Cleaning the Paintbrush

An Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) butterfly works on a Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) bloom on a roadside in the... more

by Gary Holmes

Title

Cleaning the Paintbrush

Artist

Gary Holmes

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

An Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) butterfly works on a Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) bloom on a roadside in the mostly abandoned Brazos River town of Port Sullivan, Texas. Both of these are quite common in the spring in Texas, but not quite so commonly captured together.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have staged single and group portraits and still life photographs, I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have won several awards, including an Editors' Choice on 500px, as well as a 5-star Editor's Choice designation in Camerapixo's Hot Shots photo magazine, Volume 4. (http://issuu.com/camerapixo/docs/hotshots-camerapixo-04/1).

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April 17th, 2015