This artwork was printed on Sunset Photo Metallic paper. The work was created as four panels that are face-mounted to Plexiglass®. The size of each panel is 60 x 53.3 inches and the overall size of the artwork is 60 x 214 inches.

X-Ray elements used in this image:

The x-rays in this artwork were created on a mammography machine by Hugh O'Donnell and Dr. Kitt Schaffer, MD, Ph.D., Vice Chairman for Education, Professor of Radiology, Boston University. The flowers in the x-rays are:

• Snapdragons (first image on the left and the furthest image on the right in red) (Antirrhinum), a genus of plant commonly known as Dragon Flowers since the flowers are thought to resemble the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, and North Africa.
• Calla Lily (left blue rectangle and far right blue rectangle x-ray's) (Zantedeschia Aethopica). The Calla Lily has been naturalized to North America.

Deep pink/white Lily image (center of artwork) (Liliaceae): this lily is commonly called the Lollypop lily.

Natural Insight: About the Project

The digital artworks in this collection are inspired by the world of nature, and in particular the four seasons. They employ the use of Canon's photographic and printing technology together with the traditional tools of the fine art painter. Canon technology is helping us to see the micro and macro worlds previously unavailable to us. This has deepened our understanding of the holistic interdependent biosphere that we inhabit and its connection to the rest of the universe.

These conceptual artworks were created to provide an interrelationship of Hugh O'Donnell's traditional painting techniques, botanical imagery, and in particular plantings at the new Canon Americas headquarters, as well as imagery from the natural world, poetry, bio-mimicry, and scientific references. Canon optical innovations and Canon equipment, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera and various lenses, were used throughout.

The artworks have been developed to exploit the capacity of high definition digital optics. To this end, the materials and photographs used in the works were captured and composed to allow for large scale fine art mural printing in high definition on Canon printers. Photographic elements, with some exceptions, were shot by Hugh O'Donnell.