A winter landscape photo: no snow, but plenty of sunshine. A lovely day for walking through the woods and enjoying nature!
And when I go hiking, my camera always goes with me. You never know what beautiful things you will encounter along the way.
I find Dutch nature incredibly beautiful. Many people go on holiday to faraway countries to see overwhelming natural beauty, but in our own country there is still so much beauty to discover! Every province is different. Sometimes I even get a kind of 'holiday feeling' when I go for a walk somewhere near me that I have never been before. That is so much fun: discovering places you have never walked before. So too with this place I had never been to before.
What I find particularly beautiful in winter are the bare trees that stand free in nature. You can then see perfectly, especially with old trees, the imposing shape and silhouette because these trees have never been pruned. The tree looks even more powerful in its 'bare' form.
I set this photo in the vintage colour 'dark sepia' to further emphasise the special landscape with the old imposing trees.
I see making art as a creative process.
The starting point of this process for me is always a photo or a painting of my own. Every work of art on this site is therefore based on a self-made photo or painting.
I find my sources of inspiration in everything around me...
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