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I took this recent photo of our flag with the intention of combining it with fireworks from my photo archives. I merged it with one of my favorite recent fireworks captures from my photo archives. I did some creative editing to enhance the color of the fireworks and some blending of both images to come up with something very close to what I was visualizing in my mind.Success! This first version was used for my annual 4th of July greeting.

I would like to share a little about what inspires me. I hope it gives you insight into and appreciation of my artwork. I was born an artist. I didn't choose it, it chose me. For me, art is an interface, a way for me to share what's inside my mind's eye. It is a very wholistic experience for me. I hope my art brings you some of the joy and wonder that it does me. My main medium of expression is photography. I also do collage, mixed media and printmaking. Sometimes I combine more than one medium. I started out in photography when I was about 7 years old, way before the digital revolution. When I was in my twenties, I learned how to develop film and make my own black and white prints. I have been evolving along with photography ever...