The sun in the frame.

 

Begun as a simple way to tell many stories in one image, the works are made possible by modern technology such as Adobe's image editing software

Photoshop and the 64GB memory cards the artist uses to store hundreds of high resolution pictures.

Employing Photoshop’s toolbar as her painterly pallet, photographer's career shows how creative artists are exploiting digital tools to take visual art

in hitherto unexplored directions.

"I've always looked at the world with a painter's perspective", says the artist from her home in Ghent, Belgium.

 

Employing a technological version of traditional collage, she takes hundreds of photographs of a particular location with her Canon 7D camera, then stiches them together on her computer to make dramatic large scale images exhibited at 150cm x 150cm and 100cm x 100cm.

Showcasing nature's beauty and fragility, miniature worlds have a particular appeal in an age when many people are concerned by the pressures humanity is placing on the environment.

The artists says that art works are a positive reminder that much of the natural world remains wonderfully wild.

 

"A lot of people have been writing to say how moving they find them," she says. "These are very inclusive."

"People worry about the planet, but I try to present a positive picture of our surroundings and people respond to that optimism."

 Tucked away in Pyengana, you’ll find the lush rainforests of St Columba Falls State Reserve. The path here is sheltered by giant man-ferns, some of which are centuries old! You’ll also encounter bountiful myrtle, sassafras and beech trees before reaching a spectacular 90 metre waterfall at the end of your trek. Feeling peckish after your walk through the wilderness? You can’t visit Pyengana without feasting on some of the award-winning cheeses found at the Holy Cow Café.

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