Merlin’s Gateway

Description

It’s a magical little cove in a less traveled part of the Rio Grande Bosque. The cottonwood trees stand tall in a wild assortment of shapes and angles, and the forest floor is blanketed by fallen brush and leaves. It’s a warm November day with a celebration of fall colors. The distant hush of traffic and the still air blend with the almost comical mood of the trees in this storybook setting. The trees seem to pose for each other, awaiting Merlin’s next spell, always unique, always fun.
This image is borderline abstract. From a distance, it looks like a photograph. As you get closer, it starts to look like some sort of illustration. The overall density of detail and lack of large areas of light and dark make it perfectly suitable for any sort of media in almost any room lighting.