DMurray Images

PORTRAITS IN BLOOM – Images created from individual subjects never posed and always caught at their best in their surroundings at the moment of capture. So many of these images were surprises as they emerged from the ordinary casualness of mundane Life. (Yet, how can the miracle of living be mundane.) You likely will recognize many of these subjects if you have strolled through the natural world around us.

STUDIES IN THE FIELD - Variations on images captured literally in the field. The studies, however, mainly took place back in the workshop where different possibilities were tried and discarded. The subjects are mostly obvious; the point is to explore aesthetics. The exercise resulted in some new insights but little more in the way of technique or approach.

MEADOW LIFE - Life in the meadow. Here are the individuals you will find in the fields of fall. Alone but not lonely or solitary.

LIVING LEAVES – Sketches captured outdoors and completed indoors.

AQUAVARIANTS - From beneath the watery surface comes . . . not these images. To spite their appearances, these are simply objects on the dry land. The question is not whether the eye plays tricks on us.

FLORAL FANTASY – You can easily find or at least imagine the leaves and blossoms shown not too subtlety within. The form is floral, and you might see the traces of each image’s journey. But there’s no need to figure it out; just enjoy the simple presentation that appears. Gaze into the detail and enjoy the feeling.

LILY PAD PAGENTRY – No doubt that these are lily pads and Monet is not the only one to love them. You can, too, as they float serenely and display their waterborne colors and textures.