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I was thrilled to be included in the Nature exhibition of Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, online, Washington, D.C. For the first image, Early Snow on Flowers, I took pictures of chrysanthemums and silhouetted them in Photoshop. Afterward, I filled the hollowed images with a bright digital painting. I also used the blur tool to create a swaying motion of the flowers. In a final frenzied effort, I imposed swirling digital snowflakes on the scene.
When I pulled apart an orange marigold flower from my garden, I discovered that its petals were attached to seeds. To make Seeds and Petals above, I scanned the shapes and noticed that the seed-petal combination resembled a flower's contour. Next, to convey a sense of movement, I digitally swirled bare tree branches behind the petals. Lastly, I manipulated the color scheme toward shades of orange and purple on a black background.
© Betty Butler, Shades of Autumn, Digital Collage
I was honored to be accepted into the Color Shifts, 2025 virtual exhibition presented by the Inter-Society Color Council. Their stated mission is to connect across disciplines to share knowledge and experience regarding the science, technology and aesthetics of color. The exhibition was on view during their conference, at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
Shades of Autumn, began with photographing fallen leaves on a flat surface, which I then silhouetted in Photoshop. In a separate image, I made an expressive digital painting. The collage was completed by layering the reversed-out, silhouetted leaves on the colorful painting. Finally, I blurred some pigment to illustrate the movement of tumbling leaves.
