for monica

Monica, a good friend of mine, commissioned a fine art piece from me to match a painting she already owns. My piece needed to compliment the colors, mood, texture, tone of the other piece. So, besides just posting the finished photograph, I thought it'd be cool to see the images used to create it.

Starting with the flower:

Then, I photographed the facade of some slate to superimpose over the image for texture. Before it was all said and done, I tinted the slate a deep blue (to match the color scheme of her room). Then, I added a bit of photoshop magic and I borrowed a few words from Walt Whitman that seemed fitting and:

The finished piece!