Flower Girl Collaborative Digital Collage

So I was tooling around the Web the other day and ran across a very interesting site: Fan Art Review.  It features art, photography, sculpture, and writing by various artists, and I immediately began exploring.  One fabulous photographer I’ve met there is “esgjag“–a talented Chicagoan.  One photograph he posted of a dahlia in his garden has an EYEBALL in the center!  See it here!

A while back, I painted “Hippie Flower Girl”.  The painting sold, but I was never quite pleased with it.  In the original, her eyes are shut.  After I saw esgjag’s photo, I got a spark of inspiration–my hippie girl needs flower eyes!  With his kind permission, I’ve now incorporated his flower into my painting, creating this digital collage.  Much better!  Rock on!

Click on the image (and then click it again) to see full-size view!