Particularly fascinating processes and spectacles take place in nature. Every living being or organism has a beginning and an end. That end is often not the end of everything. Decay, the end of life or simply something that has blossomed, all this is often the beginning of something new again. In nature, therefore, you often see the circle of life. Everything has a beginning, an end and then, in whatever form, there is a new beginning of something again.
This is also the case with sunflowers: the large flowers catch every ray of sunlight as they rotate with the position of the sun. These large flowers stand on stately and sturdy stems and often rise above all other plants to enjoy as much sun as possible.
Most people find flowering sunflowers the most beautiful. In autumn, sunflower seeds are formed and when they are fully grown, the plant dies whole. The seeds are harvested and the rest of the plant disappears with the green waste or on the compost heap. In this way, the dead sunflower plant also lives on again in the form of nutrients for other plants.
In this photo, I captured the spent sunflowers. They are, especially when viewed up close, still beautiful in a way.
The photo is done in soft pastel shades from nature and softened by mixing in another photo of a soft texture.
I see making art as a creative process.
The starting point of this process for me is always a photo or a painting of my own. Every work of art on this site is therefore based on a self-made photo or painting.
I find my sources of inspiration in everything around me...
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