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by Bruce Bley
$14.00
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Our ceramic coffee mugs are available in two sizes: 11 oz. and 15 oz. Each mug is dishwasher and microwave safe.
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Blue Dahlia was taken while visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois. I am always looking for flowers to illustrate color, detail,... more
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11 oz.
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5 - 7 business days
"Blue Dahlia" was taken while visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois. I am always looking for flowers to illustrate color, detail, and beautiful lighting.
This is a dahlia which is one of 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2 inch in diameter or up to 1 foot. (dinner plate). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids, that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons (genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele) which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
I hope you have enjoyed this work. You can see more of my artwork on my homepage. Thank you for visiting and please come back so
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...
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Mary Anne Delgado
Gorgeous dahlia image Bruce!
Mary Anne Delgado
This is a beautiful macro Bruce! I love the color!
Johanna Hurmerinta
Wonderful!
Angela Davies
Stunning colors and detail FL
Jeannie Rhode
Bruce, Congratulations on your BEST OF THE BEST OF WFS FINE ARTISTS !
Ivete Basso Photography
Wonderful Dahlia ! L/F
Georgia Mizuleva
Splendiferous.
Brian Tada
Absolutely marvelous work, Bruce ~ magnificent and stunning! Congratulations on your Best of the Best Special Feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group! F/L
Debby Pueschel
Congratulations of Best of the Best in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery. FLTw
Donna Kennedy
Congratulations on your Best of the Best homepage Feature in WFS!!...L/T
Sarah Loft
Wonderful floral macro, Bruce!
Richard Bryce and Family
Really wonderful, Bruce! Congrats on the WFS Best of the Best feature!
Hanne Lore Koehler
Magnificent capture and digital creativity, Bruce! What gorgeous color and macro composition! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery BEST OF THE BEST feature! L/F
Kim Tran
Stunning beauty, gorgeous colour! L/f
RAMESH NAIR
Dear Bruce, Congratulations on your best of the best in WFS!! L/F
Sandi OReilly
Congratulations on your best of the best in WFS!! L
Bonnie Mason
Congratulations on your best of the best feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group! Lovely work! LF
Jean OKeeffe Macro Abundance Art
Extraordinary image Bruce! Loved and liked!
Charlotte Gray
Excellent macro Bruce!! l/f
Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Frozen in Time Fine Art Photography
This is amazing Bruce!
Debby Pueschel
Cool Bruce. What an unusual color. I like it. FL
Karen Beasley
Gorgeous colors and details! LF
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious comment, Karen. I truly appreciate it.
Georgia Mizuleva
Perfectly fabulous.
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much, Georgia.