As an artist, my eyes, my very soul sees art in just about everything. There's art in nature in it's patterns, its details, its colors and textures and in its light and shadow. I like to frame it, manipulate it, enhance it, find it, and shoot it with my camera. And I like to share it. EnJoy! love, Judy

1. Art in Nature - Part 1
 Photos and Descriptions
by Judy M Johnson
 As an artist, my eyes -and my
soul- want to see art in
everything.
 This is a collection of my own
photos wherein I see patterns,
colors, shadows… that say
“Art” to me.
I love the colors & composition…
and the mood of this sunset on Lake
Minnie, near Suicide Hill (a ski jump)
outside of Ishpeming, Michigan

2. Both these shots are taken at the East end of Lake Kawbawgam, SE of Marquette Michigan.
The way the lily pads reflect the sun is like silver disks in the water – or sky - as it appears a little
ambiguous.
The R. image is art to me with the floating leaves and reflections of the grass, creating soft-round
with sharp straight inclusions.

3. These reflections on ancient basalt
“Black Rocks” Presque Isle Park, Marquette
MI have a dreamy wonder about them.
Is it sky reflected in water, or are you
peeking through rocks to the sky?

4. These colorful images of a wild Lady Slipper are the result of my playing around with
multiple artistic effects using my Adobe Photo Deluxe Home Edition. The image began
as a photo my dad took a few springs ago, along Hwy 41 south of Trenary MI

5. Here’s what a simple negative image of a Shefflera plant looks like.

6. Flowers blaze a palette of brilliant
color along the streets of Marquette,
thanks to the city’s beautification
project, which started as “Petunia
Pandemonium” but then grew to
incorporate all kinds and colors of
beautiful plants.
It’s been an award-winning effort,
and it’s so nice to drive into town and
be greeted with this riot of color.

7. What a welcome
into Marquette!
A riot of living
color paints both
sides of the
street, and in
boulevards and
planters too.
Photo by Judy M Johnson

8. A Shasta daisy visits with the cosmos on the streets of Marquette.
They all enjoy painting their own scene with color and shadows. Photo by Judy M Johnson

9. What a happy
collection of colors
to welcome one
and all into
Marquette!
Photo by Judy M Johnson

10. Soft ageratum
sweet-talks the to
the pungent
marigolds;
Come over
here, mix and
mingle with us
for awhile!
Photo by Judy M Johnson

11. Hey you guys!
Look’it what
WE can do!
We can paint
shadow-pictures
of ourselves
on the sidewalk.
Photo by Judy M Johnson

12. The happy
delphinium
stands among
the other colorful
flowers on the
sidewalks of
Marquette.
(or is it larkspur?)
Photo by Judy M Johnson

13. My garden azaleas
vie for attention
crowding one
another for a
prime spot in
the annual
Spring
Photo-Shoot.
Photo by Judy M Johnson

14. The first year
after planting
their bulbs,
my gorgeous
irises arrived
to show off
their natural
artistic,
Asian-like
beauty.
Photo by Judy M Johnson

15. This is a night flash photo of Mountain Ash at Kathi’s place on Lake Michigamme.
I just copied and flipped it. What a cool design it made!

16. I like to make
Mandalas from art and
from my photos.
This one is made from
two pie-shape cuts
from a park bench
shadow photo I took in
Hampton VA.
I take each shape,
copy-flip it, then make a
4 part
“quadrant” putting that
first section in a 4 part
sunburst.
Then I do the same
with another part of the
photo, and lay that over
the other quad.
Sounds easy, huh!?

17. I like to make
Mandalas from art and
from my photos.
This one is made from
two pie-shape cuts from
a shadow photo I took
of an iron gate in
Hampton VA.
I take each shape,
copy-flip it, then make a
4 part
“quadrant” putting that
first section in a 4 part
sunburst.
Then I do the same with
another part of the
photo, and lay that over
the other quad.
Sounds easy, huh!?

18. I like to make
Mandalas from art and
from my photos.
This one is made from two
pie-shape cuts from a
photo I took at Garden of
the Gods, Colorado.
I take each shape, copy-flip
it, then make a 4 part
“quadrant” putting that first
section in a 4 part
sunburst.
Then I do the same
with another part of the
photo, and lay that
over the other quad.
This one is then laid
over a regular photo
of one of the curious
rock formations there.

19. Here’s a Mandala made
from double flowering
crab apple blossoms on
the street in Manitou
Springs, Colorado.
I paired the flower
quadrant with a rock
formation quad made
from a photo taken at
Garden of the Gods.
I have it floating over a
sky shot taken in
Colorado Springs.
God, what a gorgeous
area to visit!
Photos and Mandala
by Judy M Johnson

20. Just about any
image looks better
in a circle…. The
way just about
anything tastes
better with maple
syrup on it.
It’s the perfectly
named
Sunset Point on
Presque Isle,
Marquette MI
(This Round
works well, to
transition from
Mandalas back to
more normal
photos.

21. This is what playing with effects can do, even with an old low resolution camera. Taken around
2006 on Lake Superior near Diana’s house. That’s Marquette in the distance.

22. What lovely shapes and shadows here on the still water @ the Mouth of The Chocolay River
going into Lake Superior near Diana’s house.

23. The little sedum flower says, “I wanna be in this picture” on the rocks, Marquette MI
and it is….tiny, but front and center!

24. Willow leaves
duplicate
themselves as
shadows
in the water
and on
the sand,
Marquette MI
Photo by Judy M Johnson

25. Like a Rousseau
painting, this
jumble of greenery
only needs a few
wild animals to
become a
“Peaceable
Kingdom”
Marquette MI
Photo by Judy M Johnson

26. The Willow says
“I’ll frame this pretty
scene for you of
Lake and Clouds…
and by the way,
aren’t my leaves
lovely?”
Marquette MI
Photo by Judy M Johnson

27. A disheveled
Willow Tree flings
itself this way and
that while enjoying
the view of the old
oar dock over
there at Lower
Harbor .
It is quite aware
of the artistic
impression it
makes as it
spreads its
limbs and leaves.
Marquette MI
Photo by Judy M Johnson

28. Pontooning around Lake Michigamme is always a delight…good friends, adult beverages,
snacks and wonderful art-filled views. Who could ask for anything more?

29. Sunset Reflections at Lake Michigamme

30. I digitally
“artified” this
Country Road
scene in N.
Wisconsin…
more colorful…
and painting-
like.

31. Sometimes ya just kinda lose your mind with digital-tricks and
ya wanna make the world as colorful as a circus.
These are planted and harvested fields shot in N. Wisconsin.

32. This summer-shot
of the Chocolay
River in West
Branch Township,
looks like
Impressionist Art to
me. The dots of
leaves, and ripples
in the water are
Seurat - like

33. That’s all for now, folks!
 All photos are copyrighted
by Judy M Johnson, 2012.
 They may be shared individually and enjoyed in such
locations as PINTREST, but never to be sold,
reproduced or used in any form, digitally, in print, in
media and the like.
If you DO put some up on Facebook-Pintrest, it
would be dandy for you to give me credit.
 I surely do appreciate your respect of my copyright.
Thank you.
 I’m a paper doll artist and publisher. (+ cards and notes, post
cards, craft art, coloring books, old & new.
If you’d like to visit, come see what I’ve got at
www.papergoodies.com All Best, Judy M Johnson