Victorian Waterliliy Wood Print

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This is a Victorian Waterlily in bloom. Each flower lasts just 24 hours: On the first night, the white (female) flower opens luring its pollinator (a beetle) with its heavy, tuberose scent. After closing for the day, the flower reopens pink (and now male!). On night two, releasing the pollen-coated beetle before submerging to form seeds. I hope you have enjoyed this photograph and will share it with others. You can see more of my work on my homepage in the various galleries I have created.

Hello my name is Bruce Bley. I am a retired art instructor. I taught in a public high school for 35 years. I enjoyed teaching students and helping them develop their own style of work. Now during my retirement I am pursuing my own passion for creating artwork. I enjoy working from nature. As an artist I want to capture the beauty of what nature has to offer. Too often in our society people don't take the time to stop and see what nature has to offer. It can be as simple as the color of a flower, the veins of a petal, and the beauty of it's stamen and pistils. I have created works of fish, flowers, animals, and nature in general to give a person the opportunity to see nature close-up. I am an avid photographer and many of my...