Stillness Canvas Print

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Stillness is image capturing that moment of change of the seasons, winter to spring.
In the Northern Hemisphere winter season, this area is tilted away from the sun. The reverse is true during the summer season. Spring is the season of change in between, signaled by the vernal equinox. The evergreen of winter is reflected in the rain puddle upon which one last brown leaf of the old season floats.
Reflections are optical effects that show a duplicated, but reversed virtual image on a shiny surface, like water or a mirror, as in this photograph.
The leaf in Stillness is from a red oak. Known as the king of trees, the majestic oak has one of the widest and most magnificent canopy spread. There are two types of oaks, one is red and the other is white. The difference can be seen most readily in the leaves. The veins in the red oak extend beyond the leaf edges, whereas the veins of the white oak stay within the leaf structure. The oak tree was sacred to Celt and Druid p...

Creating portals of light, love, joy, beauty, compassion, hope and gratitude is my lifelong passion and purpose. My mother painted when i was young and encouraged drawing and painting and handcrafting in all forms and my father, the photographer, gave me my first camera at age 8. As a result, i have been a lifelong student of both mediums. Formal training of my eye and technique has been with the wonderful Pacific NW painter teachers, Stan Capon and Edi Olson. i hope you will enjoy these images as much as i enjoyed their creation.