Evolution of an idea

 While I like my original idea for the surreal quilt I think I like another idea better. Here’s the original idea….

My new idea began with this image that I created years ago. It was the combination of a photo of trees taken in Crater Lake National Park and pieced triangles. In fact I thought I would make a quilt from this someday. 

I decided to add an eye to the sky, change up the trees to make it more surreal. This is what I got.

It’s definitely not dark enough so I edited it to make it darker. 

There are several things I like about the image…

• The eye crying into the tree. I like the connection.
• The twisted tree.
• The eye in the water.
• The pieces of the original triangles.
• I like that they are dripping.
• The reflected tree that doesn’t seem to have a source.
• I love the steel blue gray color scheme. 

I tried out a few different background fabrics.

This is the image that I’m thinking of making.

Here’s a crude sketch and a watercolor image I created in an iPad app.

Thanks for reading.

Chris