Karen G-A

The Kiss. My photograph of a bromeliad bloom styled with Robert S. Donovan's photograph from an article on how to walk on hot coals, The Atlantic, 2014..

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A dream made from unconstrained gatherings. Someday... Style is Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Peasant Wedding.

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Intense scrutiny of a baby squirrel. In San Antonio, Texas. Style by me.

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Another neighbor, another kaleidoscope.

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This eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) visits us from time to time. Even poses for my camera. Style by me.

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Victoriana laced with bare branches. Toronto's Kensington neighborhood. Style includes works by Louise O'Hara, Anton Pieck, Alice Bailly, Henri Martin, and Leon Spilliaert.

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Getting groomed, but keeping a lookout on that big black eye pointing their way. Photo and style by me. Style incorporates crops from Sudarshan Shaw's Hornbill and the Fig Tree (detail from A Wildlife Map of Odisha) and Ernst Haeckel's hummingbirds.

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Built to 'bottle rainwater' Chicago's Calumet Park deep tunnel was 40 years in the making. Photo by Andrew Gill, styled with Wassily Kandinsky's ' Hommage A Grohmann', 1926.

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Once upon a time... rooftops in Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf, Bergen, Norway. Style is a crop of a painting by Albena Vacheva.

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Refraction - a conundrum of light. Aloe vera in bloom. Style is Pattern Kaleidoscope Mirror from pixabay.

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Beauregard Bear - won at the state fair more than 60 years ago, threadbare and patchy, but still dapper in his own way. Style incorporates Alice Bailly's embroidery, 1926, and a crop from August Macke's portrait of his wife.

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Not long now. Original photo by Craig Jacobs. Style by me.

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Waltz of the china cups. A reprise of a previous dream using 'Many Cups' jigsaw puzzle. My style incorporates elements from a work by Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930), Swiss, who was one of the first artists to be associated with Art Brut (outsider art).

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Absinthe ad, 1900. (I swear I don't work for an absinthe distiller, I just find the ads and the 'green fairy' interesting) Style incorporates crops of works by Candice Bohannan and Gabriel Pacheco, plus a jigsaw puzzle still life.

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Norwegian fiddler. Style combines The Boys, 1915 by Daniel Garber (1880-1958) and Christmas in America by Alphonse Mucha (1919).

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A peaceful simplicity in soft focus - One vintage card lightly touched up and one Anton Mauve winter landscape.

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A curious scrutiny. A female boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major) at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, Florida. Style by me.

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Photo card ca. 1900 for Absinthe Bourgeois. The central image in the style is from another vintage ad, for Floralia Perfumery, 1926, by Rafael de Penagos.

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Thanksgiving holiday, 2020, USA. I couldn't find attribution for the original image (it has gone viral across social media platforms as a meme). Style is a painting of Roman ruins by Canaletto.

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Anchored in a high wind. Photo and style by me. The primary image in the style is courtesy of Miho Hirano.

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