Here are some of JJ's latest "experiments" in digital art, born of the August heat, photographs, the ongoing revolution in digital media techniques, and JJ's own peculiar imagination, the demands of which no amount of filters or AI adjustments or direct manual alterations on screen are able to satisfy.
But at a certain point, one knows that "it's finished," though one is seldom entirely satisfied with the results.
Here are three "reflections" of my local environment that I see all the time and frequently photograph: Virginia Meadows, Blue Ridge mountains ("Signal Knob" is constantly in view), and creeks and rivers—including the fabled Shenandoah River—that have been low on water this Summer of 2024...