this piece makes me smile every time i see it. made up of 3 digitally altered images (the water, the clouds and the balloon, the sky was digitally hand colored), i used blue hues and exaggerated the reflected light. by adding the red balloon, an anchor is created not only visually but emotionally. i imagine myself in that ballon free as a bird. it’s a bit cliche, but it works for me in this particular piece.