Echinacea and Yarrow
by Omaste Witkowski
Title
Echinacea and Yarrow
Artist
Omaste Witkowski
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting
Description
Awareness is the first step in healing. ~Dean Ornish
My art today is named "Echinacea and Yarrow" and it evolved from a photograph into a photopainting.
Spiritual awareness is painted into the energy in this photograph. Bright Living Coral colored echinacea and pretty pink and white yarrow bring a healing vibe to this garden and into your life.
These flowers and herbs have been used for centuries in recipes and natural remedies related to healing. Art has also been recognized as a healing remedy for a variety of psychological and emotional challenges.
My photo/art today is a healing balm meant to be savored by your eyes and imagined into your soul. Colorful medicinal flowers sit on the edge of a healing garden and welcome you to absorb their energy.
I believe that colors can heal and that energy infuses each color with its own unique vibrational range of healing properties and soothing sounds.
Can you see/feel/hear them?
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This photograph was taken in Winthrop Wa, in Washington State. This town is located in the Pacific Northwest near the Okanogan National Forest. In the Pacific Northwest you will find many varieties of lilies making their way through a large number of garden's. Oriental Lillies are one of my favorite flowers the intense smell is so nice to inhale.
Here in Winthrop this flower will show up in about June depending on where exactly you live. Twisp, Winthrop, Mazama and Carlton each have their own time when it blooms. Seattle has a much longer growing season than we do.
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I started with a digital photograph and used a HDR process to tone map the light. Then I applied a finishing oil paint layer to add texture to the overall image. I did some tonal work to even out the colors and make them realistic to what I was seeing in nature but not excessively.
I am interested in photography as an "unusual" or "unique" image making process. In other words I enjoy starting with a photograph of an ordinary scene or subject and then I try to make it my own by adding unusual processing techniques. I hope you enjoy viewing my work as much as i enjoy creating it.
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"Echinacea (pron.: /ˌɛkɨˈneɪʃⁱə/)[1] is a genus, or group of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The nine species it contains are commonly called coneflowers. They are endemic to eastern and central North America, where they are found growing in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas. They have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ἐχῖνος (echino), meaning "sea urchin," due to the spiny central disk. Some species are used in herbal medicines and some are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers. A few species are of conservation concern." - Wikipedia
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March 22nd, 2013
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