A deep canyon in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. This is the second picture of the Ikebana series I did with my girlfriend. The last one you can see here . She had this idea of taking selfies while pretending to be dead for some time now and I thought it would be cool to recreate that idea with some flowers. This place seemed perfect to take photos since it was so colorful and had a lot of variety in the rocks to use for different scenes.
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76 Rodeo, CA.#1
with its rolling hills and majestic oaks, looking south toward the Pacific Ocean. As you can see from the series title, “Ikebana”, this piece is modeled after a traditional Japanese flower arrangement using a California native plant called Oso Easy as my focal point. Using a variety of Nihon-ga (Japanese style) painting tools, I’ll show you how this was made.…
