Pink Rose Impression

Pink Rose Impression Artwork

Pink Rose Impression is my last rose artwork of 2009. It was from a reference photo I had taken in the spring so it really feels like I'm covering the year with this artwork.

It is a very beautiful pink rose flower in a water glass. Simple, charming, and elegant. A rose flower that is a beautiful memory with a touch of sepia to soften the pink and give it a romantic feel of times gone by. Nostalgia in pink. Available as a fine art print.



Pink Rose Impression by Christopher Johnson

I want to also remind you that almost all my art is also available as great art gifts, cards, and stamps at Zazzle.

Pink Rose Impression Greeting Card

Riding in the Desert

Riding in the desert and riding in the desert antiqued is a "simple" digital collage of two images one of a rodeo scene and another of mountains with water in front.  Most people seem to prefer the simplicity of the sepia version and perhaps they don't like the fantasy element of the blue mountains in the first version.  After combining the two I had to fill in the gaps with fake desert soil and then worked on the effects to add the canvas texture and quite a lot of burn and dodge on the horse and on the first row of mountains.  I decided against adding desert plants because it would take me many hours more to add them.
Some might not like the intensity of color in the original which i could have reduced by partially applying sepia over the color, but the horse was a very strong red-brown in the reference photo and I just didn't feel right in changing him to a boring common brown.

Riding in the Desert

Riding in the Desert Antiqued

Gold and Brown Chrysanthemum Flowers 1 Art

I bought these beautiful chrysanthemum flowers a couple weeks ago, but don't worry I took the photos right away while they were fresh. :-)
This is my second attempt at doing a high-key bright flower artwork. The first attempt was with pink carnations which I believe I forgot to post about however you'll see a small preview a couple posts ago where I asked what you wanted to see (no one commented so I must assume you're all super happy with my art as it is).

Gold and Brown Chrysanthemum Flowers 1

I also did a sepia version which is also available.

Bird of Paradise 10 Artwork Gift Zazzle Today's Best

I'm excited to say that for the first time one of my artwork photos has been selected as a today's best at Zazzle. I've been working hard every day at making great art so it is fun to see some recognition. Please let me know in the comments what you think.  I actually like some other products with this image better :-)



I have many other products using this image from stamps to t-shirts. The colorful version should be available at my flower and plant photo art gifts gallery at Zazzle later today. Both the antique and colorful versions of this artistic photo are available at my Imagekind galleries as museum quality fine art prints (with custom framing options).

Links to this image at Imagekind for framed prints

Antiqued Bird of Paradise 10

Dreamy colorful Bird of Paradise 10

Antiqued Purple Iris 1

Antiqued Purple Iris 1

This antiqued purple iris was put through a series of filters including a light sepia to give it an antique look even though I took it about a year and a half ago in color. I'm just starting to experiment with black and white and/or sepia so please give me feedback if you have experience with these.

Antiqued Blue Iris 6

Antiqued Blue Iris 6

I took this iris flower through a series of filters including a light sepia tint to make it like an antique photo print.