I write my blue songs with my blue pen.

In honor of the warm weather and fresh breezes,

I've compiled an artistic ode to my favorite flower -

the tulip

This is the best photogram I've ever seen.

[A photogram is an image you make by placing objects

directly on photo sensitive paper and exposing it all to light.]

This one has had the blacks and whites reversed -

photograms are usually black where the light hits and

white/grey where the objects have blocked the light.

Next, a wonderful quilted and woven tulip tapestry,

by fiber artist Connie Akers:

And here is proof that you can do cool things with a camera and

without a computer (of course, you will need a tulip):

This is a digital drawing I did several years ago,

just playing around with layers of different translucency:

And because I'm a metal artist,

here are a couple of pieces of jewelry

which make me think of tulips. Do you see it?

This one's a bit of a stretch, but there's something

very simple and graceful about the setting of this stone.

Simplicity and grace are both tulip qualities which made me fall in love.

I almost forgot this.

It's nature's art - a blue tulip.