This artwork was printed on Sunset Photo Metallic paper. The work was created as one panel that is face-mounted to Plexiglass®. The artwork is 60 x 120 inches.

Elements used in this image:

This artwork is based on the Weeping Cherry Prunus Subhirtella. This particular tree is part of the site planting plan for the new Canon USA headquarters in Melville. Images of the blossoms used in the artwork were photographed in May 2013 using the Canon 5D EOS MKII camera. The blossoms were photographed using a focus stacking technique with a macro lens enabling the resolution of the artwork to be very high. The background is made from photographs of Hugh O'Donnell's paintings using the Canon 5D EOS MKII camera. The image was then further developed in Adobe Photoshop.

Creating the work in such a high resolution allows the image to be printed on a monumental scale without significant loss of detail.

All photography by Hugh O'Donnell

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.