Take Time to Notice
Details can be engaging and require the attention of the viewer. Components of nature are calming elements in a health and memory care environment.
Sometimes it pays to look below your feet, to see the beauty in the simple details. Take the time to notice the small facts or pieces of a larger entity. The parts of the whole provide information about a much larger story or scene. Details can be engaging and require the attention of the viewer. Components of nature are calming elements in a health and memory care environment.
Rain Drops like Jewels
Water droplets hang like jewels on the blooms of an ornamental onion after a thunder storm. Remember, a flower in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.
Water droplets hang like jewels on the blooms of an ornamental onion after a thunder storm. Remember, a flower in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.
Dutchman’s Breeches
They have blooms that resemble strings of inverted pantaloons hung out to dry in the spring breeze.These were found along a mossy path during a camera hike.
Dutchman’s Breeches are one of the native wildflowers that bloom in the very early spring. They are an unexpected treat for those who hike on a river bottom trail. They have blooms that resemble strings of inverted pantaloons hung out to dry in the spring breeze.These were found along a mossy path during a camera hike.
Native Water Lotus
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” – Mulan.
Visual Connection
Sycamore trees just beginning to bud provide a visual connection with nature.
Sycamore trees just beginning to bud provide a visual connection with nature. Displaying an scene to focus the the views attention presents a positive link to the outside world.
Native Dogwood
Fresh blooms of native white dogwood are a reminder of the the renewal of spring
Fresh blooms of native white dogwood are a reminder of the the renewal of spring. “Spring buds burst to blooms and the breeze carries their song os life” Javita Bhattacharjee
Pretty in Pink
Spring Cherry Blossom are perfect symbols of humans connection to nature.
Spring Cherry Blossom are perfect symbols of humans connection to nature. The color pink represents unconditional love, requiring nothing in return. Pink which is often associated with women’s health is consider a soft, earthy tone. In nature pink is a uplifting symbol of renewal.
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Purple Fields
Although the tiny intruder can be a menace to some, it allows the sense to bathe in the joy of spring
One of the early sights in the midwest farm lands are the purple fields of spring. Often before the fields are plowed and planted the tiny purple wildflower (a weed actually) the hen bit takes hold. Although the tiny intruder can be a menace to some, it allows the sense to bathe in the joy of spring.
Natural Benefits
using nature art to bring nature indoors: Images of nature provide all the benefits of outdoor nature scenes but in a format that can exist indoors.
using nature art to bring nature indoors: Images of nature provide all the benefits of outdoor nature scenes but in a format that can exist indoors. Stephen Kellert, author of Nature by Design describes these as, “Images of plants, animals, water, landscapes, and geological features [that] continue to be common forms of contact between people and nature in the built environment.”
Summer Reflections
When urban art and nature are combined the beauty of both benefit all.
When urban art and nature are combined the beauty of both benefit all. There is something more beautiful than a beautiful thing and that is a beautiful thing which has a beautiful reflection on the water. – Mehmet Murat Ildan.
Wild in the Woodland
Early spring woodland wildflower appear along the trails in the Midwest. The color purple is associated with wisdom, powder and healing.
Early spring woodland wildflower appear along the trails in the Midwest. The color purple is associated with wisdom, powder and healing.
Spring at Last
Spring Beauty the first tiny signs of renewal. A welcome sight!
Spring Beauty the first tiny signs of renewal. A welcome sight!
Rush of Spring
The life of the earth comes up with a rush in the spring. Look below your feet to see the beauty in simple details.
Love of Life
Humans have an innate need to affiliate with other life such as plants and animals. This essentially means that humans have a desire to be near nature. A visual connection with nature provides much of the same benefits as a walk in the woods.
The definition of Biophilia is Love of Life. It is the relationship between humans and nature. Humans have an innate need to affiliate with other life such as plants and animals. This essentially means that humans have a desire to be near nature. A visual connection with nature provides much of the same benefits as a walk in the woods.
Closer Look
Reducing the subject to an abstract has a calming effect by engaging and distracting the viewer.
Take a closer look at the details, texture and light. Details help the viewer enjoy the elements of an image. Getting close to take in the colors and patterns of the composition draws the viewer in. Getting close allows the subject to be experienced in many different ways. Reducing the subject to an abstract has a calming effect by engaging and distracting the viewer.
River & Sky
“A good river is nature’s life work in song.”
- Mark Helprin
The view of a river is a powerful symbol of healing. “A good river is nature’s life work in song.”
- Mark Helprin
Water Lily
“Water Lilies’ is an extension of my life. Without the water the lilies cannot live, as I am without art.”
— Claude Monet
“Water Lilies’ is an extension of my life. Without the water the lilies cannot live, as I am without art.”
Urban Nature
Historic St Louis neighborhood park is a haven for nature. Lafayette Park with it’s walking paths and gardens invite visitors to the 50 acre square dedicated in 1851
Historic St Louis neighborhood park is a haven for nature. Lafayette Park with it’s walking paths and gardens invite visitors to the 50 acre square dedicated in 1851. The Rockery with it’s iron bridge was build in1866 and is now home to resident swans and migrating ducks. Today the park is a popular spot for wedding photos and vintage baseball.
The Rush of Spring
The life of earth comes up with a rush in the Spring time.
The life of earth comes up with a rush in the Spring time.