Starting with my inspiration, Nicole– dogwood flower tattoos, used online pictures for reference. Kneeling Dogwood is is modeled after my body, but the rest are from Nicole’s portfolio. The trees and veins. I enjoy the surreal aspect of the dogwood heads. The words surreal pastel. The sweetness of the colors kind of soften the blow of nudity. Series worked on from Late April to Early May. The butterfly wing effect, done by adding pastel onto black background in little odd shapes with the effect of branches in mind, and then after adding a little white to each blob to add some “shimmer” started with the tree and carried through to the figure drawings and the portrait. Also to some other works outside of the series.