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Easter Morning

“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.”
- Matthew 28:1-9

red, purple, orange, Easter, cross, sunrise, stained glass, resurrectionAugust 4, 2015
Originally created April 2, 2010

$A flutter of sapphire, copper, and white fractals in the shape of butterflies dance across a royal blue background, overlaid with copper framing and sparkling bright blue gems.$

Copper Butterflies

I wanted to try something metallic besides gold and silver, and I remember my high school Chemistry kit had a copper compound that was bright blue (azurite?), so I decided to try them together. Then these butterflies showed up fluttering across my screen and offered to pose for me, so here they are! Actually it's an Apophysis fractal that I thought looked like a butterfly. You have to have a good imagination working with fractals! This was also another attempt at drawing faceted gems.

blue, orange, copper, sapphire, gem, gemstone, filigree, metallic, butterflies, fractalAugust 4, 2015
Originally created December 19, 2009

$Layers of fractals make up this stylized Christmas design. A muted red backdrop, a spiky green tree, gold stars and snowflakes hanging from a strand of red and gold beads, and three red balls with a twirling gold design hanging in front.$

Fractal Celebration

This Christmas-themed illustration uses several Apophysis fractals for texture. I had seen another wallpaper with hanging ornaments like this and wanted to try something similar. The golden swirl fractal is one of my particular favorites, and it worked well as an ornament design.

red, gold, Christmas, tree, ornaments, orbs, beads, stars, snowflakes, swirl, fractalAugust 4, 2015
Originally created December 19, 2009

Harvest Sheaf

Just a simple fractal that I thought looked like a sheaf of harvested grain. Or you might see one or more faces in it - I guess it depends on your imagination! This was one of my early fractal designs, in this case with very little editing. It was created with the Apophysis fractal flame creater/editor.

golden, black, fall, autumn, harvest, fractalAugust 4, 2015
Originally created December 7, 2009

A selectively colored autumn photograph of fallen crepe myrtle leaves, with a gold-framed leaf shape of bright red, orange, and yellow against a black and white background.

Bright Shadows

This pictue from 2009 is from a photograph of some crepe myrtle leaves on the ground. It's weird how the weather affects the fall colors. A tree that I photographed in brilliant color the year before declined to put on any display the next year, but the crepe myrtles I had never noticed in the fall were all red and gold. I missed getting them while the leaves were still on the trees, so I had to shoot them on the ground. Then I added a filigree design to emphasize the leaf shapes and colors more.

black-and-white, red, orange, yellow, gold, fall, autumn, leaves, photographyAugust 4, 2015
Originally created November 12, 2009

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