, Digital Art three color variations, 2020
Bottom Left: Photo of Fallen Hibiscus Calyx with PhotoShop Mask, 2020
Bottom Right: Photo of Pink Hibiscus with PhotoShop Mask, 2020
In the summer of 2020, I found an odd bloom on the ground in an area where we have a bird bath, hibiscus plants, and other flowers and shrubs. I had built a pathway of mulch through this area, and this pale bloom appeared to be attached to one of the decaying sticks. I thought perhaps it was a fungus, because it seemed to have roots wrapped around the stick. I went on a number of plant identification social media sites and posted the photo with the question. No one knew what it was. I searched through dozens of online gardening images and couldn't find anything like it. I finally realized that it came from our pink hibiscus bush nearby - that the calyx had fallen, and the bloom was attached to the calyx and did its best to form in spite of separation from the hibiscus bush. I took a number of photos of the bloom on the ground and also the hibiscus bush. I scanned them into PhotoShop for iPad and masked them, and then used Capture and Fresco to trace the flower and add color. For the background, I "placed" a photo I took of a pile of dead leaves in our garden into Illustrator and then applied "Image Trace," the recolor tool, and some filter effects. I then assembled all the pieces into the final hibiscus pattern. When I look at the pattern now, I remember the feeling that summer that a strange and wonderful flower fairy tale had visited our garden.
Sky Wind Grass, Digital Art, 2020
Sky Wind Grass, Digital Art, 2020
Pansy Sunrings, Digital Art, 2020
Pansy Sunrings, Digital Art, 2020
Partition Pattern 1, Digital Art, 2020
Partition Pattern 2, Digital Art, 2020
Partition Pattern 3, Digital Art, 2020
Partition Pattern, Digital Art, 3 versions, 2020
Stair Landing Pattern 1, Digital Art, 2020
Stair Landing Pattern 2, Digital ARt, 2020
Stair Landing Pattern, Digital Art, two versions, 2020
