Kaleidoscope Earth Mandalas Pillows

Found primarily in the desert southwest, this delicate flower is easily wilted by an afternoon thunderstorm or crushed to bits by a careless hiker’s boot. The fragile petals are a tantalizing cinnamon brown, perhaps unusual for a floral specimen, but agreeably complementary to the arid surroundings. Photography + Digital Effects

In a moment of great clarity, the soft fur of a Great Dane is reorganized into a very precise arrangement of striking plumage from a bird of unknown origin. From a photograph of Great Dane fur. Photography + Digital Effects

The river cuts deep channels through the walls of time, countless eons recorded in fissures and crevices, a stony face weathering irrevocably down through the years. From a photograph of the wall of Rio Grande Gorge at the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Taos, New Mexico. Title is from the book Of Time And The River by the great Thomas Wolfe. Photography + Digital Effects

An intensely bright glow emanates from the center of a twelve point bursting star, sending glorious waves of brilliant firelight blazing into the night. From a time exposure photograph of a campfire. Photography + Photoshop/On1 Digital Effects

The sun casts a brilliant flare upon the wandering clouds, one last glowing tribute to the vast and ever-changing sky. From photographs of a dazzling summer sunset in the Jemez Mountains, northern New Mexico. Photography + Digital Effects

A much maligned tumbleweed finally settles down and composes itself into a brightly lit vaulted ceiling, with sturdy knotted stick beams and extra points for unwelcome guests. From a photograph of a large desert tumbleweed, Socorro, New Mexico. Photography + Digital Effects

A light coating of December snow on lichen covered rocks toppled from the walls of a river gorge surrounds an array of hardy desert grasses in an unnatural cobbled stone symmetry rarely found in nature. From a photograph of lichen & snow on rocks at the bottom of Rio Grande Gorge, Taos, NM. Photography + Digital Effects

With no apparent destination in mind, disconnected meandering paths crawl symmetrically around on the fibrous brown and tan inner being of a fallen Ponderosa Pine tree, marking the end to its future endeavors. From a photograph of worm tracks on a downed Ponderosa Pine log in the Jemez Mountains, northern New Mexico. Photography + Photoshop/On1 Digital Effects