African Violet 'Sunset Kiss' Youth T-Shirt

African Violet 'Sunset Kiss'

A photograph of my African violet 'Sunset Kiss,' blooming prolifically with double mroon red flowers. In addition to the stunning color, another unusual aspect of this violet is that its flowers tower over the plant, often reaching over 6 inches in height! Despite long being a symbolism of motherhood, something I spent my life avoiding at all costs, I adore African violets and this is one of my favorites in my extensive collection. I took the photograph with my favorite vintage f/1.4 prime lens, which provides for a very short focal distance and lots of luscious bokeh. Please visit my Contemporary Botanicals art gallery to see more of my floral artwork.

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My mind lives in a rather strange world of its own, in a state which I tend to refer to as "delightfully twisted." Through my art, which I am vehemently determined to continue to create with as little outside influence as possible, I work tirelessly to interpret the concepts my mind creates in a moment-by-moment barrage of ideas that always seem to come faster than I can realize them in a tangible form. Though my artwork over the past 40 years has evolved from my early days of shooting on film to manifesting itself in many different forms of more contemporary media, from the delicate transparency of digital watercolor, to the no-holds-barred starkness of noir digital photography, to even the fanciful abstract-turned-conceptual properties...