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Natural Textures, Shapes and Patterns

Nature leaves us with bountiful reminders that all beauty derives from her, even the abstract variety. We humans imitate nature and often do poorly. Here I try to record some of nature's lovely creations to inspire us in our own artistic attempts by looking closer at the artful structures nature produces.
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  • Bacterial Mats in Yellowstone Hot Springs
  • Field of crops can be a texture, even if man has made it. Here is a field in south Texas, but it could be almost anywhere.
  • Cut crop in Rexburg, circular plot
  • Butterfly wing
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  • Sand ripples in Lake edge, VA
  • Color layers
  • Orange Lichen, MT along Gallatin River
  • Edge of Thermal Rivelet in Yellowstone
  • Dried mud patterns
  • Tree bark texture, SVC
  • Texture of golden flowers, "Basket of Gold", Grand Canyon
  • Snail shell, Mile Creek, MT
  • Holes in rock, SE Utah
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