Once you’ve seen something that strikes you as interesting, you need to focus in on that, and explore the possibilities. Don’t be satisfied with your first thought. Look at what caught your attention from different angles -- from the sides, from higher up, and lie on the ground for a frog’s eye-view.
I decided to focus in on the white stone, because its smooth texture and brightness contrasted to the elements around it. So what options did it present? By focusing just on the stone and what was immediately around it, I narrowed it down to two options to explore. These were either the stone with the soil below it, or the stone and the tree trunk above it.
Shifting my attention to the stone and the soil (as shown in this photo), I decided I probably preferred the tree bark option. The bark had a more defined texture and pattern, as well as more colour variation, which would probably make for a more interesting abstract.
Between the chaos of the ground and the simplicity of the stone, there’s an interface that’s been stained. What I like is that the fact that it’s not an immediate jump between the two, there’s this bit where two aspects of nature have intertwined. (Yup, all this from a stone and some soil!)
