Heliotrope

I spent a beautiful morning at the Stevens Coolidge Place in North Andover, MA. It is open daily and owned by the Trustees of Reservations which I joined after experiencing several of their properties.

I came home and created this circle from a photograph of heliotrope which then reminded me of one of my favorite lines from Thorton Wilder's Our Town:

And here's a slideshow of the garden from flickr.

Studio Sunday/the computer screen

I've decided to try to post a photo of something in the studio every Sunday. I had thought about some interesting object, tool, or storage space, but today what commands my interest is the computer. It's a cold and wet and rainy afternoon and I am playing with images of flowers in Photoshop. The flowers that I looked at and photographed yesterday have become worlds unto themselves.

Here is the final image (at least for now) for the lilac.

A New Roundel

A new addition to what I am calling Roundels. While they may be seen to have a certain mandala-like quality, I think I take more inspiration from the rose windows of medieval cathedrals. This one started with a photograph of creeping phlox. Every day there is something new and wonderful to photograph. Spring is here!