Several vintage illustrations and textures have gone into this picture, with a Hubble space photograph as the background image; this last was altered and distorted by the top layers and by blending. All images from Wikimedia
I was inspired by The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, the English science fiction author, which was first published in 1951. I say ‘inspired’ but in fact I was simply playing around with the various images and the end result made me think of triffids!
triffid, triffids, birth, sky, shafts of light, light, blue, pink, magenta, white, stars, galaxy, surrealism, surreal, science fiction
I am a self-employed actress, artist and writer who has always loved creating art of one form or another. Thank you for all comments and forgive me if health problems prevent me from always replying.
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Fantastic!! :)
Thank you, Keith!
Excellent creation!!! I remember the book AND the movie!!! Well done.
Thank you so much, Greta.
– Sarah Vernon
CONGRATULATIONS..YOU HAVE BEEN FEATURED
How delightful – thank you so much!
– Sarah Vernon
Thank you for adding your work to The Best of RedBubble!
My pleasure!
– Sarah Vernon
wonderful
Thank you very much for your comment!
– Sarah Vernon
simply magical
Much thanks!
– Sarah Vernon
AUGUST 6th, 2011
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Mary
You’re a treasure, Mary! Thank you very much indeed.
– Sarah Vernon
Terrific work tilly – not scary enough to be a triffid though LOL1
Ah, but at birth, like many of us, they are so unassuming! Thank you!
– Sarah Vernon
Love the delicate lines in this. and the color, blue is my favorite, except when I like purple. Wink.
Thrilled you’ve taken to my triffid – thank you!
– Sarah Vernon