I've always loved nature - it's immense diversity of shapes, colors, patterns and its unpretentious honesty. For me, it speaks of joy, love, peace, truth. I have long tried to capture some of that in photographs. Around 1988, I attended a benefit showing of a photographic artist in Dallas, Texas who not only took considerably better photos than I, but also created stunning art by mirror-imaging the photos which somehow captured nature's beauty in extravagant depth. The artist was a friend of a friend and I have, most unfortunately, forgotten her name. Her...more