Bright Yellow Sunflower - Painted Summer Sunshine

by Anita Pollak

Title

Bright Yellow Sunflower - Painted Summer Sunshine

Artist

Anita Pollak

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Photograph - Photograph With Photopainting And Textures

Description

With all the snow we've had recently I wanted to work on a summer image. I shot this lovely sunflower a couple of summers ago at Strawberry Banke, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They have beautiful gardens there and they are all organic which is perfect for me with my chemical sensitivities. From the Strawberry Banke Web site:

"Strawbery Banke Museum, in the heart of historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is an authentic 10-acre outdoor history museum dedicated to bringing 300+ years of American history in the same waterfront neighborhood to life. The Museum is a place for children, adults, multigenerational families and groups to gather to explore eight heritage gardens, 32 historic buildings and traditional crafts, preservation programs, hands-on activities, the stories told by costumed role-players and the changing exhibits that offer hours of fun and discovery. The Museum's restored buildings and open space invite visitors to immerse themselves in the past, using objects from the museum's collection of 30,000 artifacts, and the histories of the families who lived and worked in the Puddle Dock neighborhood to engage, educate and entertain."

And about their gardens:

"Strawbery Banke interprets nearly four centuries of historical gardens, some on their original plots, and is recognized as one of just four sites in the world teaching about change over time in the landscape. Gardens include a colonial kitchen garden, Victorian ornamental plantings, a Colonial Revival garden and hemlock grove, a Ukrainian immigrant’s vegetable garden, a 1943 Victory Garden and chicken coop, and several heirloom apple orchards."

Processed in Photoshop with Topaz Impression2 and textures from Jai Johnson.

Nikon P7800 in macro mode

Featured in the following FAA groups:

Over 2000 Views - 2/12/2025
Art for Passion - Passion for Art - 3/18/2022
A Womans's Touch - 2/26/2022
1000 Views - 2/7/2022
Strictly Neon - 7/20/2018
500 Views - 7/16/2018
Road to Self Promotion - 6/19/2018
Textiles-Tapestry - 5/17/2018
Pin Me - 5/9/2018
Daily Promotion - 5/7/2018
USA Photographers - 4/22/2018
Ladies Club - 4/9/2018
The Earth is Art - 4/8/2018
10 Plus - 4/4/2018
WHAT Interrobang - 4/3/2018
Art District - 3/30/2018
Images That Excite - 3/26/2018
Abstract Moods - 3/25/2018
First Friday Gallery - 3/22/2018
Collector's Gallery - 3/21/2018
Bath and Spa Prints - 3/18/2018
Sunflower Power - 3/18/2018
Art for Close Ups and Macro - 3/18/2018
Floral Art and Photography - 3/18/2018
Arts Fantastic World - 3/17/2018
Global Flowers Photography - 3/15/2018
Beauty in Art - 3/15/2018
Visions of Spring - Glances of Summer - 3/15/2018
Orange-Yellow-Red Photos and Paints - 3/15/2018
Flora - 3/15/2018
Macro Marvels - 3/15/2018

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March 14th, 2018

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