Well first off, I would like to make note that I actually have a legitimate reason why this post is a day or two late. I went up into the north woods this weekend to Elissa's parent's cottage, which has a complete and utter lack of any sort of cellular data signal.
But I digress.
This photograph was shot at Mary Hernandez's garden near Crivitz, Wisconsin. Who is Mary? Mary is a highly talented painter who uses whatever she can get her hands onto as something to paint on. From what I saw in her studio--no, I will not call it that, that makes it sound fansy and what not, which it isn't. From what I saw in her shop/barn/workspace was that she likes to use gords, driftwood, and other pre-made items such as old jewelry boxes, wooden bins, and scraps as her preferred "canvas." Her shop is pretty neat.
Of course, there are other things that are great about Mary--she may have been one of the only highly liberal people in that entire county. We got into a great discussion about Herr Walker--I mean, Governor Walker. She is pretty passionate about the direction our state is going (or in this case, going backwards.)
All and all, I think Mary is pretty great. I would like to add however, that the only real way to look at her artwork is to drive up there--as she said, she's not in the digital age at all. You know what? I'm glad--cause I wouldn't want anything to ruin what and how she is.
Going back to the picture at hand. After we finished up inside of her shop, Mary's husband, (William I think) took us for a little walk to their butterfly garden. It was quite beautiful. I came to the realization that I don't mind the big fuzzy worker bees--for the most part, they pretty much leave you alone. Anyways, I slapped on the 70-300mm lens and got to work taking photographs of the wildlife and the flowers. This was my favorite capture out of the whole lot that I took (~100 or so.)
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