Stunned by the simple articulation of Monet’s comment to look beyond the bloom because he stated what I had been doing unconsciously. I see the world as art elements and not as nouns. Flowers were palettes of color and I intensified the paint quality in this image by selectively focusing out of focus. I frequently adjusted my camera settings to deliberately be out of focus and have a shallow depth of field. Even without photoshop I was controlling my vision and using my camera to creat and not capture. In photoshop I created layers of photos I took and began experimenting with opacity. Much of this can be found throughout my website.
