Opium Poppy

I used to do Polaroid dry and emulsion transfers a long time ago and this treatment here reminds me a lot of that dry transfer "look." One would have thought, since I worked for Polaroid, that I could have gotten the film at some sort of discount, but nope, that never happened. Alas. It used to take a lot of expensive experimenting to create these things. ©Carol Leigh

Quiet afternoon

Trees, one of my hand-painted backgrounds, some smudges and a solitary bird combine for this piece. ©Carol Leigh

She's gone . . .

I set out to make one thing and it changed entirely. Deleted are the trees and the numbers I was working with, replaced with a lot of other things revolving around this photograph of a beautiful woman I found in a thrift store. ©Carol Leigh

Daisy and Sun

A daisy looks good when combined with a photo of some background texture I painted. ©Carol Leigh

Summer Weeds

Growing like crazy in the backyard right now is Linaria or "toadflax." I photographed them and then blended them with photos I've taken of my hand-painted backgrounds, did a few other things, and I'm liking the look. ©Carol Leigh

Opium Poppy

Another experiment. (Oh, who am I kidding? They're all experiments!) ©Carol Leigh

Complementary Pears

Music score, my painted backgrounds, and the ubiquitous pear. Or two. ©Carol Leigh