A dear friend and “Orchidist” said that she’s always imagined a piece of stained glass in the windowed-doorway to her attached greenhouse.
Well, it took a bit of time to envision how that might take shape with the glass, the lead, and the elements of the image itself. Shown here is one of her favorites – the Angraecum family of orchids
This orchid variety has many of the long leaves seemingly competing to which would be “in-front” – one leaf in front of another, each crossing over yet another. Same with the root system – over-flowing the planter.
In this piece, measuring roughly 8×10, I wanted to especially highlight that “competition” and create the impression of depth in a 2-D medium that has only sharp color variations.
In the first image below, you can see an earlier version of where the leaves meet the roots – looking very “flat”. Exposing the back side of the planter helped bring depth to the image.
And the final image, with back lighting really brings that depth to life.
I’m continuing to explore creating depth and certainly expand my collection of colored glass remnants!
