“Concrete Bunny” started with a photo of a bunny face drawn with chalk on a sidewalk.
A Paris Daisy in my neighborhood. They’re yellow in real life.
A photo of Wax Begonias, flipped and rotated to make a repeating pattern, then heavily posterized.
I cut the extremely complex shapes for this 18″ x 8″ steel eye on a computer-controlled CNC Plasma Cutter. They were then MIG welded together, with holes drilled for mounting and the electrical connection. I applied copper leaf to the lids, eyelashes and the inner surface. The iris is a half-sphere of translucent red resin with LEDs embedded in it. When you hook it up to power—instant Halloween eye! Visit my “Eyeball Youball” blog post for more information.
I silhouetted the eye out of a photo and created a posterized, color-saturated image against a black background.
Palm fronds from Mars. This is one photo of green palm leaves, flipped and rotated to make a repeating pattern, then heavily manipulated.
These are Fortnight Lilies and Wall Barley stalks. In real life the lilies have six white petals, three of which have pale purple streaks and bright yellow tips. The barley is green with feathery tan ends.
An altered photo of a red/green hedge in my neighborhood.
An altered photo of Rock Purslane, flipped and rotated to make a pattern. In real life they have bright purple flowers on thin, dusty green stems.
A high contrast image of spiky Pride of Madeira leaves, flipped and rotated to make a pattern. In real life they are gray-green.