Artist on Acid Sees Surreal Scene Behind Easel

A flowering plum tree bursts into a riot of pink blossoms in the background. In the foreground, an artist's easel with the partly painted scene upon it captures the artist's impression. — The painterly scene

No, the artist wasn’t on acid. (Good click-bait title though, don’t ya think?) If anything, that would be the photo editor (that would be me) who would be on acid when I tweaked the landscape with Photoshop to make it all “swirly” while the artist’s easel stayed stone-cold sober.

The effect is not so noticeable when the image is reduced, but you can view (and download) the full-sized image (2560 x 1440) from the lightbox that comes up when you click/tap the image above.

A plum tree in full bloom, Photoshopped to look all swirly — The flowering plum tree, um, flowering.

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Photo shot over the shoulder of plein air painter, showing his easel with a partly completed painting of a flowering plum tree in a garden. — Plein Air Painter, Sterling Hoffman, captures the scene.

Sterling Hoffman, a prolific plein air painter and my next-door neighbor at the time, makes a quick study of the flowering plum tree in my front yard on a glorious, late-February afternoon in 2017.

… and, to reiterate, nobody was on acid at the time. 🙂

Close up showing artist's arm holding paintbrush over oil painting easel. — Close up, showing Sterling’s painting in progress.

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imagiNed Conceptual Artistry

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