I know I have shown this picture of Ebey's prairie, located on Whidbey Island in the State of Washington, before but I am surprised by how many times I have come back to it for inspiration. Mostly I have greatly simplified the image as in this 8 x 8 inch piece titled Prairie III.
Most recently, I decided to really delve into more of the details of the photo. I knew perspective would be critical so the angles of the field lines would be crucial. I might tweak these a bit if I did it over again but this newest work seems to have captured the feeling of spaciousness that I get from looking at the original photo. This is now my fourth piece that has come from just this one picture, Prairie IV.
Here is a detail image. I have found that I really love stitching the foreground grasses with their grace and illusion of movement from the breeze. One lucky break was the blue sky fabric. I had only one small piece left of this and it had lighter areas that ran vertical to way I needed to lay the piece. Normally I would have wanted the light are to run horizontally but somehow this vertical "stripe" matched up perfectly with the open view to the distant ocean. I had not enough fabric to move it right or left and still fit into my 12 x 12 inch space. Sometimes there is inspiration and sometimes there is sheer luck!
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That's such a great lesson, Laura. "One good photo" inspired four pieces! It takes an artistic eye to capture the great shots, and always being open and observant to your surroundings. Then you have to be ready to respond when the whims of nature conspire to produce all the right conditions for that elusive photographic moment. (My long-winded way of applauding your artistic approach to photography!)
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