Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Mary Mary Quite Contrary


How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And lots and lots of wondrous photos, all in a row.

Believe me, you have never seen flowers like these. I won't even attempt to show you the photos. If you are a flower person, and you have wall space, you need to own them. They are a marvel of twenty-first century technology. For people who have been waiting for the link to "that flower person", this is it.
Yes, Mary lives in our neighborhood and the flowers which she uses in her 'photographs' all come from her own incredible garden. Not only does no one grow flowers like these, Mary's 'photographs' are not photography at all, but carefully reconstructed floral digitization. The process takes hours and hours and hours. Not to mention all the time it takes to grow and care for the flowers. Mary is a formally trained horticulturalist whose love of flowers simply oozes from her compositions. Her flowers are so real that you expect them to have scent. The orchid depicted is a photograph that I took to show you so you could see one of her drawings. Yes, the talented Mary also draws. Take a look; you will be amazed at what Mary can do. http://www.maryahernartist.com/