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Glowing Elegance and Beauty Wood Print
by Bruce Bley
Product Details
Glowing Elegance and Beauty wood print by Bruce Bley. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and added depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood. There are D-clips on the back of the print for mounting it to your wall using mounting hooks and nails (included).
Design Details
This is a photograph of a white waterlily that I took in a small pond at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois.... more
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Artist's Description
This is a photograph of a white waterlily that I took in a small pond at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois.
the white water lily is a stunning white star-shaped flowers with yellow centers. It blooms from summer to winter.
The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's attractive glossy round leaves emerge burgundy in spring, turning dark green in color with distinctive brown spots the rest of the year. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
The Chicago Botanic Garden traces its origins back to the Chicago Horticultural Society, founded in 1890. With the motto Urbs in Horto, meaning "city in a garden," the Society hosted nationally recognized flower and horticultural shows, its third the World's Columbian Exposition Chrysanthemum Show, held in conjunction with the world's fair in October 1893.
After a period of inactivity, the Chicago Horticultural Society was restarted in 1943. In 1962, its modern history began when the Society agr...
About Bruce Bley
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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Bruce Bley
Romuald, Thank you for the feature in the group "Arts Fantastic World". I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Repush, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "200 Plus views only". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Barbie, Thank you for the feature in the group "The 200 Club - photos with over 200 views up to 500". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Johanna Hurmerinta
Super fantastic! :-) LF
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious compliment, Johanna. I truly appreciate it.
Donna Kennedy
Bruce, Congratulations on your Feature in The 200 Club!...L
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you so much, Donna. I appreciate it.
LHJB Photography
A pure beauty Bruce!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the wonderful compliment, LHJB. I sincerely appreciate it and thank you for the visit.
Bruce Bley
Steve, I sincerely appreciate the feature in the group "Artists Favorite Photograph". Thank you so much.
Bruce Bley
Dr. Bob and Nadine. I sincerely appreciate the feature in the group "Artist News". Thank you for the honor.
Lisa D'Adamo-Weinstein
I love the pop of yellow and the shadow of the petals in this photo.
Bruce Bley replied:
Lisa, I am glad you enjoyed this work. Thank you for the nice comment and visit.
Bruce Bley
Ann, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Flowers". I sincerely appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Christy, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "The Beauty in Nature". I appreciate the honor.
Bruce Bley
Lilia, I appreciate the feature in the group "Macro World". Thank you so much.
Sonali Gangane
Gorgeous macro!L
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the wonderful comment, Sonali. I appreciate it.
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Bruce, Sharing my Congratulations on your recent Feature in Flora ! Nice macro capture of this Beautiful White Lily. L
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind comment and the congrats. I sincerely appreciate it.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Bruce Bley replied:
John, I truly appreciate the feature in the group "Images That Excite You". Thank you so much for your support.
Bruce Bley
Clare, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Interior Design". Thank you for the honor and your support.
Maria Hunt
Bruce, this is magnificent... Sheer perfection. And, congratulations on your feature in Thoughts of Flowers. Lovely. F/L
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind and gracious compliment, Maria. I sincerely appreciate your words of encouragement and your visit. Thank you again.
Rosalie Scanlon
Beautiful image, so perfect with wonderful detail. l/t
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind comment, Rosalie. I really appreciate our comment and visit.
Lisa Phillips
Your beautiful work has been featured in the FAA group "Thoughts of Flowers". http://fineartamerica.com/groups/thoughts-of-flowers.html
Bruce Bley replied:
Lisa, I want to thank you for the feature in the group "Thoughts of Flowers". Thank you for the honor.
Bruce Bley
Thank you for the feature in the group "Macro marvels", Doug. I appreciate the honor and you continued support of my work.
Bruce Bley
Doug, Thank you so much for the feature in the group "Lilies - Lotuses". I truly appreciate it.
Bruce Bley
Jean, I am very grateful for the feature in the group "Greeting Cards for All Occasions". I sincerely appreciate the honor.
Sharon Patterson
Gorgeous!
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you, Sharon.
Mona Stut
Fantastic Glowing Elegance And Beauty, Bruce
Bruce Bley replied:
Thank you for the kind comment, Mona. I appreciate it very much.