Violet Dahlia - Small Product:Small this textural ocean scene features

this textural ocean scene features the brilliant coral colors of the beginning of dusk

sitting or standing

It rests on a "rock" made from cured cement

the artist applies a cold finish using acrylic paints

The patina is a mixture of ferric nitrate applied hot and contemporary metal stains applied cold

Violet Dahlia - Small Product:Small this textural ocean scene featuresThis image is part of the artist's ongoing "Floraphilia" project, which was first published in the prestigious Lenswork Magazine in July of 2010. A second black and white portfolio was published in 2014, and a third portfolio, in color, was published by Lenswork in 2017. A new "Floraphilia" portfolio was featured on the cover of the July 2018 issue of Shadow & Light Magazine. Each photograph is a numbered and signed archival print and comes with a